Hard News by Russell Brown

and as April's Fools Day draws to a close

some little known music facts - this RNZ article on Musical MPs seems to leave out Gerry Brownlee's days in the Manetti Brothers...
and this piece lifts the lid on Rachmaninoff's side gig

this RNZ article on Musical MPs

The date was a clue..

Damn, and there was me thinking my lead in would do the trick - ahh well I'll reassess my attempts at blending fantasy and fact, it seems to work so well for others these days...
:- )

Sadly John Prine succumbed to complications of Covid-19