#26: Bill Direen

Ears Wide Open by Hayden Glass

Oct 31, 201800:34:40Arts

Anna and Bill talk about writing, sanity, love and music, with extra lip-smacking. Bill Direen is performing with an eight-piece improvisation orchestra in Dunedin and Oamaru this coming Armistice Weekend. He will sing s...

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