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Adam Sweeting | |
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| Nationality | British |
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| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Employer | The Arts Desk |
| Website | theartsdesk |
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 .
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]
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