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February 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: February 2021
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. I didn’t review a whole lot of music over summer – but I did get hooked on some things, especially things […]Archive
December 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: December 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 this most recent session probably marked five years. […]Archive
December 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Features: The Beatles one by one…
About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. Over the last two years, I’ve been slowly building up a chat on each of The Beatles. It started late November in 2018. Jesse Mulligan asked me if […]Archive
December 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: The Solo Career of John Lennon
About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. Over the last two years, I’ve been slowly building up a chat on each of The Beatles. But how to finish with John Lennon? Well there was the […]Archive
November 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: November 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 […]Archive
October 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: October 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 […]Archive
October 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: One Minute Songs
About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. I wanted to do something different this time, so came up with the idea of playing a bunch of different songs in different styles that are all just […]Archive
October 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Interview: The Death of Music Journalism
I’m often on RNZ to talk about music – but the boot was on the other foot just the other day when I was interviewed about my debut poetry collection, The Death of Music Journalism. The book, published by The Cuba Press, is available through all good book shops now and launches tomorrow, Sunday, October […]Archive
September 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: September 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 […]Archive
August 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: The Legacy of the Carpenters
About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. I’ve long been a fan of the music of the Carpenters and wanted to play some of my favourites, some of the key examples of Karen’s great singing […]Archive
August 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman