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March 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Laurie Anderson – Here Comes The Ocean (March 6, Wellington)

Laurie Anderson – Here Comes The Ocean MFC, Wellington Friday, March 6 Laurie Anderson was invited to the NZ Festival as one of the guest curators – that meant performances from Anderson as well, including this: her symphony of ocean-inspired songs from late husband Lou Reed and various texts and spoken word pieces of her […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Arts Festival, Budi Putra, Eyvind Kang, Festival of the Arts, Friday, Gamelan, Gamelan Wellington, Gig Review, Gig Review: Laurie Anderson – Here Comes The Ocean (March 6, Greg Cohen, Horomona Horo, Improvisation, Laurie Anderson – Here Comes The Ocean, Live Gig, Live Music, March 6, Megan Collins, MFC, NZ Festival, Rubin Kodheli, Shahzad Ismaily, Spoken Word, Stewart Hurwood, Symphony, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (March 4, Wellington)

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi MFC, Wellington Wednesday, March 4 When I reviewed There Is No Other – the duo album recorded over a handful of days last year by Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi – I talked about the tantalising prospect of this pair of musicologists taking to the road in support of this […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Arts Festival, Banjo, Bass, Festival of the Arts, Francesco Turrisi, Gig Review, Gig Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (March 4, Jason Sypher, Live Gig, March 4, MFC, NZ Festival, Rhiannon Giddens, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, There Is No Other, Wednesday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: The New Pornographers (March 3, Wellington)

The New Pornographers MFC, Wellington Tuesday, March 3 Across the last two decades the North American supergroup The New Pornographers has never really let the side down; theirs is a catalogue brimming with competence and, usually, confidence. If anything there’s a safeness that ever so slightly irks – that’s a small and very white complaint […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, A.C. Newman, Arts Festival, Carl Newman, Festival, Festival of the Arts, Gig Review, Gig Review: The New Pornographers (March 3, Joe Seiders, Live Gig, March 3, MFC, Neko Case, New Pornographers, NZ Festival, Simi Stone, The New Pornographers, Todd Fancey, Tuesday, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Achor, Afrobeat, Anchor FM, Ant Donaldson, Apple Podcasts, Arts Festival, Chat, Choreography, Chris O'Connor, Classical, Composer, Composition, Conversation, Dance, Ethio-Jazz, Ethiopia, Festival of the Arts, France, Interview, Jazz, Jeff Henderson, John Coltrane, John Psathas, Jonathan Crayford, Louis Johnson, Lucien Johnson, Lucy Marinkovich, Mike Nock, Miles Davis, NZ Festival, Off The Tracks, Podcast, Sax, Saxophone, Shogun Orchestra, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Strasbourg 1518, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 209, Sweetman Podcast # 209: Lucien Johnson, Sweetman Podcast: Lucien Johnson, Syzergy, T Leaf T, The Space, Thelonious Monk, Tom Callwood, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 207: Meg Williams (NZ Festival)

Welcome to episode 207 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchor FM, Chat, Conversation, ep.207, Executive Director, Festival of the Arts, Jazz Festival, Lexus Song Quest, Marnie Karmelita, Meg Williams, NZ Festival, Second Unit, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 207, Sweetman Podcast # 207: Meg Williams, Sweetman Podcast # 207: Meg Williams (NZ Festival), Sweetman Podcast: Meg Williams, T Leaf T, Tawhiri, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Mechanical Ballet (March 17, Wgtn)

Mechanical Ballet: Stroma w/ Sarah Watkins & Stephen De Pledge, Directed by Michael Norris Hannah Playhouse Friday March 16/Saturday March 17 The Mechanical Ballet refers to the dance between human musical abilities – both in a playing and composing sense – and the “mechatronics” of pre-programmed devices; machines that strike, thud, bow, pluck and rasp. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Bridget Jonson, Carl Stalling, Composition, Dada, David Downes, Directed by Michael Norris, Drumming, Electronics, Festival of the Arts, Friday March 16, George Anthiel, Gig Review, Gig Review: Mechanical Ballet (March 17, Hannah Playhouse, Live, Live Music, Mechanical, Mechanical Ballet, Mechanical Ballet: Stroma w/ Sarah Watkins & Stephen De Pledge, Mechatronics, Michael Norris, Mo Zareei, Music, NZ Festival, Percussion, Piano Phase, Programmed, Sarah Watkins, Saturday March 17, Stephen De Pledge, Steve Reich, Stroma, Victoria School of Music, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant & The Aaron Diehl Trio (March 13, Wgtn)

Cécile McLorin Salvant & The Aaron Diehl Trio MFC Tuesday, March 13 This was always likely to be one of the festival highlights – Miami-born, New York-based jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant and backing band The Aaron Diehl Trio.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Aaron Diehl, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Cécile McLorin Salvant & The Aaron Diehl Trio, Festival of the Arts, Gig Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant & The Aaron Diehl Trio (March 13, Jazz, Jazz Trio, Kyle Pool, Live Gig, March 13, MFC, Paul Sikivie, The Aaron Diehl Trio, Tuesday, Vocalist, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

HOME: Theatre

HOME Created by Geoff Sobelle Opera House; NZ Festival (March 7-11) We begin in pitch black – creator of the show, magician, actor, theatre-illusionist Geoff Sobelle appears, he builds a screen. Some people seem to find it painstaking – it’s a test of sorts. But the screen – a wooden frame with cloth stapled to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Audience, Ching Valdes-Aran, Elvis Perkins, Festival of the Arts, Geoff Sobelle, Home, HOME: Theatre, Improv, Jennifer Kidwell, Justin Rose, Live Theatre, March 7-11, Music, NZ Festival, Opera House, Sam Glenn, Sophie Bortolussi, The Opera House, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: The Staves (March 4, Wgtn)

The Staves The Festival Club Sunday, March 4 British sisters Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor record and tour as The Staves, this Festival performance was their first Wellington appearance. They’re back in the tent for a second and final showing in the capital this Tuesday, March 6. From heavenly harmonies, and through clever looping of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), British, Camilla Staveley-Taylor, Dave Power, Emily Staveley-Taylor, Festival of the Arts, Gig Review, Gig Review: The Staves, Gig Review: The Staves (March 4, Jessica Staveley-Taylor, Live Gig, Live Music, March 4, March 6, NZ Festival, Staveley-Taylor, Sunday, The Festival, The Festival Club, The Stages, The Staves, Tuesday, UK, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Grizzly Bear (March 3, Wgtn)

Grizzly Bear The Opera House Saturday, March 3 Ever since The Festival got it really right a half decade ago and welcomed along Bon Iver (a person/band whose songs are patently absurd but it worked on the night, was undeniable) there’s been an aim to recreate that sort of magic. Not a bad effort last […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Arts Festival, Festival of the Arts, Gig Review: Grizzly Bear, Gig Review: Grizzly Bear (March 3, March 3, March 4, NZ Festival, Opera House, Saturday, Sunday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 65 – Shelagh Magadza

Welcome to episode 65 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with the Artistic Director of the NZ Festival and Wellington Jazz Festival, Shelagh Magadza.
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Artistic Director, Arts Festival, Bill Frisell, Cassandra Wilson, Chat, Comet Is Coming, Conversation, Dave Weckl, Dianne Reeves, Discussion, ep65, Festival, Festival of the Arts, International Festival, Interview, iTunes, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Le Petite Chocolat, Michael Houstoun, NZ Festival, Plug, Podcast, PR, Promo, Rodger Fox, Shelagh Magadza, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 65 – Shelagh Magadza, T Leaf T, Wayne Shorter, Wellington, Wgtn, Wynton Marsalis, Yeastie Boys ·

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March 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Calexico (March 19, Wgtn)

Calexico Opera House Saturday, March 19 The band Calexico, both post-Americana and pan-American, is a regular visitor to Wellington. Every show is just different enough to make them worth seeing more than once, and this might have been my favourite set by the group. There are plenty of great constants: John Convertino is a great […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2016), Arts Festival, Calexico, Cumbia, Dominion Post, Festival of the Arts, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Calexico (March 19, Live Gig, March 19, NZ Festival, Opera House, Saturday, Stuff.co.nz, Wellington, Wgtn ·
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