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September 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 233– AC/DC, Wellington, 2015
I first got to see AC/DC in 2010 and it was good. Okay, it wasn’t AC/DC in 1977 or 1980 or even in 1991 – but it was my first chance to see the band. And it was great. Solid-af. I dug it. I didn’t really think it would be as good seeing them a […]Archive
August 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio (August 8, Wgtn)
Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio: Secrets & Hidden Messages MFC Thursday, August 8 This Chamber Music NZ concert featured touring American violist Jennifer Stumm with local musicians Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jian Liu (piano) and Martin Riseley (violin): Te Koki Trio. The opening piece was just for the trio, a Chamber Music-commission by local composer Michael Williams. Over a see-sawing frenzy of violin the piano provided […]Archive
August 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Live Rust Concert Tour (August 6, Wgtn)
Various Artists: Live Rust Concert Tour Opera House Tuesday, August 6 So this was the pitch: bunch of Kiwi musicians paying tribute to Neil Young’s Live Rust album/tour on its 40th Anniversary. I’ll be honest, I didn’t quite get it at first. I mean, I get that there’s lots of people out there that love Neil […]Archive
August 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: STROMA – Voices of the World (August 1, Wgtn)
Stroma: Voices of The World Hannah Playhouse Thursday August 1 In a wide-ranging program that sought to show connections and cross-pollinations between cultures, between the scored notes of music and the more off-the-cuff field recordings of human and animal voices, of natural sounds (rainfall), once again the Wellington-based Stroma collective hit it out of the park. This […]Archive
July 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 229 – Nick Cave, Wellington, 2019
I’ve now seen Nick Cave four times – in four different spaces with different line-ups. That’s as it should be – different shows, reflecting different times. But also the first show made me realise I liked him a lot more than I had realised. The second show was ho-hum really, even though it was not at all […]Archive
July 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 177: Miles Golding
Welcome to episode 177 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Miles Golding is a classically trained violinist based in […]Archive
July 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 227 – David Byrne, Wellington, 2018
David Byrne – big fan! Love the solo stuff, and of course the Talking Heads work, the collaborations, all of it. Have seen him one other time and it was very good but was very keen to get to this. And then it didn’t seem likely. Sold out. And I’d missed the window. Oh well. I could hang on to […]Archive
June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Monkees (June 10, Wgtn)
The Monkees MFC, Wellington Monday, June 10 I’m a believer (ha!) that you have to do the research – you have to know what to expect. Anyone thinking they were getting anything close to the actual Monkees would be defeated purely by numbers; part-time players in their later years Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz (now all that’s left) were never going […]Archive
May 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Rodger Fox Presents…Jazz Gala – Gregg Bissonette, Louis Dowdeswell, Glenn Walters (May 26, Wgtn)
Rodger Fox Presents…Jazz Gala Memorial Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington Sunday, May 26 For this year’s Jazz Gala Rodger Fox and his big band welcomed guests from U.S.A and England with British trumpeter Louis Dowdeswell, and Americans Glenn Walters (a journeyman soul/jazz vocalist) and superstar session drumming great Gregg Bissonette (famed for his work with Maynard Ferguson, David Lee Roth […]Archive
May 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Gregg Bissonette Drum Workshop (May 26, Wgtn)
Gregg Bissonette: Drum Workshop Memorial Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington Sunday, May 26 American session-star drummer Gregg Bissonette is in the country as part of Rodger Fox’s touring Jazz Gala and ahead of those concerts for a series of drum workshops. He’s been to New Zealand a bunch of times – some 20 years ago as a clinician and more recently as the […]Archive
May 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman