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To mark the anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior a group of New Zealand's top musicians have banded together to record a version of Don McGlashan's song 'Anchor Me'. The recording features vocals from Goldenhorse's Kirsten Morelle, Che Fu, Anika Moa, Pluto's Milan Borich, Adeaze, Hinewehi Mohi and Nesian Mystik's David Atai & Donald McNulty. Don McGlashan was born in Auckland, and played French horn and percussion in the Auckland Symphonia from 1979 to 1982. He was a member of From Scratch from 1979 to 1986, as well as Blam Blam Blam's drummer and singer from 1980 to 1982. His song "Don't Fight it, Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both Of Us" was named Song of the Year in the 1982 NZ Recording Industry Awards. After a year in New York as a member of Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians, he returned to New Zealand and founded The Front Lawn with Harry Sinclair. Combining theatre, song, dance, and film, the group toured extensively in Australasia, Europe, and America from 1985-90, picking up numerous awards. Together with Sinclair, and a group of Auckland performers, McGlashan co-founded Auckland's Watershed Theatre in 1990, and was heavily involved in the developing and programming of the venue in its early years. Since 1991, he has been singer and main songwriter for The Mutton Birds, releasing four NZ top-ten albums and two top-five singles, including one No. 1 hit. His song "Anchor Me" won the APRA Silver Scroll in 1994. In 1995, the group signed to Virgin Records UK. Based in London until 1999, the band toured all over the world. Their third album, "Envy Of Angels" (1997), made the UK Sunday Times Ten Best Records of the Year list. McGlashan also writes music for film and TV, including the score for Jane Campion's An Angel At My Table (1990). He composed and arranged fanfares and pieces for the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and wrote a piece for orchestra, choir and soprano (Kiri Te Kanawa) for the 1993 NZ Expo pavilion in Seville. Since returning to New Zealand in 1999, McGlashan has been Musical Director of Auckland City's Millennium celebrations, and has written the score for the TV drama series Street Legal, while also working on songs for a solo album and other commissions. In 2001, he was awarded the Auckland University Literary Fellowship for his song writing. Don McGlashan maintains a busy performance schedule both as a solo artist and with his new band Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters, comprising SJD on bass, pedal steel guitarist John Segovia (Boxcar Guitars) and drummer Chris O'Connor.. Recent highlights include writing the original score to Toa Fraser's feature film "No. 2", which won the audience award in its category at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006; Two of Don's songs made waves for other people: "Anchor Me", which enjoyed renewed chart success as the "Rainbow Warrior" tribute, performed by a diverse group of young New Zealand artists including Che Fu, Anika Moa, Milan Borich and Kirsten Morelle; and "Bathe In The River", written for "No. 2" and performed by Hollie Smith, received a lot of airplay on TV and radio. His album Warm Hand was released in May 2006, on Arch Hill Records. http://www.rainbow-warrior.org.nz/song.asp http://www.muttonbirds.co.nz/6discog.htm http://www.muttonbirds.co.nz/5bio.htm http://www.artsfoundation.org.nz/don.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McGlashan

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Uploaded: July 28th, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
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