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Be it 'Tipperary' or 'Pokarekare', the morning reveille or the bugle's last post, concert parties at the front or patriotic songs at home, music was central to New Zealand's experience of the First World War. In
Good-Bye Maoriland, the acclaimed author of
Blue Smoke introduces us the songs and sounds of World War I in order to take us deep inside the human experience of war.
About the author
Chris Bourke is a writer, journalist, editor and radio producer. He has been arts and books editor at the
NZ Listener, editor of
Rip It Up and
Real Groove, and producer of Radio New Zealand's Saturday Morning with Kim Hill. He wrote the best-selling, definitive biography of Crowded House,
Something So Strong and
Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music, 1918-1964.
Summary
Be it "Tipperary" or "Pokarekare", the morning reveille or the bugle's last post, concert parties at the front or patriotic songs at home, music was central to New Zealand's experience of the First World War. In Good-Bye Maoriland, the acclaimed author of Blue Smoke introduces us the songs and sounds of World War I in order to take us deep inside the human experience of war.
