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March 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ed Motta: Criterion of the Senses

Ed Motta Criterion of the Senses MustHave/Membran Though this is a slightly more subdued effort than his mighty Perpetual Gateways (an easy contender for my record of the year in 2016) the consistency is still there, the quality so high on Ed Motta’s latest.  
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brazil, Criterion of the Senses, Donald Fagen, Donny Hathaway, Ed Motta, Ed Motta: Criterion of the Senses, George Benson, Perpetual Gateways, Steely Dan, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Neon Bull [Boi Neon] (October 15)

The Wellington Film Society rolls on – there’ll be a break next week for Labour Weekend. Last week we were treated to China’s Van Goghs. This week it’s Neon Bull. Gabriel Mascaro’s Neon Bull takes us to Brazil and the world of the vaquejada – two cowboys (“vaqueiros”) on horseback pursue a bull, seeking to pin it between two […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged (October 15), 2018), 6.15pm, Boi Neon, Brazil, Cinema, Embassy, Film, Film Society, Gabriel Mascaro, https://offthetracks.co.nz/wellington-film-society-2018-schedule/, Monday, Neon Bull, Neon Bull [Boi Neon], Oct 15, Preview, Wellington Film Society, Wellington Film Society: Preview, Wellington Film Society: Preview – Neon Bull [Boi Neon] (October 15), Wgtn ·

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March 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 46: Milton Nascimento/ Lô Borges – “Clube Da Esquina”

I’m adding this even though I think I did listen to this some 20 years back. I feel like it was part of the in-store rotation for a while, some reissue of it, back in the days of the CD Store with attached café. Then again it could have simply been anything else vaguely in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Clube Da Esquina”, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1972, Brazil, Classic, Lô Borges, Milton Nascimento, Milton Nascimento/ Lô Borges, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 46, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 46: Milton Nascimento/ Lô Borges – “Clube Da Esquina”, World Music, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Brazil (Opening Night, Feb 26)

The Wellington Film Society’s program for 2018 is about to get underway. This year the films will be screened on Monday nights, from 6.15pm on the giant Embassy screen. And the opening night’s film is Brazil, a classic from Terry Gilliam.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1985, 2018), Bob Hoskins, Brazil, Charles McKeown, Embassy Theatre, Feb 26), February 26, Film, https://offthetracks.co.nz/wellington-film-society-2018-schedule/, Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, Monday, Movie, Opening Night, ou can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Preview, Robert De Niro, Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Wellington Film Society, Wellington Film Society: Preview – Brazil (Opening Night, Wgtn ·

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February 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 441

Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, The Fool On The Hill [Single] (1968) One of my all-time favourite Beatles covers is this wee lounge-classic by Sergio Mendes and his Brasil ’66 combo. Nothing fancy, a little bit cheesy, but just right. It works for me. I like it. I like a lot of Sergio’s Brasil ’66 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1968, A-side, B-side, Beatles Cover, Brasil '66, Brazil, Cover, EP, LP, Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Side A, Side B, Single, So Many Stars, The Beatles, The Fool on the Hill, The Vinyl Countdown # 441, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 19: Astrud Gilberto – “Beach Samba”

“Stay and we’ll make sex with music…” Er…OKAY! (I’m glad I never heard this as a teenager, geez – what an opening line!) Astrud Gilberto is, for most, the voice of The Girl From Ipanema and that’s enough – by that I mean it’s one the great songs. So anything else she did was a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1967, Astrud Gilberto, Beach Samba, Brazil, Jazz, Joao Gilberto, Pop, Samba, Sixties, Stay, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 19, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 19: Astrud Gilberto – “Beach Samba”, The Girl From Ipanema ·

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November 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Sepultura – NZ Tour (May, 2018)

Brazilian Heavy Metal Icons Sepultura + San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Legends Death Angel tour this May! Get your tickets here: “The second Sepultura entered the stage the whole place went absolutely crazy. Neck-breaking headbanging, mosh pits and crowdsurfers were there right from the first minute to the very last note” – Heavy Metal Bands Info (Sepultura Review)
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Auckland, Brazil, Death Angel, May, metal, PR, Press Release, Promo, San Fran, Sepultura, Tour Announcement, Tour Announcement: Sepultura - NZ Tour (May, Wellington ·

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February 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Adam Fresco

Adam Fresco works in film, theatre and TV as a writer, director, producer, performer and professional acting coach. Born in London, he arrived in Auckland a decade ago, having worked in professional British Theatre and TV. The Director of DramaTrain.co.nz and Producer for Imagine Studios NZ, Adam is a self-confessed film nut. He regularly reviews […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 8 1/2, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Acting Coach, Adam Fresco, All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Braindead, Brazil, Bruce Campbell, Cabaret, Casino, Citizen Kane, Cloud Atlas, Dancer In The Dark, David Lynch, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead, Die Hard, Director, DramaTrain, DramaTrain.co.nz, Duck Soup, Elephant Man, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, F.W. Murnau, Film Review, Films, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Adam Fresco, Flicks.co.nz, Freaks, Hard Boiled, In Bruges, Inception, Jaws, John Carpenter, John Woo, Lenny, Leon, Lesson of the Evil, Luc Besson, Marathon Man, Monty Python, Movie, Movie Review, Mulholland Drive, Oldboy, Pink Floyd The Wall, Planet FM's Kick Arts, Producer, Quentin Tarantino, Requiem For A Dream, Sam Raimi, Seven Psychopaths, Sleeper, Special Guest, Spellbound, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Terry Gilliam, The Battle of Brazil, The Dead Zone, The Devil's Rejects, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie, The French Connection, The Hitcher, The King of New York, The Life of Brian, The Lobster, The Thing, The Wizard of Oz, This Is Spinal Tap, Throne of Blood, Velvet Goldmine, Weekend, Wild at Heart, Wolf Creek 2, Woody Allen, Writer ·

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December 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Fabiano Do Nascimento: Danca Dos Tempos

Fabiano Do Nascimento Danca Dos Tempos Now Again Records Fabiano Do Nascimento has been building a reputation across recent years and that’s set to be cemented with this, his debut international release, a record that pulses and surges with his dextrous guitar work across a range of Afro-Brazilian grooves that cross all manner of world-music […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Airto, Airto Moreira, Album Review, Brazil, Danca Dos Tempos, Fabiano Do Nascimento, Guitar, O Ovo, Percussion, Richard "Tiki" Pasillas ·

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September 29, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Putumayo Presents Brazilian Lounge

Various Artists: Putumayo Presents: Brazilian Lounge Putumayo World Music/Ode This one’s a reissue, a re-release. Originally put out into the world in 2006 Putumayo is representing its collection of sultry, chilled Brazilian grooves. Some of this music sounds so remarkably dated now, as if it’s been unearthed from the 1980s or 1990s, but there are […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brazil, Brazilian Lounge, Ode, Putmayo, Putumayo Presents Brazilian Lounge, Putumayo World Music, V/A, Various Artists ·

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September 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Charlie Dennard: From Brazil To New Orleans

Charlie Dennard From Brazil To New Orleans www.charliedennard.com Charlie Dennard has some chops, a former student of the great Ellis Marsalis – he’s currently in New Zealand in fact, as musical director of the latest version of the Cirque du Soleil show – and here, with a set of songs that aim to show of […]
Posted in Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brazil, Charlie Dennard, Cirque du Soleil, From Brazil To New Orleans, Jazz, Keyboards, Musical Director, New Orleans, Piano ·

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