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March 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 251: Mere Boynton

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 251 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to […]
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June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Simon O’Neill & Rodger Fox (June 9, 2019)

Simon O’Neill & Rodger Fox MFC, Wellington (3pm) Sunday, June 9 Every year, in the Sunday 3pm slot at the Jazz Festival, Rodger Fox (and his Big Band) offers up an innovative collaboration. We’ve had Rodger and band with classical pianist Michael Houstoun – they even made a record together as a result. We’ve had Fox reuniting […]
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March 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 323

Rigoletoo Quartet, Bella Figlia Dell Amore [EP] Sometimes – it doesn’t happen that often now, although it just happened then – I’ll go sifting through a record shelf and find something I don’t know anything about. Why I own it? Where it came from? Etc. And so that’s the case with this 7” classical single/EP. It probably came […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Aria, Bella Figlia Dell Amore, Classical, EP, Italian, LP, Opera, Rigoletoo Quartet, Single, The Vinyl Countdown # 323, Unknown, Vinyl ·

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July 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Songs For Nobodies: Theatre

Songs For Nobodies Direction: Ross Gumbley (written by Joanna Murray-Smith) Circa Theatre; Circa One (July 7 – August 4) [Ali-Cat Productions Ltd] Ali Harper here performs ten roles, a dozen voices, as – variously – the famous singers Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday and Maria Callas. But she is also the “nobodies”, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Ali Cat Productions Ltd, Ali Harper, Billie Holiday, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Country, Daniel Hayles, Edith Piaf, Jazz, Joanna Murray-Smith, Johnny Lawrence, Judy Garland, Lance Philip, Marias Callas, Music, Musical, NZ Tour, Opera, Patsy Cline, Play, Review, Ross Gumbley, Songs For Nobodies, Songs For Nobodies: Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Anne Sofie von Otter w/ NZSO (March 15, Wgtn)

Anne Sofie von Otter w/ NZSO MFC Thursday, March 15 Anne Sofie von Otter is one of the great operatic singers of her generation. A master. Such lightness – but strength. There’s a great joy she conveys, in the very act and art of singing. And of course she’s capable of the full range of […]
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May 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 551

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Plays The Music of Porgy and Bess (1965) I’ve never seen a production of Porgy and Bess, never seen one of the filmed versions either…but I know the music well, from so many different records and renditions. I think I first heard it through my grandfather; one of the only ways […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1965, It Ain't Necessarily So, Jazz, LP, Miles Davis, MJQ, Modern Jazz Quartet, Nina Simone, Opera, Porgy and Bess, Record, The Modern Jazz Quartet, The Vinyl Countdown # 551, Vinyl ·

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December 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Christmas at Downton Abbey

Various Artists: Christmas at Downton Abbey Warner Bros. I might be taking this new enthusiasm for Christmas music/albums a bit far by telling you that I really quite like this double CD (45 tracks!) of Christmas music from the cast of Downton Abbey (and others) performed to fit/evoke the era of the show. But I’m […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Choral, Christmas, Classical, Downton Abbey, Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter, Julian Ovendon, Kiri Te Kawana, Opera, Sadie and The Hotheads, V/A, Various Artists, Xmas ·

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October 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Moses Mackay/Amitai Pati/Pene Pati: Sol3 Mio – Our Story

Sol3 Mio: Our Story Moses Mackay/Amitai Pati/Pene Pati Penguin Sole Mio (or Sol3 Mio as it is stylised) had the biggest selling album in New Zealand in 2013 – they backed that up with concerts that showcased down-to-earth personalities and homegrown humour. They quickly became – seemingly out of nowhere – a phenomenon. So now, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Amitai Pati, Band Bio, Band Biography, Biography, Book Review, Moses Mackay, Moses Mackay/Amitai Pati/Pene Pati, Music, Music Book, Opera, Pene Pati, Penguin, Sol3 Mio, Sole Mio ·

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May 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1115

Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bach: Mass In B Minor (1968) Bach was the thing for me – in terms of classical music, baroque music, any sort of “instrumental” music outside of film scores. And what hooked me on Bach was hearing The Brandenburgs – realising I’d actually heard them before, heard things derived from them […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1968, 3-LP boxset, Bach, Choral, Classical, Mass In B Minor, Opera, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vinyl, Vocal ·

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