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May 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 28 – In The Evening
It was back at Five Songs For Friday # 13 when I phoned up late in the day and decided to offer an evening theme. And so here we are again…this time I’ve gone for an actual “In The Evening” thing by choosing songs that all have the word evening in the title, that are about the evening – and things that […]Archive
January 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Giving The Drummer Some
I met Steve Gadd. He had played on many of the greatest songs ever. And just in case he’d forgotten I reminded him. I got him to sign my records. He was embarrassed – And told me he liked the fact that I was wearing shorts. It takes all sorts. And I was the only […]Archive
October 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Music Feature: Steve Gadd
I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. Well, actually, I was on-air talking about some albums in my regular review slot and I was promoting the back that legendary drummer Steve […]Archive
September 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: September 2018
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so a couple of years into […]Archive
September 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Paul Simon: In The Blue Light
Paul Simon In The Blue Light SMG One of many reasons I’ve enjoyed almost all of Paul Simon’s solo catalogue is the quality-control. Just a dozen albums or so over nearly 50 years. He doesn’t rush. There’s so much in each album – pop songs that extend out into mini symphonies or fizz with their […]Archive
June 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Graceland – The Remixes
Various Artists: Graceland: The Remixes Sony Music Cmg Paul Simon approved this. He’s also approved far too many live albums, Simon & Garfunkel reunions and around 87 unnecessary Greatest Hits compilations. But let’s just be clear, those other mild transgressions are what happens when a gifted songwriter receives far too many orders and offers across […]Archive
March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: Music Feuds
I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. The topic was Music Feuds – and so I discussed The Beatles/Yoko Ono, Simon & Garfunkel, Marvin Gaye’s divorce from Anna Gordy […]Archive
February 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Art Garfunkel: What Is It All But Luminous
What Is It All But Luminous: Notes From An Underground Man Art Garfunkel Knopf; First Edition edition Something like starting from the beginning feels like the right thing to do… Do you remember that clip of Art Garfunkel talking absolute-fucking-balderdash between takes in the studio? For his memoir he’s essentially done the same thing. Why […]Archive
November 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 14: Paul Simon, Auckland 2013
I don’t get up to Auckland all that often for gigs. I’d like to. There are a lot of good gigs that come to New Zealand, but only play Auckland: one show only. And it’s the obvious place for one-show-only tours. It has the population. I get to Auckland once a year for a gig. […]Archive
July 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 528
Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) Here’s the thing – I had never heard this album. I am a Simon & Garfunkel fan and not to get too defensive, but not only did I already know about 85% of this album I’ve heard the songs performed live by both Paul Simon and Art […]Archive
March 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman