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November 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes: Cypress Grove
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes Cypress Grove Easy Eye Sound In a musical sense, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is a direct descendant of Skip James – Holmes is one of the last surviving practitioners of the Bentonia School of blues guitar playing, as pioneered by the unrecorded Henry Stuckey and passed down to Skip James, Jack Owens and […]Archive
September 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 9 – BBM, “Around The Next Dream”
BBM, Around The Next Dream, 1994 The short-lived “supergroup” BBM was basically the Cream reunion that Eric Clapton wasn’t interested in, so they subbed in Gary Moore. There had been a Cream get-together ahead of this and then a documented one a decade after – but this was, briefly, an exciting thing. Particularly because it […]Archive
August 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 179: Jan Preston
Welcome to episode 178 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Jan Preston is a Kiwi-born, Australian-based pianist. She’s a […]Archive
May 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Preview: Chris Cain at Wellington’s Blues Club, Jack Hackett’s, May 28, 2019
Chris Cain is one of the best living blues guitarists around – and, fortunately, he’s been a regular visitor to New Zealand shores. I met Chris in 2016 and recorded a conversation with him in the earliest days of Sweetman Podcast. I’ve seen him play a few times – and he has the soul, feel, […]Archive
May 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 310
Peter Green, In The Skies (1979) I first became aware of Peter Green when watching the wonderful TV doco – Fleetwood Mac at 21. I’ve been a lifelong fan of the band, but at that point though I knew the song Albatross I didn’t really know about Green nor even the blues years; must have just thought of Albatross as some weird instrumental […]Archive
March 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 331
Jimmy Rushing, The Bluesway Sessions (1967) It’s harder to do it now –we second-guess ourselves, look things up, more likely have information shoved at us, our brains becoming these weird microfiche-systems, but I still like the idea of walking into the record store and buying something on a whim; the impulse buy. And the other week […]Archive
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 […]Archive
August 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Walter “Wolfman” Washington: My Future Is My Past
Walter “Wolfman” Washington My Future Is My Past Anti/Epitaph The New Orleans soul and blues man is in devastatingly fine form here without his regular band, opening with a slug from (presumably) a whisky tumbler and then just his own voice and acoustic guitar. Next up he’s joined by the great Irma Thomas and it’s […]Archive
July 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 125 – Russell Self
Welcome to episode 125 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here I had a chat with Russell Self. He’s a Wellington-based, English-born musician and poet. Russell’s held many jobs, let many more go, he’s been a busker, a troubadour, he recites his own poems and sings covers – he also […]Archive
May 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
John Oates: Arkansas
John Oates Arkansas PS Records One of the strangest things you’ll hear – or hear about – in music this year is John Oates doing a country album. Yes, he of Hall & Oates, the Maneater/She’s Gone co-creator. There’s nothing on this album that sounds like anything he did with Daryl Hall. And there’s no […]Archive
May 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman