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December 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: December 2020

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 this most recent session probably marked five years. […]
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December 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Features: The Beatles one by one…

About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. Over the last two years, I’ve been slowly building up a chat on each of The Beatles. It started late November in 2018. Jesse Mulligan asked me if […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, George Harrison, Jesse Mulligan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Ringo Starr, RNZ, RNZ Feature, RNZ Features, RNZ Features: The Beatles one by one..., The Beatles, The Beatles one by one... ·

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December 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: The Solo Career of John Lennon

About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. Over the last two years, I’ve been slowly building up a chat on each of The Beatles. But how to finish with John Lennon? Well there was the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Feature, Jesse Mulligan, John Lennon, Music, National Radio, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, RNZ, RNZ Feature: The Solo Career of John Lennon, The Beatles, The Solo Career of John Lennon, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 11

Tori Amos, Under The Pink (1994) It’s been a pretty good year for reappraising Tori Amos. I’ve been back through most of the catalogue, I talked about her live on air (RNZ), I loved her memoirand I got hooked on the old stuff all over again. Someone kindly gave me a copy of Boys For […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1994, 20/20, Boys For Pele, GIFT, Kindness, Little Earthquakes, LP, Memoir, Piano, Pretty Good Year, Record, RNZ, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 11, Tori Amos, Under The Pink, Vinyl ·

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November 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: November 2020

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 now four years into  it or so… For […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Afternoons, Album Review, Albums, Cover Versions, Covers, EP, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, Jesse Mulligan, Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In), Lockdown, Music, November 2020, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: November 2020, Sharon Jones, Sleepless Night, What Have You Done For Me Lately, Yo La Tengo ·

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October 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 236: Claire Mabey (Verb Festival)

Welcome to episode 236 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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October 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: October 2020

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 now four years into  it or so… For […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Album Review, Albums, Daughter, Jesse Mulligan, Lydia Loveless, National Radio, October, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Radio NZ National, Reviews, Riddle Daddly, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: October 2020, Simon Sweetman, Skin Suit, The Bobby Lees, The Wringer, Wringer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: One Minute Songs

About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. I wanted to do something different this time, so came up with the idea of playing a bunch of different songs in different styles that are all just […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged $1, 1 Minute, Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Feature, Jesse Mulligan, Music Feature, One, One Minute, One Minute Songs, Radio, RNZ, RNZ Feature, RNZ Feature: One Minute Songs, Short Songs, Tuesday, Tuesday Music Feature, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Interview: The Death of Music Journalism

I’m often on RNZ to talk about music – but the boot was on the other foot just the other day when I was interviewed about my debut poetry collection, The Death of Music Journalism. The book, published by The Cuba Press, is available through all good book shops now and launches tomorrow, Sunday, October […]
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September 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: September 2020

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 now four years into  it or so… For […]
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August 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 63

Carpenters, Ticket To Ride (1970) Bought a few Carpenters records recently – already had a few, but trying to pick up the ones I don’t have. In part it was because I was talking about the band for a radio show – which is done now. You can click that link to check it out […]
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August 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: The Legacy of the Carpenters

About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. I’ve long been a fan of the music of the Carpenters and wanted to play some of my favourites, some of the key examples of Karen’s great singing […]
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