Adam Sweeting

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Adam Sweeting
Occupations
  • Writer
  • television critic
  • rock critic
Years active1970s–present
Employer The Arts Desk
Website theartsdesk.com/users/adam-sweeting

Adam Sweeting is a British rock critic and writer. Graeme Thomson, writing for The Guardian , deemed him as an "influential journalist" of the 1970s. [1] He currently writes film and television reviews for The Arts Desk .

Biography

Sweeting started writing in 1979 for publications such as Beat Instrumental , [2] [3] Trouser Press , [2] Australian magazine RAM [4] and NME . [2] In 1980, he became a feature editor for Melody Maker [5] and briefly collaborated with Sounds . In 1985, he stopped collaborating with Melody Maker to work for The Guardian and Q . [2] Sweeting has interviewed musicians such as Kate Bush, Neil Young, Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell [2] and has written over 800 articles for The Guardian, including hundreds of obituaries. [6] Since the 2000s, he has also published articles and interviews in The Times , The Independent on Sunday , [2] and The Telegraph . [7] His articles have also appeared on I [8] and The Irish Times . [9] He is now a regular contributor for The Arts Desk reviewing television. [10] He is also one of the founding members of The Arts Desk. [11]

Sweeting signed as a partner for VTVC, a TV production company that developed programmes broadcast on Channel 4. [2] [12] He is also the author of several books, including Simple Minds published by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1988, [13] and Cover Versions – Singing Other People's Songs published by Pimlico in 2004. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Thomson, Graeme (27 June 2023). "'A nuclear reactor of music': the story of Simple Minds' classic album Empires and Dance". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Adam Sweeting". rocksbackpages.com. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Beat Instrumental articles, interviews and reviews from Rock's Backpages". www.rocksbackpages.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Sweeting, Adam. "Have Faith and Go to the Pictures". RAM Magazine . 24 July 1981.
  5. ↑ Hilburn, Robert (20 April 1985). "ROBERT HILBURN : BRITISH LOOK TO U.S. FOR ROCK". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Adam Sweeting". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Adam Sweeting". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Adam Sweeting profile". inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Sweeting, Adam (10 March 2003). "Singer-songwriter with no fear of running on empty". The Irish Times . Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Adam Sweeting". theartsdesk.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "About VTVC". vtvc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Adam Sweeting". www.penguin.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  13. ↑ Sweeting, Adam (1988). Simple Minds. Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN   978-0-283-99581-1.
  14. ↑ Sweeting, Adam (2004). Cover Versions: Singing Other People's Songs. Pimlico. ISBN   978-1-84413-544-8.


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