Took his harmonicas to England and Ireland in 1992
By 1997, Brendan had made several CDs and also recorded with Shirley Bassey, Mary Black, Van Morrison, guitarist John Williams, orchestral composer Paul Mauriat, and with Sting.
He redefined the term 'Irish Harp' by winning the 1993 All Ireland Title and subsequent album "New Irish Harmonica."
He has developed a number of innovations in harmonica construction. The Power Reed Valve System has been adopted by Suzuki for their top-of-the-line ProMaster harmonica.
E-mail Brendon at [email protected]

Left NZ in the early 1980s.
To send Paul and his partner, Pauline Brocklehurst, cheery NZ greetings, contact;-
Mint Cottage, Gilthwaiterigg Lane
Kendal, Cumbria (Lakes District)
LA9 6NT United Kingdom
Phone 44 (0) 1538 724707.
Or E-mail [email protected]

Usually heard singing her songs in London; returned to NZ for a concert tour in March 2000.

"I was singing around Wellington in the days of The Balladeer, Monde Marie, Chez Paris (1965-6) Auckland for the Uptown Gallery, Henry VIII, Wynyard Taven, Poles Apart (1964-onwards), Christchurch for The Folk Centre (Phil Garland, 1966+) and so on.

"I have now been in Australia for 20-odd years, writing and singing, and until recently I was running The Loaded Dog, one of Aus's premier folk venues and the only club-like one in Central Sydney.

"Sadly, Max Winnie and Bob Pomeroy are dead."

E-mail Richard at [email protected]

Frank runs a printing business called "The Busy Boordy" at Tenterfield NSW. And according to Richard Mills, he is "singing and playing like an angel around Aus. He came down and sang divinely at The Loaded Dog in Sydney couple of years ago," says Richard, "surely there is no finer exponent of white blues in Australia, his performance was impeccable and rivetting."

Frank also draws a really bonzer Galah at the bottom of his e-mails.

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E-mail Frank at [email protected]

David De Santi of the group Wongawilli writes (May 1999) that they recorded their Rum & Raspberry version after hearing someone play it at the Maleny Folk Festival in 1988. They also do Leatherman, Dug-Out in the True and have done The Swag and the Shiner.

A Brisbane band called Leaping Lizards used to do Smoko-Spello, a number of groups and performers have played Farewell to the Gold, and he thinks Talking Dog is on Alan Scott's latest CD.

Pat is a fiddler from Gisborne, and is currently based in Toronto, where he teaches traditional Irish music and Gaelic. He spent nine years in Conamara, Ireland, where he became a respected part of its cultural life as a musician and a linguist. He is returning to Gisborne for a Millennium concert. E-mail Pat at [email protected].

From the Banks Peninsula Folk Club in Christchurch in the 60s, to the French quarter of New Orleans today, where you can hear him working as a radio DJ, streaming on the web at FastBand GlobalCast. E-mail Grant at [email protected]

From Southland, NZ to Vancouver. Was lead singer and guitarist, with Tim Readman in the rip-roaring group Fear of Drinking. Formed in the summer of 1992, they have "a reckless musical repertoire, fearless tunes, and dangerously captivating stage performance." Nowdays Gerard is just an occasional member of the band.

They have recorded 3 albums featuring several NZ songs, including The Rainbird, Kuwarau Gold, Gin and Raspberry, The Magpie, and James K Baxter's Flanagan and Dry Cardrona.

Jill was born and raised in Wellington, but has lived in Israel since 1979. She specialises in traditional music - particularly British and Celtic - and has sung with many different musicians throughout Israel and in Britain. She has recently released two CDs.

When she was last back in NZ, she wrote "The Healing Sound of Water" after hearing the wonderful sound of a running stream back in her old neighbourhood.
E-mail Jill at [email protected]"