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August 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Tour Announcement: Cowboy Junkies to Play Three NZ Shows (May, 2020)
The Cowboy Junkies will play their first New Zealand shows in 20 years next May. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. AUCKLAND BRUCE MASON CENTRE Friday May 1 WELLINGTON OPERA HOUSE Saturday May 2 CHRISTCHURCH ISAAC THEATRE Sunday May 3 It’s funny how things work out – right? I was just playing The Caution Horses a couple of nights ago – one of their best. […]Archive
February 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Velvet Underground’s Loaded: Loaded/Fully Loaded, 45 Years On And Still Going…
Those four studio albums by The Velvet Underground all made a huge impact on me. But the sentimental favourite is Loaded – it was the very first CD I purchased. I was a tape buyer, right through until the early-1990s, I wasn’t going to give up that tape collection…I had a tape-deck in my car […]Archive
July 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Dick Wagner
Dick Wagner died July 30. He was 71. A guitarist who worked with several of rock’s biggest names and played on albums by KISS, Hal & Oates and Peter Gabriel, Wagner is best known for his work with Steve Hunter forming the twin-guitar attack so crucial to Alice Cooper and, briefly as the spearhead of […]Archive
August 14, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1896
Lou Reed, Live: Take No Prisoners (1978) As far as live albums go it’s flawed – as far as stand-up comedy albums go it’s perfect. Here Lou Reed showed how punk he really was, no need for guitars, no need for conventional song-structures, no need for not having contempt for the audience. Here Lou Reed […]Archive
July 11, 2011 by Simon Sweetman