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April 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Merry Clayton: Beautiful Scars

Merry Clayton Beautiful Scars Motown Gospel Anyone that hadn’t already heard of Merry Clayton not only found out that they had heard her but also recognised her as the star of 20 Feet From Stardom. That documentary about backup singers put Clayton front and centre where she belonged – her own version of Gimme Shelter […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20 Feet From Stardom, Album Review, Beautiful Scars, Comeback, Gospel, Merry Clayton, Motown Gospel, Soul ·

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September 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 234 – Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton, Wellington, 2016

I was looking forward to this – because I’d seen Lisa Fischer in her role with the Rolling Stones and she’s at the emotional heart of the film 20 Feet From Stardom and I’d checked out some of her other sessions and solo work. In short: I was a fan. But it wasn’t great. And […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20 Feet From Stardom, 2016), Grand Baton, Jazz Festival, Lisa Fischer, Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 234, Stubs: # 234– Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton, The Rolling Stones, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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July 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble Director: Morgan Neville The Orchard/Madman Morgan Neville’s work on 20 Feet From Stardom is proof he’s good at the big story around music – and here we have a different kind of “big story” – where 20 Feet was about the forgotten people, the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20 Feet From Stardom, Classical, Cristina Pato, Doco, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Film, Kayhan Kalhor, Kinan Azmeh, Madman, Morgan Neville, Music, Music DVD, The Music of Strangers, The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma, The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble, The Orchard, The Orchard/Madman, The Silk Road Ensemble, World Music, Yo-Yo Ma, Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble ·

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June 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton (June 12, Wgtn)

Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton Opera House, Wellington Sunday, June 12 Lisa Fischer was a Grammy-winnning R’n’B singer in the early 1990s. Unable to push her solo career further or unwilling to be the centre-stage star she has spent most of the last three decades as a backing singer, a quarter-century touring with The Rolling […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged "Singer", 20 Feet From Stardom, 2016), Backing Vocalist, Dominion Post, Gig Review, Gig Review: Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton (June 12, Grand Baton, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Jazz Gig, June 12, Lisa Fischer, Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton, Live Gig, Live Music, Live Review, Opera House, Stuff.co.nz, Sunday, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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March 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Darlene Love: Introducing Darlene Love

Darlene Love Introducing Darlene Love Columbia By now we all know the rather heart-breaking story of Darlene Love – as told through the prism of 20 Feet From Stardom; voice of a couple of huge hit singles, no authorship, no rights, no career…there she is in the film cleaning houses, hearing her songs – better […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20 Feet From Stardom, Album Review, Bruce Springsteen, Darlene Love, E Street Band, Elvis Costello, Introducing Darlene Love, Phil Spector, Steve Van Zandt ·

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September 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Keith Richards – Under The Influence: Film

Keith Richards: Under The Influence Director: Morgan Neville Tremolo Productions/Radical Media/Netflix Premiering on Netflix this film about Keith Richards was conceived as a promotional video to accompany his new solo album, his first in over two decades. And for the first half of its feature-length running time Keith Richards: Under The Influence still feels like […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20 Feet From Stardom, Chuck Berry, Crosseyed Heart, Doco, Documentary, Film, Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll, Keith Richards, Life, Morgan Neville, Netflix, Steve Jordan, The Rolling Stones, The Stones, Tom Waits, Under The Influence ·

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January 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

20 Feet From Stardom: Film

20 Feet From Stardom Director: Morgan Neville Gil Friesen Productions The real magic in 20 Feet From Stardom is that no one thought to tell this story before; it’s documentary gold: the helpers, the people behind the stars, the ones doing the work and making the stars sound good – 20 Feet From Stardom shares […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20 Feet From Stardom, Doco, Documentary, Film Review, Music Doco, Music Documentary ·

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December 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: 20 Feet From Stardom [OST]

Various Artists 20 Feet From Stardom – Music From The Motion Picture Columbia This soundtrack to the hit documentary ticks most of the right boxes with a good range of the tunes featured in the film. Kicking off with Walk on The Wild Side and Slippery People before a group singing session on a version […]
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