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April 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

I’m Your Man: An Evening Celebrating The Words and Music of Leonard Cohen

In a one-off event for New Zealand, Sylvie Simmons will speak about her Leonard Cohen biography at the Carteron Events Centre, Tuesday, May 21 at 7.30pm. Simmons will read from her book, play some songs and speak about delving into Cohen’s world to deliver one of the best music biographies I’ve ever read. To celebrate [...]
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March 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

On Song: Forum and Chat – Upper Hutt

This Wednesday, March 27, I’ll be appearing at the Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Club to talk about my book, On Song. I’ll be playing some of the songs from the book and chatting about the stories behind the tunes, the material in the book. I’ll also be talking about my role as a popular music critic [...]
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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 [...]
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December 19, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

On Song: Playlist

Since writing On Song – and even while writing it – people have asked for a CD, a download, a playlist… It would have been nice for there to be a double-CD but it’s expensive. I liked the idea too that in this day and age people can so easily find the music if/when they [...]
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October 31, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Simon Sweetman

Future posts will be by special guests. A chance to share your current favourites – old and new; the albums that are really doing it for you right now. If you’d like to contribute a post to Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now drop me a line. I thought I’d get the ball rolling…   [...]
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