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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine has died. The session drumming legend was 90. What a life. What a legacy. If he wasn’t the most prolific sessioneer skinsman he was certainly the most successful of the busy-schedule players. A part of one of the greatest groups of all time – The Wrecking Crew (not a band as such, a collective […]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
October 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Heroes Live: #1 – Paul Simon
As important as it might be to pay respects and write tribute articles when we hear about the passing of our musical heroes isn’t it nice – also – to celebrate them, in print, while they’re alive. I tried to do that recently with Willie Nelson. Just woke up one day and felt like writing […]Archive
April 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 715
Art Garfunkel, Fate For Breakfast (1979) A lovely voice, dreamy, quite incredible – and those amazing harmonies and vocal arrangements…but I think so many of us will remember Art Garfunkel as the second fiddle, wingman, nuttier than squirrel shit and with some decent forays into acting and one helluva reading list…well, certainly, post Simon & […]Archive
July 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #118 – Paul Simon, Auckland, 2013
I had traveled to Auckland to see Paul Simon already – as part of Simon & Garfunkel. And it was great, and special and all of that, but I really wanted to see Paul Simon (not just because I had seen Art Garfunkel solo already). Midway through that show when Paul Simon did a solo bracket with […]Archive
June 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 86 – Simon & Garfunkel, Auckland, 2009
I had already seen Art Garfunkel live, early 2000s, and it was a good show (great band – decent repertoire) but Art’s voice was shot. I hadn’t yet seen Paul Simon (that would happen after this) so I took my chance to see Simon & Garfunkel. We were going for the nostalgia, absolutely. I prefer […]Archive
October 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Putumayo Presents Music of the Andes
Various Artists: Putumayo Presents: Music of the Andes Putumayo World Music/Ode Celebrating its 20th birthday the Putumayo label here returns to its South American roots with this collection, Music of the Andes. I love this one. Some wonderful, enchanting moods (Tibus Futuras’ Hijos del Viento) that transcend any western-appropriation notion of this as street-busking/nail-clinic music. […]Archive
June 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman