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November 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: November 2020
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… For […]Archive
November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Dave Brubeck: Lullabies
Dave Brubeck Lullabies Verve This is Dave Brubeck’s final album – released just now, but recorded a decade ago. It’s a set of charming-enough lullabies, the real weight of them can be measured by the wait I guess – and the timing now of release; early next month it is the jazz legend’s centenary so […]Archive
November 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Fred Hersch: Songs From Home
Fred Hersch Songs From Home Palmetto Records Covid records. There’ll be many more to come. What to do when you can’t play a show – when you can’t get together with the full band, when you can’t do your job but need to try to make some money; more than that need to connect – […]Archive
November 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Lauren Henderson: The Songbook Session
Lauren Henderson The Songbook Session Brontosaurus Records Lauren Henderson has been building her brand across a handful of albums and an EP – she’s a great singer of jazz, and she turns her ear to songs that sit just outside of the genre as well as honouring the ‘songbook’ classics; she’s as likely to reach […]Archive
October 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) Daptone Records It was such sad news that Sharon Jones died at just the age of 60. She was such a vital performer and her music – and the way she presented it – was all about joy. One […]Archive
October 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Yo La Tengo: Sleepless Night [EP]
Yo La Tengo Sleepless Night [EP] Matador This new EP by Yo La Tengo features covers that stretch back over the last decade or so. As always with this band there’s equal awe for the versions they offer and the mere song-selection. It’s cool, or reassuring, or reassuringly cool to know that that band you’ve […]Archive
October 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Ace Frehley: Origins Vol. 2
Ace Frehley Origins Vol. 2 Metal/Entertainment One A few years ago Ace Frehley stood on stage in a venue in Wellington, New Zealand. There was maybe 100 people there, maybe 150 if he was lucky. There might even have only been double figures actually…and mid-set he rambled on about his old bandmates Gene and Paul […]Archive
October 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Ulf Wakenius: Taste of Honey
Ulf Wakenius Taste of Honey ACT Music Ulf Wakenius is a Swedish jazz guitarist that worked with both Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson later in their careers as part of trios and quartets. He’s released well over a dozen albums as a leader (going back to 1984) and has collaborated and cameoed with many artists […]Archive
October 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Diana Krall: This Dream of You
Diana Krall This Dream of You Verve I was never that big on Diana Krall albums – they were good, all of them, but I didn’t care which one I heard. I just heard them – in shops where I worked, in preparation for reviewing her shows (saw her twice, very good both times) and […]Archive
September 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Tanya Donelly and The Parkington Sisters: Tanya Donelly and The Parkington Sisters
Tanya Donelly and The Parkington Sisters Tanya Donelly and The Parkington Sisters American Laundromat Records When I saw Tanya Donelly in 1997 she had one solo album to her name but was a hero to most in the crowd that night for her work as a member of The Throwing Muses and The Breeders and […]Archive
August 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman