18 Jan 2023

Essential NZ Albums: The Front Lawn - Songs From The Front Lawn

From Essential New Zealand Albums, 10:00 am on 18 January 2023
The Front Lawn - Harry Sinclair and Don McGlashan.

The Front Lawn - Harry Sinclair and Don McGlashan. Photo: Photo Supllied

At a time when few New Zealanders seemed to be singing about themselves, The Front Lawn turned the Hutt Valley and Takapuna Beach into musical landmarks. A forerunner of Flight of the Conchords, they combined theatre, song, comedy and film. And they laid the ground for the long career of singer and songwriter Don McGlashan.

In this programme Nick Bollinger revisits the group's seminal album and some of the musicians who contributed to it.

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