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From Auckland with Love

The Brunettes Bring Kiwi Pop Back

It’s a simple boy-meets-girl story. Heather Mansfield had just moved to the metropolis of Auckland, New Zealand and joined Yoko, a band in which she “sang poems and pretended to play guitar.” Jonathan Bree was playing in his cousin’s country-pop band, the Nudie Suits. When the two bands shared a bill, they met and discovered […]

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