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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]