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December 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Living Colour (December 13; Wgtn)
Living Colour San Fran Thursday, December 13 Living Colour formed in New York in the mid-80s and across the late-1980s and into the mid-1990s they achieved their biggest fame with an impressive run of albums that started in 1988 with debut, Vivid and rolled through 1990’s Time’s Up and 1993’s Stain. From there thee was […]Archive
December 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Orchestra Wellington NEW WORLD (December 1, Wgtn)
Orchestra Wellington NEW WORLD MFC Saturday, December 1 The closing event in Orchestra Wellington’s 2018 program was a suitably epic closer to the “Great and Noble” season, featuring a guest conductor for one piece, a guest soloist in regular concert master Amalia Hall, a world premiere and some stately performances of the classical music world’s […]Archive
October 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Steve Gadd, James Carter & The Rodger Fox Big Band (October 17; Palmerston North)
Steve Gadd, James Carter & The Rodger Fox Big Band Globe Theatre; Palmerston North Wednesday, October 17 Rodger Fox has been trying to get Steve Gadd to New Zealand for at least two decades – and finally it happened, he has Gadd in town for a series of shows, the first of which was in […]Archive
September 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: Bob Dylan Gig Review (August, 2018)
Earlier this year I got hooked – all over again – on Bob Dylan. I’m never not hooked on Bob Dylan by the way. I was turned onto his music as a teenager, or maybe at age 12 even. And since then I’ve been a fan. But obviously, when you listen to music obsessively, you can carry a […]Archive
August 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Bob Dylan (August 26; Akld)
Bob Dylan Spark Arena Sunday, August 26 It was my fourth time seeing Bob Dylan – my first in over a decade, first away-gig too; he gave up on Wellington after the 2007 leg of his Never-Ending Tour, he’s been back to New Zealand two or three times since. But I really felt the need […]Archive
August 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Suzanne Vega (August 8, Wgtn)
Suzanne Vega Opera House, Wellington Wednesday, August 8 For her New Zealand shows it was just Suzanne Vega and long-serving bassist Mike Visceglia. I say just because it was the full band that performed in Australia, at wonderful shows celebrating the respective 30th and 25th anniversaries of the Solitude Standing and 99.9F Degrees albums.Archive
July 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Suzanne Vega (July 28, Sydney)
Suzanne Vega Enmore Theatre, Newtown; Sydney, Australia Saturday, July 28 Suzanne Vega is celebrating the 30th and 25th anniversaries of, respectively, the albums Solitude Standing and 99.9Fd. Or as she explained cleverly at the start of the show, selections from the albums. No fear of a trick though, that meant most of each album – […]Archive
June 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: John Beasley’s MONK’estra (June 9, Wgtn)
John Beasley’s MONK’estra Opera House, Wellington (8pm) Saturday, June 9 John Beasley’s MONK’estra is a big band dedicated to playing the music of pianist/composer Thelonious Monk and for this performance the core of the America group was augmented by some local players including Rodger Fox and members from his jazz orchestra.Archive
June 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Christian McBride’s New Jawn (June 6, Wgtn)
Christian McBride’s New Jawn Opera House, Wellington (8pm) Wednesday, June 6 Opening night of this year’s Jazz Festival saw a new thing (or “New Jawn”, in Philly-slang) from legendary bassist, band-leader and session-star across jazz and pop, Christian McBride.Archive
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. […]Archive
March 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman