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November 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 287 PJ Harvey, Wellington, 2017

I saw PJ Harvey in 2004, flew to Sydney – went with a couple of my best mates, it was incredible. Shortly after she announced she was retiring from stage-work. Well, she came back after a few years away and then I didn’t go to Auckland and see her again, and sorta wished I had. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Concert, Gig, Live, MFC, PJ, PJ Harvey, Review, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 287, Stubs: # 287 PJ Harvey, Wellington ·

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September 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Frank Kimbrough: Ancestors

Frank Kimbrough Ancestors Sunnyside Frank Kimbrough was one hell of a piano player – and he leaves behind a legacy across composition, covers and improvisation. His sudden death at the end of last year a shock, a great sadness and it makes listening to this first posthumous album (recorded in 2017) bittersweet.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2017), Album Review, Ancestors, Bass, Cornet, Frank Kimbrough, Frank Kimbrough: Ancestors, Instrumental, Jazz, Kirk Knuffke, Masa Kamaguchi, Piano, posthumous, Sunnyside, Trio, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Charlie Hunter Trio: Live At The Memphis Music Mansion

Charlie Hunter Trio Live At The Memphis Music Mansion CHM Recorded in 2017, and finally available for all to hear this version of the Charlie Hunter Trio (recording a laidback set at the Memphis Music Mansion) features the wonderfully laidback blues/soul/jazz drummer George Sluppick and Michael Blake (Soprano, Tenor and Baritone saxes) alongside Hunter and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2017), 2021, Album Review, Charlie Hunter, Charlie Hunter Trio, Charlie Hunter Trio: Live At The Memphis Music Mansion, George Sluppick, Live, Live At The Memphis Music Mansion, Memphis, Michael Blake, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go

Archie Shepp & Jason Moran Let My People Go Archieball Archie Shepp is 83, a living legend of jazz, a musical polymath and star of one of the best hip-hop albums of last year too! Jason Moran, some 30+ years younger than Shepp is one of the great modern jazz pianists – steeped in tradition […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2017), 2018), 2021, Album Review, Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp & Jason Moran, Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go, Duets, Duos, Germany, Jason Moran, Jazz, Let My People Go, Live, Paris, Piano, Saxophone, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 264 – Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa!, Wellington, 2017

Of all the times I saw Anika Moa doing her songs for kiddies I think this was absolutely the best; by which I also mean it was the best time for me and my boy – he was peak age and interest, he knew the songs and cared about them, he’d met Anika briefly so […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Anika Moa, Children, Gig Review, Kids, Live Gig, Live Music, Opera House, Songs for Children, Stub, Stubs, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 264, Stubs: # 264 – Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa!, Wellington ·

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July 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 100

Bob Marley and The Wailers, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978) (2017) Look, I’m not really one for these bootleg recordings – but I am one for bargains. So when I found a brand new copy of this, for dirt cheap, with time to kill and browsing, there was no choice but for it […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, 2017), Bob Marley, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Bootleg, Boston Music Hall, Exodus, Get Up Stand Up, Live, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978), LP, Medley, Medley: War/No More Trouble/Get Up Stand Up/Exodus, No More Trouble, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 100, The Wailers, Vinyl, War ·

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June 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs # 255 – Bill Frisell, Wellington, 2017

I could probably say that I never expected the chance to see Bill Frisell – at least not in New Zealand; so I was super excited to check him out when he appeared here as part of the Jazz Festival a couple of years back. And in support of a very fine album with the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Bill Frisell, Frisell, Guitar, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Live Gig, Petra Haden, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 255, Stubs # 255 – Bill Frisell, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Wellington, Wgtn, When You Wish Upon A Star ·

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May 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 252 – James Taylor, Napier, 2017

Though I loathe the term ‘Bucket List’ I’ll use it here for shorthand and due to familiarity…I never quite realised that James Taylor would be a Bucket List Gig for me until it was announced that he was touring. I’ve been a fan forever – at first somewhat forced one me; the greatest hits albums […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), All-Star Band, Church Road, Gig Review, Hawke's Bay, HB, James Taylor, Napier, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 252, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 252 – James Taylor, Tami Neilson, Vineyard ·

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May 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 122

Roots Radics, Dubbing At Channel 1 (2017) Lockdown has reconnected me with reggae, with dub, with lovers rock, ska, rocksteady – and holy shit maybe even dancehall. Jamaican music and the versions of it that appear throughout the world (especially the UK scene/s) has been a crucial part of the soundtrack to lockdown in my […]
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October 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 235 – Hand To God, Wellington, 2017

Someone asked me the other day how I got into theatre reviewing and I couldn’t really answer it. Then I remembered it was as prosaic as a newspaper editor asking me to do it. They obviously knew I’d done a book review or two and some music and they asked me to do it. Writing […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Circa Theatre, Drama, Hand To God, Play, Review, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 235, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 235 – Hand To God, Theatre Reviewing, Wellington ·

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May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 304 

Bob Dylan, Fort Collins Stadium Radio Broadcast, Colorado May 23rd 1976 (2017) It’s a dirty bootleg – it says it’s limited to 500 copies and is on a ‘label’ called BAD JOKER – I ask no questions and access the music. I know this recording well – it was released on TV also and is readily available […]
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November 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 361

Head Like A Hole, 13 (1993) Last year Head Like A Hole decided to release their debut full-lengther and take it on tour – I missed the show, but didn’t miss getting the LP. I love the band – their best work still stands and they’re always a good live show. I’ve seen them a […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 13, 1993, 2017), Debut, Fish Across Face, Head Like A Hole, HLAH, Life's A Joke, LP, Records, Reissue, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 361, Vinyl ·
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