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May 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Chris Cain at Wellington’s Blues Club, Jack Hackett’s, May 28, 2019

Chris Cain is one of the best living blues guitarists around – and, fortunately, he’s been a regular visitor to New Zealand shores. I met Chris in 2016 and recorded a conversation with him in the earliest days of Sweetman Podcast. I’ve seen him play a few times – and he has the soul, feel, […]
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June 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 70 – Rodger Fox

Welcome to episode 70 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with musician, bandleader, arranger, promoter and educator Rodger Fox. Dr. Rodger Fox is now a full time senior lecturer at the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria […]
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June 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Bach Beat – Michael Houstoun & The Rodger Fox Big Band (June 11, Wgtn)

Bach Beat: Michael Houstoun & The Rodger Fox Big Band Opera House, Wellington (3pm) Sunday, June 11 One of the most intriguing musical collaborations of recent years has been that of Rodger Fox and Michael Houstoun. It works. And I know this from the recordings – but at this year’s jazz festival I finally got […]
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October 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Check out Chris Cain: He’s Got The Blues in his Soul and at his Fingertips

Chris Cain is an American blues guitarist and singer.  He writes his own songs – has nearly a dozen albums to his name, but it’s the blues he carries inside him, a repertoire of songs by the greats, the legends – B.B. King and Albert King, for example – that make Cain worth seeing and […]
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March 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Chris Cain, Roy Phillips – Together in Concert for the First Time w/ The Rodger Fox Big Band (Wgtn, March 23)

Chris Cain/Roy Phillips – Together in Concert for The First Time w/ The Rodger Fox Big Band The Grand Wednesday, March 23 Billed as The USA – UK Connection (featuring The Rodger Fox Big Band) we essentially had 2-for-1, a double-bill that started with The UK’s Roy Phillips. He’s been living in New Zealand since […]
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March 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Chris Cain with The Rodger Fox Big Band: King of the Blues

Chris Cain w/ The Rodger Fox Big Band King of the Blues TBone Records American guitarist Chris Cain is a regular visitor to these shores and late last year he recorded this set with The Rodger Fox Big Band. Consider it a business card, of sorts. Here you get to hear Cain do his B.B. […]
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March 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 17 – Chris Cain

So it’s just the second international guest to date in the life of Sweetman Podcast – episode 17 is my chat with American blues guitarist and singer, Chris Cain. What a great pleasure it was to sit down with Chris and talk through his life, his influences, his passion for playing. More than once, as […]
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