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July 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge – “We Are Family”
I have never listened to a Sister Sledge album – until now. And after playing We Are Family a heap I am wondering why. I mean, I always knew it was CHIC that was musically driving the group, and as a Chic/Nile Rodgers fan that should have had me curious. I guess I figured a […]Archive
July 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 74: Chic – “C’est Chic”
I love Chic. I love Nile Rodgers. And yet I had never heard C’est Chic until just recently. I have listened to live albums and watched the recent DVDs and then way ahead of that I’ve had compilations and I regularly jam the key tracks, the big singles, the obvious stuff…but it’s weird that I’ve […]Archive
June 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Lionel Richie and Nile Rodgers (CHIC) to Play Two NZ Shows: Akld and ChCh (Oct, 2017)
It’s called the All The His tour and it’ll be a great, great show. Lionel Richie is a terrific live act, all those great songs from his solo albums and the Commodores years. He’s also one of my all-time favourite interviews. And a great show he played in Wellington in 2011. He’s no stranger to […]Archive
September 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Produced by Nile Rodgers
A quick reminder of what a great song Original Sin is and I was off making up a playlist of Nile Rodgers productions – just one song per artist though, or else this thing could go on forever. All those great albums he’s played on, had a say in, written for, co-created. So here’s a […]Archive
September 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Chromeo: White Women
Chromeo White Women Big Beat/Wea David Macklovitch (Dave 1) and Patrick Gemayel (P-Thugg) are back with album number four as Chromeo and the deconstructed disco and playful yacht-rock tropes are still happening. This is chic – and sometimes very nearly with a capital ‘c’ – particularly on the Daft Punk-aping Over Your Shoulder; actually it’s […]Archive
May 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1135
Madonna, Like A Virgin (1985) It’s funny what you wouldn’t allow yourself to buy at one stage – I kinda wanted this album on tape. But I never ever bought it – must have thought it not right to own a Madonna tape. Weird. No issue with that now. I don’t like a lot of […]Archive
July 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Nile Rodgers: Le Freak
Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny Nile Rodgers Sphere When Nile Rodgers released his brilliant autobiography he was yet to collaborate with Daft Punk – that’s certainly brought him even more of an audience, brought even more of an audience to him. But the book tells a great tale already, […]Archive
January 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman