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April 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The State of Play: Fame Goes, Music Remains…

“We live in an age of music for people who don’t like music. The record industry discovered some time ago that there aren’t that many people who actually like music. For a lot of people, music’s annoying, or at the very least they don’t need it. They discovered if they could sell music to a […]

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January 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 47 – Debbie Harwood

Welcome to episode 47 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with musician Debbie Harwood. This was my first time meeting Debbie – but we’ve been corresponding for a while, including planning this podcast on/off for around a year. Turns out she lives around the corner from my parents in Hawke’s […]

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February 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: VINYL (Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 1)

Various Artists: VINYL (Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 1) Atlantic Recording Corporation & Warner Bros. Records, Inc/WEA International Inc. The much-hyped Martin Scorsese/Mick Jagger-executive produced VINYL has debuted – bringing with it a first volume of soundtrack recordings. The plan – for a show called VINYL – is to have digital-only releases popping […]

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September 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Simon Grigg: How Bizarre

How Bizarre: Pauly Fuemana and The Song That Stormed The World Simon Grigg Awa Press When I interviewed Simon Grigg for my book, On Song he told me, in speaking about the song How Bizarre that he was working on a book – he wasn’t sure if that book would ever happen, would see the […]