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October 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: October 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. This month I talked about two records from artists that I believe have been influenced by Nick Cave – and in […]
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September 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: September 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. This month I talked about two records from artists that have written their own songs but were here paying tribute to […]
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July 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: July 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. This month I talked about two records from artists that have written their own songs but were here paying tribute to […]
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May 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: May 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. This month I talked about two records from artists that have been in the game a while and have a recognisable, […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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December 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Best Albums I Reviewed in 2020

For all the talk of it being a shit year and one to forget there was a lot of great music. There was (probably) a lot of shit music too. I tried my best to avoid as much of that as I could but would always call it out if it crossed my path. Black […]
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July 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

John Scofield: Swallow Tales

John Scofield Swallow Tales ECM In John Scofield’s first trio album as a leader for the ECM label it’s to a series of reunions; Sco is back leading a trio, back with one of his favoured drummers – the great Bill Stewart – and back playing the songs of Steve Swallow (who also plays bass […]
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December 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Albums I Loved The Most in 2019

Here below – in chronological order only (because it’s never a competition) is a list of the albums I loved the most in 2019; the caveat being that these are albums I wrote about – and so the chronological bit refers to the order I reviewed them in. Also there’s always one or two of […]
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December 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: November 2019

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… It’s […]
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October 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: October 2019

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 […]
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August 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: August (2) 2019

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 […]
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