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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Refimprove Шаблон:Infobox person 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]

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