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June 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Reggae Knights: Ten Important Reggae Albums In My Life
I started this thing a while ago where I made lists of the top albums that I considered important – it’s a personal list; the albums that introduced me to a genre and have become firm favourites and/or pointed the way. The idea being that I list out my ten favourites – my ten important […]Archive
April 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Bob Marley & Me: Finding My Way To Marley and Then Back In Again
The first Bob Marley song I was ever aware of was Buffalo Soldier – it was a posthumous hit, released in 1983. And of course it became one of Bob’s biggest songs. A year later the compilation Legend turned up. I was a young kid but this album blew me away. I now have a […]Archive
February 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 578
V/A, 20 Reggae Classics (1984) Good times! And good timing – there I was just thinking about how I needed to dive back into some reggae – some of the good stuff, the proper stuff – and I found this old compilation. Would have been handy having this a few years back but actually this […]Archive
November 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Stir It Up – Aotearoa’s Tribute To Bob Marley
Various Artists: Stir It Up: Aotearoa’s Tribute to Bob Marley Universal Music NZ Ltd. We love a bit of Bob Marley down here in these shaky isles. Smear it on your toast. Rub it between your thighs. Slap it on a rainbow-coloured badge. Crunch it up between your teeth and spit out an inferior version. […]Archive
August 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet: Family First
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet Family First Beat Music Productions Mark Guiliana continues to surge on as singular talent – drummer, educator, composer, producer and under his own label/stable he continues to excel in both the quantity and quality stakes with his releases. Here we have an album by his jazz quartet – a set of […]Archive
February 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 54 – Nas and Damian Marley, Wellington, 2011
Here was a nice surprise. I mean, I really liked the album that Nas and Damian Marley made together – so I kinda figured the show would be quite good-minimum. But it was great – easily one of my favourite shows of that year. I’d seen Nas before (and I’ve seen him since) and he’s a […]Archive
April 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1150
Johnny Nash, I Can See Clearly Now (1972) Well of course there’s the title song and that’s about where it stands and ends for a lot of people with Johnny Nash. But there’s a few Bob Marley songs here I dig – he had a decent-sized hit with his version of Stir It Up and […]Archive
April 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Angelique Kidjo: Spirit Rising
Angelique Kidjo Spirit Rising Razor & Tie This live album is your Angelique Kidjo Greatest Hits CD; even though it’s not really a career summary. What it is though is a killer live set from a strong vocalist with a kick-ass backing ensemble. It’s Afrobeat-as-Afropop, a fluid sound that rolls through elements of funk and […]Archive
January 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Marley: A Film by Kevin Macdonald
Marley A Film By Kevin Macdonald Universal Pictures UK Kevin Macdonald has made a couple of great documentaries already and people seemed to love Marley at the movies – not so much for what it said, rather for who/what it was about. Well, that’s it with documentary isn’t it – you either have a fresh […]Archive
January 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Future Is The Beginning: The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley
The Future Is The Beginning: The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley Gerald Hausman (ed) Tuff Gong Books/Harmony Books Bob bin gohn fer ova terty years now, mon. Best bee puttin ah-notha wahn of dem books out, a-right-now? Some furst year stuudants will buy the t’ing an smoke da herb and reed from it ah-loud-now. […]Archive
February 13, 2012 by Simon Sweetman