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August 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Burn Her: Theatre
Burn Her Direction: Katherine McRae (written by Sam Brooks) Circa Theatre; Circa One (August 3 – 31) Burn Her is the kind of must-see, thrill-ride, brilliantly written, acted, directed theatre we can now pretty much expect down at Circa. Every aspect of this production sizzles. Debbie Fish’s set-design is magnificent, standing there as if about to deliver a monologue of its own as we enter […]
September 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: I Wanted To Write An Essay About How Great Clint Mansell Is But 2020 Has Been A Debacle And No One Has Time For That As A Result. Covid Cancelled My Essay. Blame Covid. So Here’s A Wee Poem Instead. Is It Even A Poem? Sure. I Reckon!
Clint Mansell’s made some of the best music I’ve ever heard. Some of the greatest film cues – and scores. And he was in the band Pop Will Eat Itself. I first really got to know his work when I watched Requiem For A Dream, a film that stays with me still. Its music, scored […]
November 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
“I Don’t Mean To Be The Most Irritating Person On The Planet” – Jaz Coleman Celebrates Himself On Record and Whenever and Wherever He Can
Jaz Coleman has a brand new album out – the wondrous Magna Invocatio recorded with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – put simply it is his “Killing Joke Symphony”, a follow-up to successful orchestral rearrangements of classic rock acts including Pink Floyd, The Doors and The Rolling Stones. It was time to turn inward, to […]
November 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
T-Bone Burnett & Jay Bellerose & Keefus Ciancia: The Invisible Light – Acoustic Space (Instrumentals)
T-Bone Burnett & Jay Bellerose & Keefus Ciancia The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space (Instrumentals) Verve Label Group Earlier this year T-Bone Burnett, along with master drummer Jay Bellerose and keyboard-wizard Keefus Ciancia released one of my favourite records – a favourite for this year and maybe for all time; an apocalyptic tone-poem of spoken-word over beautiful, […]
November 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: There Is No Other
Rhiannon Giddens w/ Francesco Turrisi There Is No Other Nonesuch From her time with Carolina Chocolate Drops and now through her solo albums and shows Rhiannon Giddens spans decades and bridges musical genres bringing both a warmth and show-stopping dazzle to the old-time music of Americana past. She’s been a TV star (Nashville), an opera-trained […]
August 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
T-Bone Burnett & Jay Bellerose & Keefus Ciancia: The Invisible Light – Acoustic Space
T-Bone Burnett & Jay Bellerose & Keefus Ciancia The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space Verve Label Group T-Bone Burnett has been many things for many people – enabler of careers, creator of dreamscapes and perfect soundtrack moments, producer of classic albums by a wide range of artists across the spectrum, session gunslinger and buried somewhere in and around all of that […]
May 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 58: Burning Spear – “Marcus Garvey”
I like Burning Spear – but I didn’t know this album. And that seems a crime. But hey, this is all about fixing such crimes… I’m always on the lookout for good reggae. Because I think there’s a perception that I don’t like reggae (not true). But more than that I’m on the lookout for […]
September 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Short Story: Burnin’ of Dreams
I climbed the mountain. Dragged myself up and over it. Big achievement. The guy from the local paper was there. Big grin, stupid little microphone-thing clipped onto his smart-phone. Asks a dumb question. Goes: What are you going to do next? And I go Next? Next? Ask me about what I’ve just fucking done, you […]
May 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Bring The Family Is A Classic Album: John Hiatt Should Get The Band Back Together And Re-Record It!
I like John Hiatt – he’s a guy you can pretty much always rely on. There’ll always be a good song – probably half a dozen. And somewhere in there, on each album (and he’s done more than 20) there’ll be a truly great song. Again, maybe more. He’s never really been a blues artist but always […]
March 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Music Matters: There’s More To Life Than Music…But Life Always Needs A Soundtrack…
Someone once asked me to write an answer to this question: “Why does music matter?” And I wrote back straight away, semi-facetiously, “It doesn’t – that’s the beauty of it. Next…” I wasn’t trying to belittle a valid question. And I was only part-joking. I often think of a great quote by one of my […]
December 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Great Prince Tui Teka: A Hero
Prince Tui Teka died when I was nine years old. I never saw him perform live. But he is absolutely – to this day – one of my heroes. I’ve got my copy of Prince Tui Teka Live In New Zealand on vinyl; I’ve got that compilation CD,The Greatest (one disc studio, one disc live) that […]
November 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman