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Adam Sweeting
Occupations
  • Writer
  • television critic
  • rock critic
Years active1970s-present
EmployerThe Arts Desk
Websitetheartsdesk.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 programs broadcast on Channel 4.[2][12] He is also the author of several books, including Simple Minds published on Sidgwick & Jackson in 1988,[13] and Cover Versions – Singing Other People's Songs published on 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. ^ a b c d e f g "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. ^ Adam Sweeting. "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. ^ "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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