Hi folks, 

Hope you’re all doing ok out there. A couple of nuggets of news to share with you… 

Next Gig 

On Friday 13th November I’ll be playing with my band at Axminster Football Club, featuring Ian Jennings on bass and Garry Kroll on drums. This is the only gig in the diary for the foreseeable, so we’re really excited for this one! Tickets are already selling well and numbers are limited, so if you’d like to join us please book your tickets in advance via my website here 

There will be extensive COVID measures in place including socially distanced tables and table service for drinks. Masks must be worn when moving around the venue but not whilst seated for the show. This is one of the few venues around that can work with all the necessary restrictions in place so we’re really grateful to be able to play here – we hope you can join us! 

New Video 

Tonight we should have been playing at the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis to celebrate the ‘Sink or Swim’ album release, so I figured this would be a good time to share with you another video from our recent live session at Momentum Studios instead. Here Ian, Garry and I are giving the track “Something From Nothing” a workout with Josiah J Manning back on Hammond organ and Kris Barras behind the camera. It’s just gone live on YouTube and you can watch it here 

Thanks again to everyone who has been supporting the new album and spreading the word…the feedback has been wonderful and the reviews in the press have been a joy to read! If you’d like to order ‘Sink or Swim’ on CD, vinyl or as a digital download my shop is always open at adamsweetmusic.com/shop 

Take care and I look forward to seeing some of you on the 13th November! 

Adam

Hi folks,  

I hope you’re all keeping well. I’ve got a little bit of gig news for you, starting with the good news… 

First up this Saturday 26th we’re really looking forward to a full band show at the Old Commercial Inn in Bishopsteignton. This has been organised by our friends at the Teignmouth Jazz & Blues Club and last I heard it’s pretty much sold out! But if you’d like to enquire about tickets please call the venue on 01626 775285. This will be a 7:30pm start in the Garden Bar (due to Covid safety measures the indoor bars wont be open)…so if you’re coming it might be an idea to wear something warm! 

Then on Friday 2nd October we’ll be at the Chapel Arts Centre in Bath playing an unplugged band set with Ian on double bass and Garry on percussion. Due to Covid restrictions we cant play our usual full volume electric set here, but we’re very much looking forward to stripping the songs back to their acoustic roots and performing “unplugged” as a band for the first time. Please note the new earlier start time of 7:30pm following the latest government announcements. Tickets are £13 and available in advance only via https://chapelarts.org/events/adam-sweet-band-unplugged/ 

Sadly the rescheduled album launch show at the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis on October 23rd is now officially cancelled. Hopefully this won’t come as too much of a surprise but I’m still very sorry it can’t go ahead. With all the restrictions and uncertainty at the moment it’s just not possible to stage the show we wanted to do for you. All ticket holders will be automatically refunded – you don’t need to do anything. We will be looking to reschedule once the theatre has fully re-opened…it’ll happen one day!  

Finally, I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has bought the new album!! The feedback so far has been amazing and I’m so grateful for all your support. You can buy ‘Sink or Swim’ on CD, vinyl and as a digital download direct from my website at adamsweetmusic.com/shop.  

For more info on the two upcoming gigs in Bath and Bishopsteignton please visit adamsweetmusic.com/shows

Thanks again and take care out there. 

Adam

Huge thanks to everyone who tuned into the 'Sink or Swim' Album Launch Livestream on Facebook last night. 

It was such a pleasure to play with Ian and Garry again and share the album with you in full. 

If you missed the show you can watch it again here!

A very special thanks to Alan West, Dale Hurrell, Katharine Mockett and Kirstin Reynolds for making this possible!

I had to share with you this wonderful review of the 'Sink or Swim' album, written by Greg Hancock at Fatea Magazine. I couldn't ask for a better or more thoughtful review!

Many of the songs and arrangements have all the usual and expected elements of familiar blues-rock, but Sweet always manages to add something surprising and different to the work, making this one of the most enjoyable recordings I've come across this year.

Read the full review at http://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/reviews/AdamSweet/

Hi folks, 

To mark the upcoming release of the 'Sink or Swim' album we recently went back to Momentum Studios and filmed some live versions of a couple of the album tracks. It was so good to get back in the studio and play together and great to team up with Josiah J Manning on Hammond organ again too. The first video from this session is 'Trouble', and it’s available to watch now! 

Watch it on YouTube here. If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to the channel.

Just one week to go now until the album is released next Friday 11th September, and to celebrate we’ll be streaming a full band show at 8pm that night on my Facebook page! We hope you can join us…

Thanks again to everyone who has pre-ordered their copies of ‘Sink or Swim’ on CD and vinyl…they’ll be in the post next week! If you’d still like to pre-order you can do so at adamsweetmusic.com/shop 

Thanks for keeping in touch and for all the support – it’s very much appreciated!! 

All the best, 

Adam

Hi folks, 

A quick update on the latest news here… 

Firstly thanks to all of you who have pre-orderd your copies of the new album on CD and Vinyl so far - it’s massively appreciated! If you haven’t done so yet you can get your ‘Sink or Swim’ orders in at adamsweetmusic.com/shop 

If digital is more your thing then the album is now also available to pre-save on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes and Google Play. Just go to https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/adamsweet/sink-or-swim. If you’re a Spotify user click on the ‘pre-save & follow’ button at the above link and the album will automatically add to your library on release day – simple as that! 

Recently I returned to the studio with the band to record some live video sessions to celebrate the upcoming album release. We had a real blast with Josiah J Manning joining us on keys and Kris Barras on filming duties. The first of these videos will be appearing soon so keep an eye out…you can subscribe to my Youtube channel here 

And finally, some gig news! This Saturday I’ll be playing a real gig with my old mates Alan West & Steve Black at the Chapel Arts Centre in Bath. This is one of our favourite venues and they have kindly invited us to be one of the first acts to play there with all the new measures in place. Very much looking forward to it! If you’d like to join us there are still some tickets available via the Chapel Arts Centre website. 

Thanks! 

Adam

Hi folks, 

Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet recently...it's been a while but I’m very glad to say I’ve got some good news to share with you! 

First up, this Friday 31st July I’ll be getting the band together for our first attempt at a full-band livestream. A few days ago we met up for a rehearsal for the first time since February and had so much fun we thought we’d play again this Friday. So this time we’re setting up outdoors and inviting you to join us for an hour at 7pm (BST) on my Facebook page as we try and blow away the last of those lockdown cobwebs! 

Secondly, I’m delighted to say the new release date for the ‘Sink or Swim’ album has finally been confirmed! It will be out on CD, Vinyl and all major digital platforms on 11th September!! 

AND you can now pre-order the album on CD and Vinyl – just head to my website to get your orders in! 

I hope you’re all keeping well out there. After all the setbacks this year it feels good to be sharing some positive news with you again…more to come soon I hope. 

Keep in touch and hope you can tune in on Facebook tomorrow (Friday) at 7pm. 

All the best, 

Adam

Hi folks, 

My new single ‘Like It or Not’ is out today! 

It’s available on all digital platforms, so you can listen to it wherever you usually get your music. Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal and Google Play users can go straight to it via distrokid.com/hyperfollow/adamsweet/like-it-or-not 

If you would like to buy a download of the single and support me directly then you can do so here at my website, where you can choose to pay whatever you like for the track. 

I really hope you enjoy it...please feel free to spread the word if you do! 

Don’t forget I’ll be going live on Facebook tonight at 8pm (BST) for a special single launch live stream! You can tune in at facebook.com/adamsweetmusic/live 

Thanks again for all the support. Hope you can come and say hi on Facebook tonight! 

All the best, 

Adam x

Hi folks, 

My new single ‘Like It or Not’ will be released on Friday 12th June! 

You can pre-save the single now via https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/adamsweet/like-it-or-not 

It will be available on all major digital platforms and as a pay-what-you-want download direct from my website on the 12th June. 

This is the second single to be released from my forthcoming ‘Sink or Swim’ album, and once again features Ian Jennings (this time playing upright bass) and Garry Kroll (drums and percussion). The single also introduces producer Josiah J Manning on piano and Hammond organ. 

'Like It or Not' has already been getting plenty of radio play and some great reviews. Here’s what the folks at w21 Music have to say about it… 

“With Adam providing suitably laid back vocals and a divine guitar solo this is pretty much flawless, you could leave it on repeat all day and never tire of it.” Read the full review at www.w21music.com 

To celebrate the single release I will once again be live streaming a single launch show on my Facebook page on the day of the release – tune in at 8pm on Friday 12th for that one…would love for you to join me! 

Thanks for all your continued support these last few months. It is massively appreciated and I really hope you enjoy the new track! 

Very best wishes, 

Adam x

Hi folks,

Just a quick note to say thank you to all of you who tuned in to the Facebook live stream last Friday night for the ‘You or Me’ single release. If you missed it, or if you don’t do Facebook, you can watch a replay of the live stream on my website at adamsweetmusic.com/videos

The feedback on the single has been wonderful and I really appreciate all the support you’ve been giving it. If you haven’t heard it yet you can listen at all the usual places via https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/adamsweet/you-or-me

Or you can download it direct from my website at adamsweetmusic.com/shop

This week I’ll be going back to the regular Tuesday night live streams and will be continuing this weekly for the time being. So if you’d like to join me again you can tune in tonight at 8pm at facebook.com/adamsweetmusic/live

Thanks again!

Very best wishes,

Adam x