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March 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Rodger Fox presents… “Charlie Parker with Strings featuring Dick Oatts”

One of my favourite albums is Charlie Parker with Strings – what a lush and wonderful thing that is. The tireless Rodger Fox is bringing that to life, with touring American saxophonist  Dick Oatts (he of stints with Eddie Gomez, Thad Jones & Mel Lewis among many others) joining a local rhythm section, string quartet and two […]
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August 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Nikka Costa: Nikka & Strings – Underneath and in Between

Nikka Costa Nikka & Strings: Underneath and in Between Go Funk Yourself Records Inc/Metropolis Recordings The soul, blues and pop sound of Nikka Costa has been sorely missed across the last half-decade. Here with not quite a new album but new renditions of old favourites (from her pen as well as some standards) we have […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Covers, Don Costa, Go Funk Yourself Records Inc/Metropolis Recordings, Nikka & Strings, Nikka & Strings: Underneath and in Between, Nikka Costa, Nikka Costa: Nikka & Strings - Underneath and in Between, Prince, Standards, Strings, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Beach Boys: The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Beach Boys The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Capitol STOP IT RIGHT NOW! YOU CUNTS! STOP IT! STOP IT!! ELVIS AND THE BIG O DIDN’T DESERVE IT EITHER, ARETHA CERTAINLY DIDN’T, PROVING DEATH ISN’T EVEN A PREREQUISITE – FUCK! NO ONE IS SAFE! NOT LEAST THE LISTENER. HERE THE MAGICAL MUSIC OF […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Cunts, Orchestra, Stop It!, Strings, The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Nathan Haines & Jonathan Crayford ADAGIO (February 25, Wgtn)

Nathan Haines & Jonathan Crayford: ADAGIO The Festival Club Sunday February 25 Commissioned for The New Zealand Festival this pairing had Crayford (piano, arrangements) and Nathan Haines (flute, saxophones) performing a set of classical pieces in the “Adagio” or slow movement – from the opening Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte by Ravel through Albinoni’s Adagio […]
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December 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Aretha Franklin: A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Aretha Franklin A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Atlantic Catalog Group SHE’S NOT DEAD – YOU CUNTS! STOP IT! STOP IT!! ELVIS AND THE BIG O DIDN’T DESERVE IT EITHER BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE DEAD, THERE’S ALMOST SOME UNDERSTANDING BEHIND THE THINKING, ONLY SO MANY TIMES YOU CAN SELL […]
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June 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 542

Michel Legrand & His Orchestra, Strings on Fire (1962) I’ve got a box of hand-me-down/inherited records I’m still going through. They’re mostly  scratched or with torn (or missing) covers.  But there are some gems. And some that play just fine – even if they look like they might not…and of course some that look just […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1962, France, French, Jazz, LP, Michel Legrand, Michel Legrand & His Orchestra, Orchestra, Record, Second-Hand, Strings, Strings On Fire, Temptation, The Vinyl Countdown # 542, Vinyl ·

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January 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 46 – Victoria Kelly

Welcome to episode 46 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with the film composer, arranger and musician Victoria Kelly. I loved chatting to Victoria. We’d met, just briefly, only one other time – but I’d enjoyed her work as part of the SJD band and on stage with Neil Finn […]
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December 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 40 – Sean James Donnelly (SJD)

Welcome to episode 40 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Auckland-based musician/producer/soundtrack composer Sean James Donnelly – better known, in band and solo-musician guise as SJD. I’m a huge fan of Sean’s music – all of his albums, I think he’s one of the great talents in New Zealand […]
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May 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Rhian Sheehan: Live at the Wellington Opera House

Rhian Sheehan Live at the Wellington Opera House (Independent/Bandcamp) Less a review, more a public service announcement, Rhian Sheehan has released his first live album, and it’s a name-your-price download from Bandcamp. Released near the end of last year it’s taken from the amazing live show at the end of 2013. I was there on […]
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May 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool XL Recordings It’s nearly been to the detriment of the music that every Radiohead album for the last decade has been discussed as much for how it came to be – and how you found out about it – as much as there’s been any discussion of the music. Amazing, […]
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March 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Uri Caine with The New Zealand String Quartet (March 20, Wgtn)

Uri Caine w/ The New Zealand String Quartet MFC Sunday, March 20 I had looked forward to this – but as soon as the show started, the pairing of Uri Caine (piano) with The New Zealand String Quartet seemed like an odd mismatch, a pointless exercise. I feel cheated too that we didn’t get one […]
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February 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #189 – Orchestra Wellington: Pounamu, Wellington, 2013

People tell you that you have preconceived ideas, they hold that against you – they have preconceived ideas about you of course, but can’t see that irony. You tell them I loved Pounamu – and yet I had hated the previous collaboration between Warren Maxwell and John Psathas. You tell them that Warren never sounded […]
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