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January 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: Karyn Hay & Friends (January, 2019)

I’ve been having a chat on RNZ once a month or so for a few years now – as part of Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan. But the other week I was invited to speak on the summer show – Karyn Hay & Friends. Karyn is a broadcasting legend – and so it was a thrill to speak with her […]

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January 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Delines: The Imperial

The Delines The Imperial El Cortez Records It’s an easy shot to take – and, hey, I’m all about that! – but this new album by The Delines is easily the finest record I’ve heard so far in 2019! More than that, I’m sure it’ll be on my end-of-year list as one of 2019’s greatest records. It is, from the very […]

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May 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Authors I Admire: # 16 Willy Vlautin

In 2012 I was on holiday in San Francisco and I stumbled upon a reading at the famous City Lights bookstore. Well, we were visiting the store, checking it out when I saw a flyer advertising the reading. We were back there later that week. Willy Vlautin was there as a friend of the main act, […]

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June 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Delines: Colfax

The Delines Colfax Décor Records Straight away The Delines’ music on debut album, Colfax, is believable, gorgeous, soaring – these songs seem to take the likes of Witchita Lineman and Rainy Night In Georgia as their cues, mining that same sort of country-soul territory. These are late-night weepies, you imagine the character of Alice Hyatt […]