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March 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Noise Drone Repeat, Valhalla, Wellington (Wed, March 31, 2021)

Noise Drone Repeat is a regular night at Wellington’s Valhalla – and the clue is really in the title. You’re there to hear some noisy (and sometimes weird) music. It takes place the last Wednesday of each month and this is the first one for 2021 – the return of the format.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2021, ArcAbsorb, Ethersonic, Gig Preview: Noise Drone Repeat, Loam, March, March 31, Noise Drone Repeat, Ritual Heaps, Valhalla, Wednesday, Wellington (Wed ·

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October 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Dave Dobbyn (October 28, Paraparaumu)

Dave Dobbyn: Open Up Tour Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu; Kapiti Coast Wednesday, October 28 It’s been quite a few years since I’ve seen Dave Dobbyn play a live set – but there was a time when I was at every gig. It’s never been a case of not needing to see him, as far as […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dave Dobbyn, Dave Dobbyn: Open Up Tour, DD, DD Smash, Gig Review, Gig Review: Dave Dobbyn, Jo Barus, Kapiti Coast, Live Gig, Live Music, NZ Tour, Paraparaumu, Paraparaumu; Kapiti Coast, Ross Burge, Southward Car Museum, Th' Dudes, Victoria Girling-Butcher, Wednesday, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (March 4, Wellington)

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi MFC, Wellington Wednesday, March 4 When I reviewed There Is No Other – the duo album recorded over a handful of days last year by Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi – I talked about the tantalising prospect of this pair of musicologists taking to the road in support of this […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Arts Festival, Banjo, Bass, Festival of the Arts, Francesco Turrisi, Gig Review, Gig Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (March 4, Jason Sypher, Live Gig, March 4, MFC, NZ Festival, Rhiannon Giddens, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, There Is No Other, Wednesday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Queen + Adam Lambert (February 5, Wellington)

Queen + Adam Lambert Sky Stadium, Wellington Wednesday, February 5 I was there. At a Queen concert. Well, a “Queen + Adam Lambert” concert (which is a Queen concert these days). But would I do the fandango? What was I doing at a Queen concert? I have written – often – about not liking this […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adam Lambert, Brian May, February 5, Freddie Mercury, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Queen + Adam Lambert, John Deacon, Live Gig, NOT JOHN DEACON, Queen, Roger Taylor, Sky Stadium, Wednesday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Sept 11, 12, 13)

Last week I had my first go on the Pre-Panel on RNZ. Well, actually I had my first three goes… The Panel runs from 4-5pm but at 3.45pm they have the “Pre-Panel” where Wallace Chapman introduces the guests and the question of the day and they get a producer or a guest (or whatever) to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #11, 12", 13, Auckland, Friday, Friday 13th, Radio New Zealand, RNZ, RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Sept 11, September, Taylor Swift, The Panel, The Pre-Panel, The Story of the Day, Thursday, U2, Wallace Chapman, Wednesday, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Norah Jones (April 24, Wgtn)

Norah Jones TSB Bank Arena; Wellington Wednesday, April 24 Listening to a Norah Jones album and attending a Norah Jones concert…they used to be a very similar experience. I know this because I saw Jones on her first two tours of New Zealand. Back then she was shy and the demure, deer-in-headlights thing was a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 24, April, Begin Again, Frontier, Frontier Touring, Gig Review, Gig Review: Norah Jones (April 24, Live, Live Gig, Melanie Bracewell, Norah Jones, TSB Bank Arena, Wednesday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Phil Collins (February 6, Napier)

Phil Collins  The Mission; Napier  Wednesday, February 6  I’ve struggled through many a Mission concert in my time – there’s been some incredible acts, sure, but often the setting, the, erm, “Clientele” – it can be a challenge. The time Ray Charles played there stays with me still; should have been The Best concert, felt, at times like The Worst, but […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Drummer, Drums, February 6, Genesis, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Phil Collins, Gig Review: Phil Collins (February 6, Hawke's Bay, HB, Live Gig, Live Review, Napier, Phil Collins, Review, The Mission, Waitangi Day, Wednesday, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Steve Gadd, James Carter & The Rodger Fox Big Band (October 17; Palmerston North)

Steve Gadd, James Carter & The Rodger Fox Big Band Globe Theatre; Palmerston North Wednesday, October 17 Rodger Fox has been trying to get Steve Gadd to New Zealand for at least two decades – and finally it happened, he has Gadd in town for a series of shows, the first of which was in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Big Band, Carter, Drums, Fox, Gadd, Gig, Gig Review, James, James Carter, Jazz, Live Gig, Live Music, NZ Tour, October 17, Palmerston North, Rodger, Rodger Fox, Rodger Fox Big Band, Saxophone, Soloists, Steve, Steve Gadd, Wednesday, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: September 2018

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so a couple of years into […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), 2pm, Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Can't Run But, Egypt Station, I Don't Know, In The Blue Light, Jesse Mulligan, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Radio, Review, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: September, RNZ Reviews: September 2018, Sept, September, September 2018, Wednesday, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Suzanne Vega (August 8, Wgtn)

Suzanne Vega Opera House, Wellington Wednesday, August 8 For her New Zealand shows it was just Suzanne Vega and long-serving bassist Mike Visceglia. I say just because it was the full band that performed in Australia, at wonderful shows celebrating the respective 30th and 25th anniversaries of the Solitude Standing and 99.9F Degrees albums.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), 99.9F Degrees, August 8, Gig Review, Gig Review: Suzanne Vega (August 8, Live Gig, Live Music, Luka, Mike Visceglia, Nine Objects of Desire, Opera House, Review, Solitude Standing, Songs In Red And Gray, Suzanne Vega, Tales from The Real of the Queen of Pentacles, Tom's Diner, Wednesday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: June 2018

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so a couple of years into […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), 2pm, Afternoons, Angelique Kidjo, Crosseyed And Painless, Ebo Taylor, Jesse Mulligan, June, Poverty No Good, Radio, Radio NZ, Radio Review, Remain In Light, Review, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews: June 2018, Talking Heads, Wednesday, Yen Ara, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Christian McBride’s New Jawn (June 6, Wgtn)

Christian McBride’s New Jawn Opera House, Wellington (8pm) Wednesday, June 6 Opening night of this year’s Jazz Festival saw a new thing (or “New Jawn”, in Philly-slang) from legendary bassist, band-leader and session-star across jazz and pop, Christian McBride.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Abbey Lincoln, Archie Shepp, Bass, Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn, Festival, Gig Review, Gig Review: Christian McBride's New Jawn (June 6, https://www.jazzfestival.co.nz/, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Josh Evans, June 6, Live Gig, Live Jazz, Live Music, Live Review, Marcus Strickland, Nasheet Waits, New Jawn, Opera House, Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny, Quartet, Sonny Rollins, Stephen A'Court, Wednesday, Wgtn ·
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