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A decade on, a tale of two cities

A decade on, a tale of two cities Newsroom 18/02/2021 © Provided by Newsroom Post-quake Christchurch has come a long way in 10 years, but is, in part, a confusion of contrasts and contradictions. Have our expectations been too high? David Williams reports Ann Brower doesn’t mind being in central Christchurch, which is surprising, really. On February 22, 2011, the bus she was riding along Colombo St was crushed by building debris – the parapet and façade of an unreinforced masonry building – after a 6.3 magnitude quake hit, killing 185 people. Twelve people died beside her. In Brower’s remarkable first-person piece from 2017, the University of Canterbury Associate Professor writes: “I’m the only one left, the lucky 13th.”

The Sit In - Adam McGrath - The Commons, Christchurch

DUE TO THE RAIN, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO NEXT SUNDAY (03/01/21) How do songs get made? Why do songs get made? And is the making of them influenced by the place where the making gets done? Some questions have been explored, wrestled with and jumped around on by local singer and folk songwriter Adam McGrath within this project. All songs are about something, whether inane or of impenetrable depth they all hope to express a story, of the heart, of the head, of history or of hope, they all locate themselves somewhere and once they’ve taken shape can be carried anywhere in the telling or singing as the case may be. The life of a song, its journey from creation to performance, is a curious and exciting one and the transference from writer to listener ensures it a life beyond the moment where it is first marked down or heard.

The Sit In - The Commons, Christchurch

DUE TO THE RAIN, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO NEXT SUNDAY (03/01/21) How do songs get made? Why do songs get made? And is the making of them influenced by the place where the making gets done? Some questions have been explored, wrestled with and jumped around on by local singer and folk songwriter Adam McGrath within this project. All songs are about something, whether inane or of impenetrable depth they all hope to express a story, of the heart, of the head, of history or of hope, they all locate themselves somewhere and once they’ve taken shape can be carried anywhere in the telling or singing as the case may be. The life of a song, its journey from creation to performance, is a curious and exciting one and the transference from writer to listener ensures it a life beyond the moment where it is first marked down or heard.

The Sit In - New Brighton Mall, Market Space, Christchurch

Gig Information How do songs get made? Why do songs get made? And is the making of them influenced by the place where the making gets done? Some questions have been explored, wrestled with and jumped around on by local singer and folk songwriter Adam McGrath within this project. All songs are about something, whether inane or of impenetrable depth they all hope to express a story, of the heart, of the head, of history or of hope, they all locate themselves somewhere and once they’ve taken shape can be carried anywhere in the telling or singing as the case may be. The life of a song, its journey from creation to performance, is a curious and exciting one and the transference from writer to listener ensures it a life beyond the moment where it is first marked down or heard.

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