Liran Donin’s 1000 Boats 8 Songs Cavalo Records Led Bib, one of the great modern jazz groups, has many reasons to be celebrated. Cutting edge music that nods to the tradition without being mired in it. Their bassist, Liran Donin, strikes out now with his own group, and his own compositions. 8 Songs is a stunning set of jazz pieces featuring Donin’s compositional and playing chops […]
I know the name Stuart Price – from his remix and production duties, some big-name affiliations. And I knew – from reading about him – that he’d done a bunch of things under various one-man-band aliases and so on but I never lined up Les Rythmes Digitales with him – and I can’t say I ever knew this album. But the sound of it is […]
Split Enz, Conflicting Emotions (1983) Tim was on the way out – and keen to be a solo star – Neil was on the way up, about to become the band-leader, a role he’s basically held with regard to whatever he does ever since. So this, the second to last studio album by Split Enz is well named; an indication of the moods and […]
not everything’s connected, you said, and remember saying, now you can’t remember why you said it. you said it to someone you felt you should say it to – at that exact time, and in that exact moment it seemed like the right thing – but why? and then you started watching the Madeleine McCann […]
Welcome to episode 160 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. I had a conversation this week with Hadassah […]
I was never that into Skunk Anansie – and for petty reasons I think. My flatmate was into them. He talked about her sexy bald head. He wasn’t the only one. I was working in a music store at the time. And people loved this band. Or this person. They weren’t sure which – was she the artist or was it […]
Skinny Hobos Lucifer (ep) Skinny Hobos I really liked the band’s debut self-titled album – and that was despite not liking the band-name or cover-image. That’s good though, it meant the music cut through; it’s the music that matters after all… And I said somewhere near the end of that review that when the dust settled the band’s […]
She said, ‘you’re not going to read the poem about Michael Jackson are you?’ I said, “I am going to read the poem about Michael Jackson”. She said, ‘you can’t’. I said, “I can”. She said, ‘Aw…it will be awful, I can’t bear to watch, you can’t….’ I said, “I probably will still read it…” And then several different poets got […]
The Incredible Jimmy Smith Featuring Kenny Burrell and Grady Tate, Organ Grinder Swing (1965) This was a no-brainer for me. For not only am I a huge Jimmy Smith fan, I’m into Kenny Burrell and Grady Tate too. In fact it’s the idea of this combo that sells me, particularly. And if anything I’m particularly focused on Grady Tate right now – such a great touch, […]
I could easily have told you that I was quite a big Orbital fan – I enjoyed them. Still do – in theory. But I never play their albums. I knew some singles. I knew some moments, I had a compilation album – I liked some of the clips, I liked when they were featured. I had friends […]
Joni Mitchell in blackface back when no one gave a shit – also she’s a woman, so was probably making a joke of it – or some kind of comment about being oppressed, and knowing other people that were, and her jive-talkin‘ character there on the cover of her Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter wasn’t racist, just reckless. The […]
You never know when something special is going to happen. We’re lucky to have too many events and moments of entertainment and distraction, we cannot possibly get to a fraction of them – so how would we know about all the special things we are missing. And the horrific slaughter in Christchurch just this past […]
