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September 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 243

Bettye LaVette, The Scene of the Crime (2007) I saw Bettye LaVette in concert close to 20 years ago – she was a nobody in a way, she’d had the first phase of her career and hadn’t yet had the mighty comeback. But shit she was good! It was obvious she was a ferocious talent. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2007, Bettye LaVette, Drive-By Truckers, Eddie Hinton, Elton John, John Hiatt, LP, Record, Somebody Pick Up My Pieces, Spooner Oldham, The Scene of the Crime, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 243, Vinyl, Willie Nelson ·

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April 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: April 2018

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so a couple of years into […]
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April 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Bettye LaVette: Things Have Changed

Bettye LaVette Things Have Changed Verve Bettye LaVette’s had one hell of a comeback – or an arrival; barely anyone knew about her before, and if they did it was more about her struggles than her music – she’s also got one hell of a colourful backstory and though there was some great music early […]
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March 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Todd Rundgren: White Knight

Todd Rundgren White Knight Cleopatra Todd Rundgren knows a thing or two about making mixed-bag albums – but he also knows that if you keep experimenting and collaborating you find magic. And there’s plenty of good stuff here on White Knight, an album of profound and perplexing collaborations that very much vacillates from the sublime […]
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March 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 9 – The Greatest Music In The World

Hyperbole – it still has its uses. Hopefully. Tonight I’m doing a DJ set that I have dubbed The Greatest Music In The World. I am not even the greatest DJ in my street. But it’s not about my skills, it’s about the music – it’s always about the music. And though I love music […]
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October 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Check out Chris Cain: He’s Got The Blues in his Soul and at his Fingertips

Chris Cain is an American blues guitarist and singer.  He writes his own songs – has nearly a dozen albums to his name, but it’s the blues he carries inside him, a repertoire of songs by the greats, the legends – B.B. King and Albert King, for example – that make Cain worth seeing and […]
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April 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Bettye LaVette: Worthy

Bettye LaVette Worthy Cherry Red I feel so fortunate to have seen Bettye LaVette live – it was around a decade ago, Rodger Fox brought her out to New Zealand and it was just before what now feels like her second career. The last decade has seen a handful of albums, all of them worthy. […]
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