Author and musician Chris Bourke Photo: Supplied
This week's mixtape selector is Chris Bourke, Audioculture editor and presenter of New Zealand music history series Blue Smoke. He shares the songs that have shaped him and speaks with Yadana Saw
Chris Bourke is the author of the award-winning Blue Smoke: the Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music, 1918-1964; Good-Bye Maoriland: the Songs and Sounds of New Zealand's Great War: and Crowded House: Something So Strong. Editor of Rip It Up from 1986-1988, and a producer for Radio New Zealand, he writes about early New Zealand pop at his Blue Smoke blog. In September 2016 he became Content Director at AudioCulture.
Chris Bourke Mixtape:
The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money
Daggy and The Dickheads - Sometimes Nothing
Lee Dorsey - Occapella
Randy Newman - Blueberry Pancakes, The Chaser, The Sunglasses
Dave Dobbyn - Song of The Years
Tex Pistol - Winter
