Family bands are a wholesome thing, aren’t they? The Von Trapps, the Osmonds, (some of) the Jackson Five. Here is a photo of my family wholesomely singing Walking In The Air together and definitely not taking the music part of the evening too seriously while a party goes on around us. Wholesome, see?

Equally wholesome is the Pacific Love Band, which has eight members, all relatives of founder Lale Talo who left Samoa and lived in New Zealand for over twenty years before returning home to look after his widowed mother and taking the opportunity to scoop up a whole lot of young musicians and provide the help and the resources they need to become the next generation of Samoan recording talent.

What did I tell you? That’s right. Wholesome.

Manuia le Kerisimasi!