Stereo Stories In Concert

The Queenscliff ovation

Photo courtesy of Queenscliffe Literary Festival. When Indigenous author and Voice referendum campaigner Thomas Mayo concluded his story at our show last Saturday night the 300-strong audience broke into sustained applause that very, very quickly became a standing ovation. Mayo’s story, ultimately one of hope, was what the Kev Carmody/Paul Kelly song [...]

HERE COMES THE NIGHT BY VAN MORRISON & THEM. Story by John McDonald.

References to places in Belfast also appear in the lyrics, Hyndford St, Cypress Avenue. Locations around Northern Ireland, Newtownards, Comber, Coney Island. Van was nailing it for me. I knew the places he was weaving into his lyrics. Belfast was becoming famous through his songs.

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