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March 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Eric Weissberg

Eric Weissberg has died. He was 80 and is at peace now having wrestled with dementia across the last half decade. Even if you don’t think you know the work of Eric Weissberg – you do. You know it because of an iconic movie and the score that he helped to create. Weissberg was a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art Garunfel, Banjo, Deliverance, Duelling Banjos, Duelling Banjos from the original soundtrack of Deliverance, Eric Weissberg, Eulogy, R.I.P., R.I.P. Eric Weissberg ·

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March 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (March 4, Wellington)

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi MFC, Wellington Wednesday, March 4 When I reviewed There Is No Other – the duo album recorded over a handful of days last year by Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi – I talked about the tantalising prospect of this pair of musicologists taking to the road in support of this […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Arts Festival, Banjo, Bass, Festival of the Arts, Francesco Turrisi, Gig Review, Gig Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (March 4, Jason Sypher, Live Gig, March 4, MFC, NZ Festival, Rhiannon Giddens, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, There Is No Other, Wednesday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 208

Big Ben Banjo Band, Let’s Together Some More [EP] (1957) With a name like the Big Ben Banjo Band I was powerless to resist. This is the right side of novelty music as far as I’m concerned. I love a good novelty-record, it’s a fine line though; when there’s some musical ability attached (virtuosity even) […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1957, Album, Banjo, Big Ben Banjo Band, EP, Let's Together Some More, LP, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 208, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Americana, Banjo, Country, Davy Graham, Folk, Francesco Turrisi, Joni Mitchell, Nonesuch, Percussion, Rhiannon Giddens, Rhiannon Giddens w/ Francesco Turrisi, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: There Is No Other, Shirley Collins, There Is No Other, Traditional, voice, World, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 377

Doc Watson, Doc Watson (1964) I’ve been really enjoying this lately – the debut, self-titled album by Doc Watson; one of those guys that is kinda bigger than music – just there always, deep inside the grooves, be it country, folk, blues, gospel. In the post-Oh Brother country music book he got a new wave […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1964, Acoustic, Banjo, Black Mountain Rag, Blues, Country, Debut, Doc Watson, Folk, Gospel, Guitar, John Herald, LP, Nashville Blues, Record, Records, Self-Titled, Sitting On Top Of The World, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 377, Vinyl ·

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February 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Roscoe Holcomb: San Diego Folk Festival 1972

Roscoe Holcomb San Diego Folk Festival 1972 Tompkins Square Roscoe Holcomb was a journeyman folk-blues singer and 5-string banjo player. He only ever recorded a small handful of sides – and this 1972 live performance at the San Diego Folk Festival is his only full live set caught on tape, it’s been rediscovered here by […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2015, Album Review, Banjo, Live Album, Reissue, San Diego Folk Festival 1972, Tompkins Square ·

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December 5, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1727

Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell, Duelling Banjos from the original soundtrack of Deliverance (1973) Eric Weissberg is a journeyman player – forever known for his contribution to the soundtrack to the brutal, beautiful Deliverance. This album features that piece – and reissues/represents an album originally cut in 1963 called New Directions In Banjo And Bluegrass. […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 5-piece Chicken Dinner, Banjo, Beastie Boys, Bluegrass, Deliverance, Duelling Banjos from the original soundtrack of Deliverance, Eric Weissberg, Marshall Brickman, New Directions In Banjo And Bluegrass, New Yorker, Paul's Boutique, Soundtrack, Steve Mandell, Vinyl, Woody Allen ·

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