Who is Dave Dobbyn?
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Articles written by Dave

• Letters from America. Dave writes about his tour around America with Neil Finn. Sunday Star-Times. 15 Nov- 6 Dec 1998. NEW!

Beginner's Guide

The Islander Reviews

• The Islander, reviewed by Nick Bollinger from the NZ Listener, August 22-28, 1998. 
• The Islander, reviewed on the Christchurch Press site, 14 August, 1998.
• The Islander, reviewed by Martin Bell, Real Groove Magazine, September 1998.
• The Islander, reviewed on the Lungfish site (look in the archive box), August, 1998. 
• The Islander, reviewed by subscribers of the Umm Mailing List exclusively for this site.

Recent Articles

• Read the fantastic DD article / interview from the January 1999 North & South magazine. By Nicola Legat. Photo's by Alistair Guthrie. NEW!

Article Archive

• The Luck of the Irish: DD Smash's Journey from the Hinter to the Heartland by Chris Bourke, from Rip It Up, May 1986
• The Likely Lad: Love and Loyalty Loyal era article by Chris Bourke from Rip It Up, March 1988
• McLennan & Dobbyn at the Gluepot A 1991 Dobbyn / McLennan article on the G.W. McLennan home page.
• The Black Album Lament for the Numb review by Nick Bollinger, from the NZ Listener, August 15, 1993.
• Twists of Fate Great article by Chris Bourke, from the NZ Listener December 3 1994.
• Open and Joyful Review of Twist by Nick Bollinger, from the NZ Listener December 3 1994.
• Kiwi Cool Twist era article on the Sydney Morning Herald site (1994).
• Internet Concert Silicon Graphics' report on Dave's internet concert (1995).
• Wired Dave Dave talks to Infotech Weekly about the use of computers & the internet in his musical career.
• Dobbyn Interview Stolen from Dave's old, now defunct, website (1995).
• The ENZSO site Read about Dave's contributions to the ENZSO project, listen to him sing Poor Boy, and marvel at the photographs.
• Words about Music. Dave talks to National Radio during Womad Aotearoa (1996).
• The Islander album reviews and Dobbyn concert reports written by subscribers of the Umm Mailing List for this site (1998).
• 91ZM interview, transcribed. Dec 1, 1998. NEW!
• Out of the Wind, an exclusive Belltower article from August 1998 (Anon).
• Fans say Dobbyn Lyrics Prophetic. This website makes national newspapers! By Lindsay Mutch, August 1, 1998.
• A short article, and cute picture of Dave, on the Christchurch Press site. August 1998.
• A big article, on the Christchurch Press site, 14 August 1998. Be Quick! 
• Interview with Dave, on the Suite101 NZ Music page, August 1998. 
• Interview with Dave part 2, on the Suite101 NZ Music page, November 1998.
• The BMG Music page Dobbyn info, a linked list of songs penned by Dave.
• View The Belltower's Dobbyn print bibliography. 

Many thanks to Chris Bourke, Nick Bollinger, Nicola Legat and Lindsay Mutch for giving permission to reprint their articles on The Belltower pages.

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