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July 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: July 2020
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… For […]
June 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: Curtis Mayfield
I always love having a chat about music on RNZ – I look forward to the chance every month or so to have a natter and for this feature I got to talk about Curtis Mayfield, one of my all-time favourites. I’d been spending a lot of time with Mayfield’s music recently and wanted to tell some of […]
June 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: June 2020
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… For […]
May 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: Tori Amos
I always love having a chat about music on RNZ – I look forward to the chance every month or so to have a natter and for this feature I got to talk about Tori Amos – specifically the early albums – I was a fan from when I first heard them. I haven’t always kept […]
April 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: April 2020
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… I […]
April 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: Album Openers
This was just my second feature on RNZ for 2020 – well, there’s been a bit of other stuff going on of late… Still, I got the call, was asked to put together a thing about best Album Openers. So I did. Jesse was away, so I chatted to Anna Thomas on the day. On the phone. […]
February 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: February 2020
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… This […]
February 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Feb 4, 5, 7)
Following on from last week I was on the Pre-Panel on RNZ once again. The Panel runs from 4-5pm but at 3.45pm they have the “Pre-Panel” where Wallace Chapman introduces the guests and the question of the day and they get a producer or a guest (or whatever) to run the story of the day; a […]
January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Jan 27, 30, 31)
Last week I had my secod go on the Pre-Panel on RNZ. Well, actually I had my second run of three goes… The Panel runs from 4-5pm but at 3.45pm they have the “Pre-Panel” where Wallace Chapman introduces the guests and the question of the day and they get a producer or a guest (or […]
January 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: The Music of 1990
For my first regular music feature on RNZ for 2020 I decided to look at the music of 1990 – or at least some of the music from the start of the year and the big hits. Guilty pleasures, pop, rock – some enduring hits and some best forgotten. It was fun to look at […]
December 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: Dave Dobbyn’s Classic Trilogy of Albums
I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums and I also do a bunch of Music Features. And last Christmas season I was invited onto one of the holiday shows to talk about Damon Albarn and play some of his music. When I was asked to come up with something for this season […]
December 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman