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June 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
case / lang / veirs: case / lang / veirs
case / lang / veirs case / lang / veirs ANTI/Epitaph It’s always really something when the final product delivers on the obvious hype around the project. Here Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs have collaborated – made, if you must, “a supergroup” (you get the feeling they’d hate that tag – deserved though […]Archive
April 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Mavis Staples: Livin’ On A High Note
Mavis Staples Livin’ On A High Note Anti/Epitaph Here’s the latest from Mavis Staples, and a producer-switch, following two charming-enough but sombre Jeff Tweedy-helmed full lengthers. Now we have M. Ward making sure things are sunny and hopeful – and the songwriting credits include Nick Cave, Neko Case and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon among others. […]Archive
July 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Mavis Staples: One True Vine
Mavis Staples One True Vine ANTI Records Well, it had to happen. But we’re there now – certainly. The reintroduction of Mavis Staples – all that hard work, the touring, the superb Ry Cooder-produced “comeback” and now, a Grammy-winner with Jeff Tweedy and this follow-up and here we have it: the sanitised, ultimately rather boring, […]Archive
April 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman