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May 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
I’m Your Man: Gig Preview
Next Tuesday, May 21, the event I’m Your Man: An Evening Celebrating The Words and Music of Leonard Cohen will be taking place at the Carterton Events Centre from 7.30pm. See here for tickets/further information. I’ve previewed the event already – it will feature a range of Cohen’s songs performed by local musicians including members [...]Archive
April 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Push The Sky Away
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away Bad Seed Ltd This is a far better record than I expected from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds this late in the game. It might not be a career peak but it feels like a new start; the correct new start. It feels thoughtful [...]Archive
March 31, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Josh Rouse: The Happiness Waltz
Josh Rouse The Happiness Waltz Yep Roc/Southbound It’s very much a case of this being Josh Rouse’s return to form. And though I traced around this idea already, I’m still playing The Happiness Waltz regularly, still feeling its love, its warmth, its easy-going nature. Rouse returns to the sound of his best albums 1972 (2003) [...]Archive
February 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Party
Here’s some audio of a poem/story I wrote – and performed – some time ago. This was written as a poem, read a few times – in a few places – and then re-written as a story. It still reads like a poem to me.Archive
December 31, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
2012: Year in Review
Welcome to 2013 here at Off The Tracks, things are still new/fairly new here – and I’ve been concentrating on updating The Vinyl Countdown and providing new Reviews when I can – covering books, albums and DVDs. There have been one or two other posts, album previews and gig announcements – and there are some [...]Archive
September 26, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Damon Albarn Interview
The chance to speak with Damon Albarn seemed to bring with it some anxiety – more than the usual when preparing for an interview. It’s because I’ve read and seen interviews where Albarn has been painted as something of a prick; many times he’s even been the one holding the brush, in control of the colouring. Add [...]Archive
September 26, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The George Clinton Interview
This interview first featured on Blog on the Tracks on Stuff here I was given a number, told to call and ask for George Clinton. So I did. I found him in a studio, in Texas. He told me was “working on some new s**t with one of our new artists, top secret, wait and see” – [...]Archive
August 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Elvis Costello Interview
This interview first featured on Blog on the Tracks on Stuff here A chat with Elvis Costello could be about so many things. And there could be so many ways to start it. I decide to open with a question about his prolific writing, about his work ethic. National Ransom, out this week, is this third album in [...]Archive
August 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Mark Knopfler Interview
This interview first featured on Blog on the Tracks on Stuff here. Mark Knopfler has a new album, Get Lucky, on the way. It will be released next week (here’s an audio link). I got lucky, in the sense that I was able to speak to Knopfler. He even called me (“Hi, is this Simon? [...]Archive
August 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Sonny Rollins Interview
This interview first featured on Blog on the Tracks on Stuff here. Sonny Rollins is one of the few survivors of his era, a living legend in the jazz world. He’s 80 years old – and he still practises every day (“I put down the horn to pick up the phone and talk to you, [...]Archive
August 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman