New Zealand has a country music scene that stretches all the way back to the 1930s, with some of the earliest country recordings made outside America pressed in Wellington.
During the late 70s and early 80s we even had a prime-time country music show called That's Country, featuring regular appearances from the Topp Twins amongst others, including kiwi country music legend Brendan Dugan, who was already something of a legend at the time.
Brendan Dugan found fame at the age of just 16 when he appeared on 1960s TV talent show New Faces, winning the final with a rendition of country standard "There Goes My Everything."
Brendan experienced something of a late career revival in 2015 when he joined forces with singer-songwriter Aly Cook and Alan Jansson, producer of OMC hit "How Bizarre." He joins us for this week's music feature.
Brendan Dugan with his Benny Award Photo: By Phantomwiki - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
