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September 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Sunday Crooners
Sunday crooners sing with my heart in their mouth put their soul into words I could only ever hope to write ignite the world with a slow-burning kiss.Archive
August 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 18 August, 2019
Maybe it was that I’d had two months off – but I think it was more than that, I think it was just a very good run…this was easily the best open-mic set, the best bunch, since I’ve been turning up on the semi-regular for Poetry At The Fringe. I was in the early bracket […]Archive
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 […]Archive
May 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Rodger Fox Presents…Jazz Gala – Gregg Bissonette, Louis Dowdeswell, Glenn Walters (May 26, Wgtn)
Rodger Fox Presents…Jazz Gala Memorial Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington Sunday, May 26 For this year’s Jazz Gala Rodger Fox and his big band welcomed guests from U.S.A and England with British trumpeter Louis Dowdeswell, and Americans Glenn Walters (a journeyman soul/jazz vocalist) and superstar session drumming great Gregg Bissonette (famed for his work with Maynard Ferguson, David Lee Roth […]Archive
May 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Gregg Bissonette Drum Workshop (May 26, Wgtn)
Gregg Bissonette: Drum Workshop Memorial Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington Sunday, May 26 American session-star drummer Gregg Bissonette is in the country as part of Rodger Fox’s touring Jazz Gala and ahead of those concerts for a series of drum workshops. He’s been to New Zealand a bunch of times – some 20 years ago as a clinician and more recently as the […]Archive
May 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Dr. Jane Goodall (May 19, Wgtn)
Jane Goodall: Rewind The Future MFC Sunday, May 19 It was such a thrill to see and hear Dr Jane Goodall speak. The 85-year-old living legend of science, a primatologist, conservationist, activist, mentor who, Sir David Attenborough aside, is truly without peer, has been in our lives as a voice of compassion and knowledge. Through multiple […]Archive
May 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 19 May, 2019
After attending both the March and then April editions of Poetry At The Fringe I was back for the May run-through. It’s very much the same crowd that turn up for the open-mic, and maybe I’m part of that now, kinda, with three goes in a row. I recognise that many of the poets reading here have been doing so for years, but you know…I’m almost part of […]Archive
May 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Preview: Jane Goodall in Wellington Sunday May 19, 2019
Jane Goodall will speak in Wellington this Sunday night, May 19. The Jane Goodall Institute New Zealand & Loop are proud to welcome the incomparable Dr. Jane Goodall back to New Zealand in 2019 to help us Rewind The Future. Discover how Dr. Goodall and her Institute are helping to rewind the future for planet earth […]Archive
March 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Rufus Wainwright (March 3, Wgtn)
Rufus Wainright Opera House; Wellington Sunday, March 3 On stage to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of his debut self-tited album and with a follow-on set dedicated to its follow up album, Poses Rufus Wainwright and band delivered a classy show of costume-changes and songs – it was all beautifully performed. It was at the very least a tick-the-box gig that could have only disappointed if you […]Archive
August 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Bob Dylan (August 26; Akld)
Bob Dylan Spark Arena Sunday, August 26 It was my fourth time seeing Bob Dylan – my first in over a decade, first away-gig too; he gave up on Wellington after the 2007 leg of his Never-Ending Tour, he’s been back to New Zealand two or three times since. But I really felt the need […]Archive
June 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman