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November 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Dolly Parton – 50 Years At The Opry: DVD
Dolly Parton: 50 Years At The Opry Director: Ashley S Gorman Man Alive Entertainment / Madman It’s been a huge year or two for Dolly Parton – a range of celebratory docos, biopics and biographical stories including a brilliant podcast series. Dolly is always there. And for many of us she’s one of music’s true […]Archive
October 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 31
Pixies, Doolittle (1989) It’s funny how a concert can ruin a band for you – when I saw the Pixies, finally, in 2010 (and playing this album in its entirety)I fell out of love with the group almost instantly. I’ve barely listened to them since. I grew up loving the band and I had all […]Archive
September 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Sitting Room Sessions: Margot Pierard & Wil Sargisson
This guy in Hawke’s Bay started this thing a while back called The Sitting Room Sessions – follow the page on Facebook. Check it out. House concerts, basically. Small gigs. Acoustic, primarily. A sitting audience. Waiting to be entertained, open to hearing anything, sure of quality due to the curation by their host. He’s trusted. […]Archive
August 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 274 – Rhian Sheehan, Wellington, 2018
I’ve seen Rhian Sheehan a bunch of times. And it’s always been great – always a variation of the same sorts of moods and feels and vibe; many of the same pieces even. But it always has a new flavour too. So it’s never (just) repetition. I’ve seen this sort of show from him develop […]Archive
July 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 32 – Deep Purple, “Concerto For Group And Orchestra”
Deep Purple, Concerto for Group and Orchestra, 1969 I have a complicated history with this one – I probably thought about it before hearing it more than has been the case with any other album… Let me explain. Deep Purple was one of my first loves – a Singles collection by the band was the […]Archive
December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gigs I Saw in 2019
I probably saw fewer gigs – and reviewed fewer gigs – in 2019 than any other year. That’s kinda nice. I also paid for a few shows too; more than other years. That’s also nice – liberating…although I’m so conditioned to writing a review to process the show that I still turn out the reviews […]Archive
November 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Joe Satriani: Altered States (Live 1988)
Joe Satriani Altered States (Live 1988) Shockwaves In 1988 – and for me it was through until about 1994 – Joe Satriani was the man. His Lazarus days. A king shredder that invested some melody and mood into the trick-bag. Rock instrumentals for fairweather-bogans, guitar music that wasn’t just for guitar-nerds…okay, it mostly was, but […]Archive
September 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Don’t Fight It – It’s Bigger Than The ID
We don’t know how lucky we are. The music that means the most to me from New Zealand artists is barely ever the product of a funding body, doesn’t have corporate sponsors, isn’t major label-endorsed. It’s the battlers. It’s about brave hearts and (sometimes) troubled souls. It’s about an energy. An anger. A feeling. It’s […]Archive
August 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Paul Kelly: Live at Sydney Opera House
Paul Kelly Live at Sydney Opera House Universal Import I realise now that my ‘break’ from listening to Paul Kelly came about due to the embarrassment of once trying to jump on stage with him once, of nearly wrestling a guitar from his hands, of all the silliness of youth… I was – and am […]Archive
August 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 232 – Suzanne Vega, Wellington, 2018
It felt like I had been waiting my whole life for a Suzanne Vega gig – then I saw her twice in two weeks. First in Australia (I couldn’t take the chance that there wouldn’t be NZ shows) and then I saw her in Wellington also. Was worth the travel. And the two shows. They […]Archive
June 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman