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October 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 190: Cassandra Tse

Welcome to episode 190 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Apple, BATS, Cass Tse, Cassandra Tse, Chat, Circa, Comedy, ep.190, Four Nights In The Green Barrow Pub, Improv, Interview, iTunes, JJ Murphy & Co., La Petite Chocola, Mixed Bag Podcast, MOODPORN, Musical, Musical Theatre, New York, Red Scare, Red Scare Theatre Company, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 190: Cassandra Tse, T Leaf T, The Aliens, Theatre, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 188: Simon Leary

Welcome to episode 188 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. 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 […]
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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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December 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 95 – Gavin Rutherford

Welcome to episode 95 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a conversation with Gavin Rutherford, he’s a Wellington-based actor closely associated with Circa Theatre – but maybe you’ve seen him across film and TV appearances also. He does voice work, some directing and anything that needs […]
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July 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Oren Ambarchi / Jim O’Rourke: Behold

Oren Ambarchi / Jim O’Rourke Behold Editions Mego Here with their second duo collaborative album are two guitarists who are both in fact multi-instrumentalists, Australian Oren Ambarchi and American Jim O’Rourke. Behold, as with the pair’s previous outing, Indeed, splits a single piece of music across two tracks – or two sides, for vinyl devotees.  […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Behold, Glacial, Improv, Improvisations, Improvisatory, Indeed, Jim O'Rourke, On Jones Beach, Oren Ambarchi, Oren Ambarchi / Jim O’Rourke ·

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July 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: The Winter + Fredd Marshall + Confluence at Pyramid Club

This Thursday, July 23, The Winter, Fredd Marshall and Confluence will be playing at the Pyramid Club ($10 waged/$5 unwaged). The Winter is a band I play in – we formed a dozen years ago, we meet up once a year or not even, and we see what sounds we can make. It’s been fun. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Confluence, Dave Edwards, Fredd Marshall, Gig Preview, Gig Preview: The Winter + Fredd Marshall + Confluence at Pyramid Club, Improv, Improvisation, July 23, Mike Kingston, Pyramid Club, Simon Sweetman, Sound Explorers, The Winter, Thursday, Wellington ·

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November 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Keiji Haino/Jim O’Rourke/Oren Ambarchi: Only Wanting to Melt Beautifully Away Is It A Lack of Contentment That Stirs Affection for Those Things Said to Be As of Yet Unseen

Keiji Haino/Jim O’Rourke/Oren Ambarchi Only Wanting to Melt Beautifully Away Is It A Lack of Contentment That Stirs Affection for Those Things Said to Be As of Yet Unseen Black Truffle Here we have three great improvisers all working beautifully together across one single album-length track. The magic here is in the subtlety, O’Rourke’s 12-string […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Black Truffle, Free-Improv, Improv, Improvisation, Keiji Haino/Jim O’Rourke/Oren Ambarchi, Only Wanting to Melt Beautifully Away Is It A Lack of Contentment That Stirs Affection for Those Things Said to Be As of Yet Unseen ·

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May 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Black Dirt Oak: Wawayanda Patent

Black Dirt Oak Wawayanda Patent Mie Not a band as such – this project is, if you like, a “supergroup”, it’s a collection of musicians that have recorded at Black Dirt Studio – here Jason Meagher captures some amazing collaborations, players like Steve Gunn and Nathan Bowles (Pelt), Dave Shuford (D. Charles Speer) and Justin […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Black Dirt Oak, D. Charles Speer, Dave Shuford, Improv, Jason Meagher, Justin Tripp, Nathan Bowles, Pelt, Steve Gunn, Wawayanda Patent ·

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January 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Glacial: On Jones Beach

Glacial On Jones Beach Three Lobed Recordings Funny, the tricks the mind plays – or where you allow the mind to go – when listening to free and improvised music; the melodies that find themselves and then find you in and around the noise, that dissonant wash, and then you attach your own memories, your […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, David Watson, Free, Glacial, Ian McEwan, Improv, Improvised, Lee Ranaldo, Noise, On Chesil Beach, On Jones Beach, Sonic Youth, The Dead C, The Necks, Tony Buck, Tony de Latour ·

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September 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Roscoe Mitchell: Duets With Tyshawn Sorey & Special Guest Hugh Ragin

Roscoe Mitchell Duets With Tyshawn Sorey & Special Guest Hugh Ragin World Hive Records This album of free-improv duets between saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell and drummer and rising star of the improv scene (as both player and composer/multi-instrumentalist) Tyshawn Sorey includes some appearances by trumpeter Hugh Ragin; Mitchell’s old Association for the Advancement of Creative musicians […]
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