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Maxine Funke Breathes A Quiet Mantra For The New Year

The New Zealand singer-songwriter's gorgeous Silk comes out in the final weeks of 2018, but "One Step" feels like a guide for times ahead.
Maxine Funke with her son.

Maxine Funke writes songs for the quiet corners of your dreams and fears, where her whispers float upward like warm air. Accompanied by, but also the subtle and strange songs of fellow New Zealander Alastair Galbraith, with whom she performed in the short-lived $100 Band.

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