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July 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: July 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 […]

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June 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Don Bryant: You Make Me Feel

Don Bryant You Make Me Feel Fat Possum Don Bryant made a few singles under his own name, cut a few albums for other people– but his lasting contribution to music is as a songwriter. If nothing more he heard his wife utter the words, “I can’t stand the rain!” and lifted them up and […]

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May 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Don Bryant: Don’t Give Up On Love

Don Bryant Don’t Give Up On Love Fat Possum Records How timely to receive this at almost exactly the same time as the fabulous new Robert Cray album. Both records use the same rhythm section – those magical players from Hi Records; responsible for the magic across records by Al Green and Ann Peebles and […]

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May 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 12 – Nice New Things

It’s been a wee while since I’ve offered up a Five Songs For Friday and even longer since it was about new music, brand new music, music new to me…stuff I’ve found through reviewing or snooping about through the channels. So here we go then…Five Songs For Friday: Nice New Things…from brand new artists and […]