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October 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Look At This Photograph of Geri Allen Just Doing Her Job at The Piano With A Fucking Baby On Her Back!
I keep looking at this photo. Until a few weeks ago I had never seen it. I still don’t know how I arrived at it. I believe – after a bit of searching – that it was taken in 1997 by a photographer called Mark Miller. I assume it’s a festival gig. I do know […]Archive
October 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Alan Howarth: Live at Hollywood Theater
Alan Howarth Live at Hollywood Theater Bsx Records Inc Alan Howarth is a composer and sound engineer – best known for his work with John Carpenter (as well as several volumes of the Halloween films he has composed and/or performed aspects of the score for Christine, Prince of Darkness, Escape From New York, They Live […]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
July 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Ennio Morricone
The great Ennio Morricone has died. He was 91. He was the greatest and most influential film composer of the 20th Century – his work carrying on into the 21st Century, which was when he was finally honoured with Academy awards – far too late. But Hollywood was somehow irrelevant to Morricone. He stayed in […]Archive
February 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 209: Lucien Johnson
Welcome to episode 209 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]Archive
January 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Zbiginew Preisner / Lisa Gerrard / Dominik Wania: Memories of My Youth
Zbiginew Preisner / Lisa Gerrard / Dominik Wania Memories of My Youth Supertrain Records The Polish composer Zbiginew Preisner has worked widely across theatre, dance and film – including orchestrations for David Gilmour and perhaps is best known for a series of film-scores including music for The Secret Garden and the Three Colours series of […]Archive
November 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
“I Don’t Mean To Be The Most Irritating Person On The Planet” – Jaz Coleman Celebrates Himself On Record and Whenever and Wherever He Can
Jaz Coleman has a brand new album out – the wondrous Magna Invocatio recorded with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – put simply it is his “Killing Joke Symphony”, a follow-up to successful orchestral rearrangements of classic rock acts including Pink Floyd, The Doors and The Rolling Stones. It was time to turn inward, to […]Archive
October 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 189: Claire Cowan
Welcome to episode 189 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
January 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Michel Legrand
I was sad to hear of the passing of Michel Legrand. He lived a long life I guess – he was a month shy of his 87th birthday I believe. I thought, straight away on hearing the news of his amazing recording, Legrand Jazz. We bought that 1959 album on a whim – I say we – the family used to […]Archive
January 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 151: Marc Taddei
Welcome to episode 151 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library to access each new episode; or […]Archive
September 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman