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October 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 132 Dylan

I came to love the work of Bob Dylan quite late – the first album of his I bought was The Basement Tapes when I was a young teen in high school. At the time I was more into Bowie, the Faces and Mott the Hoople, the hard rock of Sabbath and Zeppelin or the […]

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February 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 99 The Stones

It was my mate Geordie who first got me into The Rolling Stones. He was from Newcastle and brought his record collection with him when his family moved to Hamilton. His albums had more elaborate covers than the versions we got out here. He had a great passion for the Mick Taylor years, had seen […]

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May 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Soulfest 2014: NZ’s First Annual Neo-Soul, Jazz and Hip-Hop Festival

Soulfest is bringing Maxwell, D’Angelo, Common, Mos Def, Angie Stone, Anthony Hamilton and Musiq Soulchild to New Zealand this Labour Weekend (Sunday, Oct 26), Western Springs, Auckland in an all-day event (12pm-10pm) with further acts to be announced. Sounds too good to be true? Well get your tickets as soon as they’re available! Spread the word! […]