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July 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Elling: Theatre

Elling Direction: Ross Jolly (written by Simon Bent, based on the novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen) Circa Theatre; Circa One (June 30– July 24) Elling has twice suffered postponement with Covid lockdown restrictions, cancelled altogether last year and then its opening week was delayed for this season given the temporary move to level 2 – meaning […]
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July 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: July 2021

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. This month I talked about two records from artists that have written their own songs but were here paying tribute to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Album Reviews, Home Video, Hot and Heavy, Jesse Mulligan, July, Lucy Dacus, PVA, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews: July 2021, Sleek Form, Toner, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poetry in Motion: PIM – July Edition – Featured Guest Simon Sweetman

The fantastic Poetry in Motion hosts an event on the first Thursday of every month at Wellington’s Fringe Bar. I’ve been attending as often as I can across the last couple of years. The structure is always the same – open mic starting at 7.30, and after an intermission there’s a feature poet; a guest spot. […]
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July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: July (2) 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… This […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, 9th Wonder, Afternoons, Dinner Party, Jesse Mulligan, Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade, July, Kamasi Washington, Phone, Radio, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews: July (2) 2020, Robert Glasper, RoundAgain, Supergroups, Taupo, Terrace Martin, Tuesday ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Afternoons, Don Bryant, Is It Over, Jesse Mulligan, July, Maceo Parker, Music Review, Radio, Radio NZ, Review, RNZ, RNZ Reviews: July 2020, Soul Food – Cooking With Maceo, Yes We Can Can, You Make Me Feel ·

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December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gigs I Saw in 2019

I probably saw fewer gigs – and reviewed fewer gigs – in 2019 than any other year. That’s kinda nice. I also paid for a few shows too; more than other years. That’s also nice – liberating…although I’m so conditioned to writing a review to process the show that I still turn out the reviews […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, April, Auckland, August, Book, Classical, Comedy, Concert, Concert Review, December, February, Festival, Gig Review, Gigs, Gigs I Saw, Gigs I Saw in 2019, Hawke's Bay, January, Jazz, July, June, Live Gig, Live Gig Review, Live Review, March, May, Music, Musician, November, October, Poet, Pop, Rock, September, Wellington, Year in Review, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Songs Banned By Radio

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2pm, Afternoons, Banned, Feature, https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018705384/music-feature-songs-banned-by-radio, Jessie Mulligan, July, Radio, Radio Feature, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand Nationa, Radio NZ, RNZ, RNZ Feature: Songs Banned By Radio, Songs Banned By Radio, Songs Banned From Radio, Tuesday, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: July 2019

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… […]
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July 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Young Torless (July 9)

The Wellington Film Society’s program will soon take a break for a couple of weeks to welcome The International Film Festival but there’s still a couple of weeks of films and then the program returns in mid-August for another few months. Following on from last week’s showing of Les Cowboys we travel back in time […]
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August 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 521

The Beach Boys, 15 Big Ones (1976) My Beach Boys fixation has kicked back in – and I’m buying up the lesser albums from the canon, ones that I owned on CD but never got around to buying up on vinyl. Some of the weaker albums in their catalogue have some of my favourite moments […]
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July 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Anika Moa (July 15, Wgtn) – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5)

Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa! Hannah Playhouse Saturday, 15 July (1:00pm) Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5) Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa!  We went to see Anika Moa – it was me and my cousin Liam and my mum and dad. On the way, we saw Anika Moa’s car – and I got my picture taken with […]
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July 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Steve Gunn (July 14, Wgtn)

Steve Gunn Caroline Friday, July 14 American guitar wizard Steve Gunn was in town for a small show, part of his first New Zealand tour – Gunn is known for (and because of) his work with Kurt Vile and from there to a handful of records that alternate between solo, acoustic excursions and band projects […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Caroline, Folk, Friday, Gig Review, Gig Review: Steve Gunn (July 14, Guitar, Guitarist, July, July 14, Live Gig, Live Music, Steve Gunn, Wellington, Wgtn ·
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