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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Cindy Blackman Santana: Give The Drummer Some
Cindy Blackman Santana Give The Drummer Some Copperline As Cindy Blackman she made her name as the drummer in Lenny Kravitz’s band – wearing a wig and stomping out the rock grooves. But that was the side-hustle made big; her real love (and skill) was as a jazzer, making records under her own name. I’m […]Archive
July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Lotus Poisitioning
Back in the day I’d buy a new cassette tape each week – mow lawns to save money to buy tapes to listen to while mowing more lawns. It was a good system, joined the World Record Club – had obscure album choices sent to me in that little town where I lived; things you’d […]Archive
April 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 27 – Aretha Franklin, “Who’s Zoomin’ Who”
Aretha Franklin, Who’s Zoomin’ Who, 1985 Maybe it’s a stretch to refer to this as a crap-album – since it was very well received at the time, considered a “comeback” of sorts. Then again, if you really love Aretha Franklin (as you absolutely should) then maybe it’s not going far enough to call this a […]Archive
November 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: What’s The Buzz With Guitar Solos?
I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]Archive
May 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gregg Bissonette Drum Clinics in NZ: May 2019
As part of the Jazz Gala featuring Gregg Bissonette the legendary session drummer will also be performing a set of drum clinics. Gregg can be heard, across the years, on albums by Joe Satriani and David Lee Roth, he’s now a regular touring drummer for the Ringo Starr All-Starr Band, he’s an in-demand clinician and has played […]Archive
April 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Santana: In Search of Mona Lisa (ep)
Santana In Search of Mona Lisa (ep) Concord Records Ahead of a new Rick Rubin-produced full-lengther, the Woodstock 50 celebrations and various other 50th Anniversary gigs it’s going to be a big year for Carlos and his new version of the band Santana and it start with this EP; clues for the sound of the new album, crumbs… And as with Santana IV and […]Archive
November 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Santana: Live At The House of Blues – Las Vegas
Santana Live At The House of Blues, Las Vegas Eagle Rock Entertainment As someone utterly embarrassed by some of Carlos Santana’s decisions over the last decade (well, nearly two decades I guess) I was in full support of the “classic” lineup reunion of the band, rather than the ongoing Carlos Santana + Guests Brand. He’d […]Archive
July 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Santana: Santana IV
Santana Santana IV Santana IV Records It was always going to be a gamble and it’s been long overdue – and while Santana IV is not (consistently) great and is far, far too long (who releases 76-minute single albums in this day and age?) it is the best thing Carlos Santana has been involved with […]Archive
July 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Best Guitarist in The World: # 3 – Prince
I’ve just started reading a book about the making of Purple Rain (the movie and album) – and I mean just started. I’m only a handful of pages in. The author is gushing about Prince’s guitar playing. I can tell it’s gonna be a good book. But I have this thought – geez, Prince could […]Archive
July 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 847
Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles, Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! (1972) I first knew this as a dubbed tape, recorded at a mate’s place, off his father’s record. I copied it – and played, and played it – because I was a huge Santana fan; I became a huge Buddy Miles fan after listening to this […]Archive
April 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman