On Song: Five Years Old/Five Years On

Five years ago I released a book. On Song looked at 30 of the best New Zealand songs, 30 of my favourites. We started with a long list of at least 100 songs and whittled and whittled. I say ‘we’ – I am referring to the publisher, Penguin. And me. I was commissioned to write the book – a cold-call; would I be interested? Yeah, sure! I wanted to have a go…