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March 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Dave Dobbyn – A Slice of Heaven: 40 Years of Hits Tour (April, 2017)

April 7 sees the release of a brand new compilation of Dave Dobbyn’s biggest and best – celebrating 40 years in the game. And he’ll tour the country to celebrate, taking in Whangearei down to Invercargill via Auckland, the Waiheke Jazz Festival, Putaruru, Wairoa, Feilding, Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and then Dunedin. Featuring songs from […]

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January 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 590

Dave Dobbyn, Harmony House (2016) I was right on board when this album came out – reviewed the album even got to sit down and talk for a couple of hours with DD for the podcast. I’m a huge fan of Dave Dobbyn’s music – and this was his first album after a (long) 8-year […]

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November 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Samuel Scott to open Robert Forster’s Wellington Show: Thurs Nov 10 (2016)

To add to the excitement of what will surely be a great show – Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens playing a cabaret-styled set at Wellington’s San Fran next Thursday, November 10 – it’s just been announced that the opening act is Sam Scott of The Phoenix Foundation and Bunnies on Ponies. Samuel Scott has been […]

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April 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Record Store Day 2016: Southbound Records

April means Record Store Day and this year it’s Saturday, April 16. Our friends at Southbound Records always put on a great day, they believe in first-come-first-served for the special RSD releases and will have over 250 exclusive on-the-day/for-the-day titles in-store. They’ll also have coffee and baking for customers – with doors open from 9.00am. […]

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March 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Record Store Day 2016: Slow Boat Records

April means Record Store Day and this year it’s Saturday, April 16. Our friends at Slow Boat Records always put on a terrific day with instores and the very best of the Limited Edition Record Store Day-only vinyl reissues and special releases. One of Slow Boat’s first “big name” Record Store Day in-stores was Dave […]

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March 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Dave Dobbyn: Harmony House

Dave Dobbyn Harmony House Dave Dobbyn Here is the new Dave Dobbyn album – his first in eight years. Yes! If you’ve been waiting, you’ve been waiting too long… Beginning with Waiting For A Voice, its title perhaps giving us a clue behind the delay between records, we’re in a different world, particularly as album […]

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March 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 16 – Dave Dobbyn

Some big news for Episode 16 of Sweetman Podcast – first of all it’s a two-hour chat with Dave Dobbyn. We’re talking about his brand new album, Harmony House – you can even hear some snippets from the album ahead of its release at the end of this week. But of course we talk about […]