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March 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
NZ Festival Writers & Readers: Close Listening – A Conversation With Laurie Anderson
Close Listening – A Conversation with Laurie Anderson, Shahzad Ismaily and Horomona Horo (chaired by Nick Tipping) Opera House, Wellington Thursday, March 5 Laurie Anderson is here to curate week two of the NZ Festival so this conversation appeared as part of the parallel Writers Readers component and was a chance to get to know […]Archive
March 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (March 4, Wellington)
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi MFC, Wellington Wednesday, March 4 When I reviewed There Is No Other – the duo album recorded over a handful of days last year by Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi – I talked about the tantalising prospect of this pair of musicologists taking to the road in support of this […]Archive
March 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Staves (March 4, Wgtn)
The Staves The Festival Club Sunday, March 4 British sisters Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor record and tour as The Staves, this Festival performance was their first Wellington appearance. They’re back in the tent for a second and final showing in the capital this Tuesday, March 6. From heavenly harmonies, and through clever looping of […]Archive
March 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Grizzly Bear (March 3, Wgtn)
Grizzly Bear The Opera House Saturday, March 3 Ever since The Festival got it really right a half decade ago and welcomed along Bon Iver (a person/band whose songs are patently absurd but it worked on the night, was undeniable) there’s been an aim to recreate that sort of magic. Not a bad effort last […]Archive
March 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: The Third Eye – Tuatara Temple of Taste, The Story of Funk, Soul, Jazz, Blues and Groove, Friday, March 4, 2016, 6-9pm
My first time playing some records at the excellent Third Eye bar, the first time they’ve had a DJ I think. It was all about the comfort-food version of funk, soul, jazz and blues – a little bit of pop and hip-hop and electronica sneaking in there under the “groove” banner. I enjoyed it. Great […]Archive
February 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman