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June 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: Looking Back On The Best of Bonnie Raitt’s Career
About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular musical artist or genre or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. This week I chose to talk about Bonnie Raitt. I’ve been a fan for a while. And this feature was all about revisiting the golden years […]Archive
May 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Bonnie Raitt: Rainbow Room Blues – Philly Broadcast ‘72
Bonnie Raitt Rainbow Room Blues: Philly Broadcast ‘72 Smokin’ Badger Yet another in the tumbling pile of live bootlegs taken from radio station broadcasts. These unofficial albums sometimes feel truncated and have patchy sound – even then they’re interesting. But sometimes you really feel like a jackpot’s been hit – as with this brilliant live […]Archive
July 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Taj Mahal/Keb Mo: TajMo
Taj Mahal/Keb’ Mo’ TajMo Concord Records Taj might take top billing – but make no mistake (seriously – don’t make the mistake!) this is a Keb Mo’ album with one or two moments where Taj Mahal’s gravelly voice adds something slightly less manicured.Archive
April 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell: So Familiar
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell So Familiar Rounder Here is the second collaborative album from Martin and Brickell, accurately named since the pair work so well together and here particularly it feels seamless – in fact Martin is essentially the sideman, could have gone unnamed; why then is it Steve Martin and Edie Brickell not […]Archive
October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 7 – Cities Where Stuff Happened
Something different today, before regular Radio Nowhere service finally resumes… People travel for a lot of fairly obvious reasons – to eat, drink, see the sights, visit friends, and so on. Me? I mainly travel so I’ll have a good excuse for repeatedly missing blog deadlines, and also because there’s a part of me that’s […]Archive
May 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Boz Scaggs: A Fool To Care
Boz Scaggs A Fool To Care 429 Records It would be easy to dismiss Boz Scaggs – the people that have done that have drawn a line, decided not to listen. It’s easy to think of something like Silk Degrees, and to hold its phenomenal success against the talented musician that never expected runaway success […]Archive
March 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 61 – Bonnie Raitt, Wellington, 2013
I’ve never been so sick at a gig – sick as a dog, mystery illness, brought on perhaps by travel and late hours, next to no sleep, that sort of thing…I’d just returned from a whirlwind trip to Auckland for the amazing Paul Simon gig, the next night was Robert Plant. And then it was […]Archive
October 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Lake Street Dive: Bad Self Portraits
Lake Street Dive Bad Self Portraits Signature Sounds Recording Company In a year of so many great albums I’m returning now to Bad Self Portraits – an album that was released in February, one I heard earlier in the year but lost in the deluge. It’s a sharp set of songs, and the real arrival […]Archive
September 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman