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October 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 137 – Mary McCallum
Welcome to episode 137 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Mary McCallum. She’s just published her first book of poems, the excellent XYZ of Happiness. But Mary was playing the long-game, she’s a known, established poet – having studied under Bill Manhire when his […]Archive
August 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 129 – Suzanne Vega
Welcome to episode 129 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here I talk with one of my all-time musical heroes, Suzanne Vega. We are in a hotel restaurant and there is some background noise. Just a warning. What a thrill to meet her and speak with her. I flew […]Archive
August 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 127 – Ray Ahipene-Mercer
Welcome to episode 127 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. I first met Ray Mercer some 15+ years ago. I had met him through a friend. And then, when I was commissioned to write my first professional piece for the then-Evening Post, a housing feature, of all things, I […]Archive
July 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 123 – Ali Harper
Welcome to episode 123 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Ali Harper is someone I met for the first time earlier this year. I told her I wanted to podcast her – because I knew her work. I had heard some of her albums, seen her on the TV […]Archive
July 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Grace Jones – Bloodlight and Bami: DVD
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Director: Sophie Fiennes Umbrella Entertainment As with her recent/ish memoir (a mostly great read) here Grace Jones is self-mythologising. And rightly. Wisely. More than fair enough. She’s singular – her impact felt across fashion and music and (to a lesser degree) both the big and small screen. She’s a visual […]Archive
June 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
James Rhodes: Fire On All Sides
Fire On All Sides James Rhodes Quercus James Rhodes, the classical pianist with rock’n’roll swagger, is a prodigy-level player that’s not there to please the purists but is – in his love of the music and his ability as conduit for it – far closer to being a purist than any of the snobs he […]Archive
May 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
To Be Or Not To Be: Film
To Be Or Not To Be Director: Jing Chen (Independent) A short film – merely a conversation of just 11 minutes – but it screens as part of a series of shorts at the Doc Edge Festival – To Be Or Not To Be is a snapshot of the busking-career, motivations, influences and frustrations of […]Archive
May 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 114 – Roy Brown
Welcome to episode 114 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Roy Brown – he’s a Hawke’s Bay musician and runs the legendary venue, The Cabana. Roy’s own music career has seen him record albums as part of bands and as a solo act, he’s […]Archive
April 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 111 – Gil Eva Craig
Welcome to episode 111 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Gil Eva Craig – a sound engineer, producer, tech and musician. She was in the band Sugarbug (I loved them!) and she continues to make music in a variety of sporadic projects including as […]Archive
March 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 107 – Dennis O’Brien
Welcome to episode 107 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here’s a chat with Dennis O’Brien – he is the owner of Slow Boat Records in Wellington. But he also had a solo career as a musician – if you click on that link on his name you’ll be […]Archive
January 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman