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October 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 187: Mark de Clive-Lowe

Welcome to episode 187 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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June 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 172: Eddie Rayner

Welcome to episode 172 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 in your Spotify library.Here is my chat with Eddie Rayner. I recorded this in late […]
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September 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 80 – Hannah Fraser & Jon McLeary (Spines)

Welcome to episode 80 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a little different – it’s a chat with Hannah and Jon from the Spines, specifically, a track-by-track walk-through of their new album, Epidural. It’s the first album released by the Spines for 30 years, Hannah is […]
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May 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Deliriously So: ‘Stevie Wonder Is A Musical Genius’

You know that bit – in Eddie Murphy’s Delirious when he shouts “Stevie Wonder is a musical genius!” A great bit. From a great comedy show. It’s probably tough work sitting through Delirious now – the endless use of the word ‘faggot’ as a taunt. And, nearly as offensive, that appalling red leather suit. But Delirious – for better and worse […]
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June 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Bernie Worrell

Bernie Worrell has died. He was 72. The keyboardist and synth pioneer, also an occasional singer, and crucial arranger/composer/collaborator had been battling stage-four lung cancer. His wife had issued a statement, just a week ago, that he was near death. Worrell was an important right-hand-man to George Clinton and his contributions to the Parliament/Funkadelic music […]
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September 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Charlie Dennard: From Brazil To New Orleans

Charlie Dennard From Brazil To New Orleans www.charliedennard.com Charlie Dennard has some chops, a former student of the great Ellis Marsalis – he’s currently in New Zealand in fact, as musical director of the latest version of the Cirque du Soleil show – and here, with a set of songs that aim to show of […]
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