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May 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Music Feature: Prince’s Side-Projects, Collaborations and Songs He Wrote For Other People

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Collaborations and Songs He Wrote For Other People, Covers, Demo, Feature, Jesse Mulligan, Music, Originals, Prince, Protege, Radio New Zealand, RNZ, RNZ Music Feature, RNZ Music Feature: Prince's Side-Projects, Sheila E., Side-Project, The Family, The Time, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 922

The Family, The Family (1985) This was Prince’s album – he wrote it, conceived it if you like, he planned it – orchestrated it as his first real chance to hide behind (inside) his own music. So you have this “band” – The Family – and, sure, they carried on, “reformed” even…but you arrived at […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Eric Leeds, LP, Nothing Compares 2 U, Prince, Record, The Family, The Vinyl Countdown # 922, Vinyl ·

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August 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1052

Nina Simone, Baltimore (1978) I dig a lot of Nina Simone music – she was certainly something else. That voice. That playing. The hardship – the intensity – it can’t have been nice living in her head, or with that head. But so much of the music is wonderful. In recent years I’ve become hooked […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, Baltimore, LP, Nils Lofgren, Nina Simone, Randy Newman, The Family, Vinyl ·

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