Monthly Archives: October 2022

This is another fiery text from Shirley Erena Murray from Alleluia Aotearoa. If you can cope with, “old gear, old concepts have no place,” it would serve for gathering or dismissing the assembly. Read the full text at Hope Publishing. … Continue reading →

This is a song for Eucharist by Shirley Murray from Alleluia Aotearoa. This one is set by a frequent collaborator Colin Gibson (WROSLYN ROAD). The text and sheet music are at Hope Publishing, where, unlike AA, they provide the chords. … Continue reading →

My latest antipodean project is the songs of Shirley Erina Murray in Alleluia Aotearoa. You can buy the collection here as a downloadable pdf or in what may be one of the last 50 physical copies. Because everyone wanted to … Continue reading →

Shirley Murray’s text takes us to Easter and the joy of the resurrection. I love lines like, “You are the pulse of the new creation’s energy”. Both Hope and Alleluia Aotearoa set this to Jillian Bray‘s emphatic tune. Hope Publishing … Continue reading →