Neil was on Sydney's Today Show this morning, talking about his involvement in The Buttery Project.

The Buttery is a rehab centre and musician Richard Grossman (from Oz band Hoodoo Gurus) is putting together a CD to raise money to support the work of The Buttery. Among contributors is Neil, who has contributed a song called Guiding Star, which will be on the album. I believe it's going to be released around October.

Neil played a small snippet of Guiding Star on the piano and it sounds absolutely beautiful. It wasn't written for the project, but Grossman commented in the interview that it might as well have been, it's that fitting.

Today Show mentioned that they will have more information about The Buttery Project later in the year, including release details of the CD.

No way I can't believe I missed that I was up but I did'nt put the telly on this morning

Was Neil in the studio Liz,or was it via satillite?.....just thinking that since Sharon has her work on display in Syd maybe they are/were both here for a couple of days

Wow, thanks for the post I'm glad you were tuned in....look forward to hearing more about the project

Sorry for the double post, just had a look on the Today site and there is the clip up now

http://today.ninemsn.com.au/section.aspx?sectionid=3093...onname=entertainment


I hope that is right, otherwise go to the Today homepage a look under entertainment

Oh, my God, that sounds absolutely gorgeous. That is the song I've been waiting to hear from Neil! Can't wait till October!!!

Also, I love how the presenters love Neil's music

Is'nt it gorgeous

I found an article on line too

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24203719-5001021,00.html

I can't seem to find the clip on the Today site! Still looking.... would love to hear that song.

It's still there Andrea I just watched it again if you go about halfway down that page to the little boxes there is one on the right hand with Neil and a wooden background/piano

I tried to post a direct link before but it seems it expires after one watch

Thankyou for that took me three looks myself
but OMG what a most beeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut song it is i cant wait to hear it in its entireity but the snippet has made me fall in love already

thanks for the links Finngirl!

No they weren't live in the studio - a pre-recorded interview.

hey, I wasn't tuned in either but my husband noticed an ad for the Today show last night which said Neil would be on talking about a new project, so i set the video

Edited to say: As an aside, I thought Neil looked really old in this interview. A trivial thing, I know, but just an observation

That Neil........he's such a good boy

Yes I reloaded the page like four times then finally saw the piano Dont worry bout me!

The song is nice but it didn't grab me straight off... will have a few more listens..

and non-finnatics wonder what we see in Neil and wonder why we love him for his music ... they just don't get it do they ...


gorgeous ...

Thanks for the link.

Love the snippet of song - can't wait to hear the whole thing

Our boy delivers yet again.

That sounds beautiful! Thanks for posting the link.

The pic has now moved off the main page, but here's the link to the footage:

http://ninemsn.video.msn.com/v/en-au/v.htm?f=39&g=B6648...ent&t=m1190784112559

So when did he write that? Was this culled from the songs being written for the forthcoming album?

Thanks so much Romer (and everyone else!)-that snippet was just GORGEOUS! I want to hear it again, and again, and...

Thankyou for updating the link Romer
Mr.Sadly,from what I have read,Neil wrote it a couple of years ago but it did'nt seem to 'fit' anywhere,when he heard about the project it seemed to be the right home for Guiding Star

Thanks for the background, Finngirl.

It's amazing, this guy. He's got enough songs flowing through that he can pick and choose, even holding good ones back because they're not quite right for a current project. Most acts just slap the best 12 or so tracks they can come up with on their next album whether it makes a good fit or not!

I wasn't able to check it out before (from work) but I just caught the snippet and yes, it seems perfect!

Brilliant! Classic beauty only Neil can pen.

It's so fabulous to get some tunes from Neil even before the next CH album!