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Posts Tagged Carole King

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February 9, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Some Of My Best Friends Have Been Songs

Walking home on stormy nights, to a house alone, back when you didn’t have music on your phone. I’d duck into a bus stop to change batteries(or the CDs) on the Discman. And I had no idea where I was going – but the songs were lighting the way, keeping me sane, keeping all else […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Carole King, Fire and Rain, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, James Taylor, Some Of My Best Friends Have Been Songs, Songs, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, You've Got A Friend ·

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January 25, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

A Natural Woman: Theatre

A Natural Woman: Celebrating The Music of Carole King Producer: Ali Harper & Iain Cave (Ali-Cat Productions) Circa Theatre; Circa One (January 19 – February 22) Ali Harper has form with these shows. She takes a musician – be it singer (Doris Day) or writer (Burt Bacharach) and explores their best known material in a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Natural Woman, A Natural Woman: Celebrating The Music of Carole King, Ali Harper, Biography, Carole King, Celebrating The Music of Carole King, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Circa Theatre; Circa One (January 19 – February 22), Francis Leota, Francis Meria, Gig, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Musical, Nick Granville, Play, Play Review, Producer: Ali Harper & Iain Cave (Ali-Cat Productions), Scott Maynard, Show, Theatre, Theatre Review, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Cool Summer: The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021

Every year it’s music. All day it’s music. All the time. And if it’s not then there’s a film on – and I’m usually noticing the music. Or it’s a podcast. Which has music. Or is an interview about music. When I’m reading it’s a music biography or it’s poetry – which has its own […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ambient, Bananarama, Book, Brian Eno, Car, Carole King, Charles Mingus, Cool Summer, Cool Summer: The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021, Cruel Summer, Damn The Torpedoes, Daniel Lanois, Discreet Music, Driving, Emmylou Harris, Ennio Morricone, Family, Hermit of Mink Hollow, Holiday, John Martyn, Playlist, Rage Against The Machine, Reading, Roadtrip, Score, Solid Air, Soundtrack, Spotify, Summer, The Mission, The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021, Todd Rundgren, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Wrecking Ball, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

James Taylor: Break Shot – My First 21 Years

James Taylor Break Shot: My First 21 Years Audible Originals It seems Audible (Amazon) is battling against Spotify and every other podcast platform – so they’re introducing original content that isn’t just 39 hours of a book being read by a BBC-grade thespian. There are now scripted fiction podcast and documentary podcast series’ exclusive to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Amazon, Audible, Audible Originals, Audiobook, Audiobook Review, Autobiography, Book Review, Break Shot, Break Shot: My First 21 Years, Carole King, Danny Kortchmar, James Taylor, James Taylor: Break Shot, James Taylor: Break Shot - My First 21 Years, Joni Mitchell, Memoir, My First 21 Years, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: We Won’t Make It Any Other Way

Some of my best friends have been songs – walking home on stormy nights, to a house alone back when you didn’t have music on your phone – I’d duck into a bus stop to change batteries (or the CDs) on the Discman. And I had no idea where I was going – but the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Carole King, Fire and Rain, James Taylor, Poem, Poem: We Won’t Make It Any Other Way, We Won’t Make It Any Other Way, You've Got A Friend ·

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September 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Erin Rae: Lagniappe Session (ep)

Erin Rae Lagniappe Session (ep) Independent / Aquarium Drunkard The great Aquarium Drunkard site/blog started up this thing a while back called the Lagniappe Sessions – getting artists to record covers and inspirations, a short-form thing, an EP the result. It’s been a great way to discover both new musical talent (the artist) and rediscover […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Aquarium Drunkard, Carole King, Covers, Duchess, EP, Erin Rae, Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles, Erin Rae: Lagniappe Session (ep), Gene Clark, Jonathan Richman, Joni Mitchell, Karen Dalton, Lagniappe Session, Lagniappe Session (ep), Lagniappe Sessions, Putting On Airs, Scott Walker, Singer/Songwriter, Some Misunderstanding, The Monkees, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, You Must Ask The Heart ·

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July 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Courtney Marie Andrews: Honest Life

Courtney Marie Andrews Honest Life Fat Possum It’s forever a case of break out the comparisons when writing about female singer/songwriters – I’m guilty of it, as well as being critical of it – but sometimes those comparisons stand up and usually they’re meant as a compliment; to that end it’s impossible not to hear […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Carole King, Courtney Marie Andrews, Fat Possum, Honest Life, James Taylor, Joe Pug, Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling, Margo Price ·

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February 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Revisiting Tapestry: Carole King’s Masterpiece

In 1995 there was a Carole King tribute album, Tapestry Revisited. I never listened to it – truth be told I’ve never really liked the tribute album where a classic record is interpreted by a bunch of people, as well meaning as it probably is I just don’t like the concept. And when you have […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Carole King, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Masterpiece, Revisiting Tapestry, Revisiting Tapestry: Carole King’s Masterpiece, Tapestry, Tapestry Revisited ·

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March 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The City: Now That Everything’s Been Said

The City Now That Everything’s Been Said LightInTheAttic Here’s a wonderful reissue from the dependable LightInTheAttic label – it’s the first time too that The City’s Now That Everything’s Been Said has been reissued for vinyl. This was a band fronted by Carole King and it’s essentially her “lost” or middle years. She’d written the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blood Sweat and Tears, Brill Building, Carole King, Charles Larkey, Danny Kortchmar, Gerry Goffin, Jim Gordon, Light In The Attic, LightInTheAttic, Lou Adler, Now That Everything's Been Said, Pop, Reissue, Songwriting, Tapestry, The Byrds, The City, The Monkees, Wrecking Crew ·

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June 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Gerry Goffin

Sad to hear, just now, of the passing of Gerry Goffin. One of the greatest – most important – lyricists in rock’n’roll. History has him as the abusive, womanizing ex-husband of Carole King – and I don’t intend to judge him for that, nor excuse any of the behavior or speculate on it. King’s story […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Carole King, Eulogy, Gerry Goffin, Goffin & King, Lyricist, R.I.P., Songwriter ·

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March 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Carole King: A Natural Woman – A Memoir

A Natural Woman: A Memoir Carole King Grand Central Publishing I loved this book. It’s honest and thoughtful and King has had an interesting life; she’s candid about failed marriages and the damage that was done – from one marriage in particular. She clearly loves music – might seem an obvious thing to say, but […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Natural Woman: A Memoir, Autobiography, Book Review, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, James Taylor, Memoir, Tapestry ·

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February 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1613

Art Garfunkel, Watermark (1977) I found it rather odd rediscovering a bunch of Art Garfunkel solo albums. I mean, who listens to them? I reckon there’s some people out there with the Garfunkel-surname that haven’t even bothered checking them out. I’ve seen Art Garfunkel live twice – once as a solo act and once as […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, All My Love's Laughter, Art Garfunkel, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Jimmy Webb, LP, Paul Simon, Richie Havens, Simon & Garfunkel, Vinyl, Watermark ·

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