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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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January 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 21: Emmylou Harris, Wellington 2001

I’ve been revisiting the second-coming of Emmylou Harris lately – you know, everything from Wrecking Ball through the Spyboy years, the duet record with Linda Ronstadt and of course Red Dirt Girl. Though I knew about her before those records – and owned the two “Profile” Best Of compilations on vinyl (freebies that I took […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", 2001, Best Ever, Brady Blade, Buddy Miller, Concert, Country, Darren Watson, Emmylou, Emmylou Harris, Gig, It Was The Best Gig Ever, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 21, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 21 Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, LOOP, Red Dirt Girl, Review, Songwriter, Spyboy, Tony Hall, Wellington, Wellington 2001, Western Wall, Wrecking Ball, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 187

Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine (2014) This is the first Daniel Lanois solo album that I’ve owned on vinyl – but of course his name is all through my record collection. Peter Gabriel, U2, Eno, Emmylou Harris and many others – Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson – the list could go […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2014, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Eno, Flesh and Machine, Forest City, Guitarist, LP, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Producer, Record, Sling Blade, The Neville Brothers, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 187, U2, Vinyl, Willie Nelson ·

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September 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 186: Dean Chandler

Welcome to episode 186 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Album, Anchor, Anchor/FM, Apple, Apple Podcasts, Before Friday, Bic Runga, Brady Blade, Buddy Miller, Chat, Conversation, Dean Chandler, Debut, Emmylou Harris, Godfrey de Grut, Interview, iTunes, Music, Musician, Off The Tracks, Podcast, Pop, Rhian Sheehan, Self-Titled, Singer/Songwriter, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 186, Sweetman Podcast # 186: Dean Chandler, The CD Store, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Joni 75 – A Birthday Celebration 

Various Artists:   Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration  Decca  Like most tributes – and as all tributes should be I guess – Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration is most certainly well-meaning. And for the most part it gets the tick. Of course it’s a little safe, focussing, as it does, on the most mainstream success (1971-1974) of Joni’s output…but there are little glimpses of utter magic, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Birthday Celebration, Album Review, Brandi Carlile, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Emmylou Harris, Glen Hansard, Graham Nash, https://www.amazon.com/Joni-75-Celebration-Various-Artists/dp/B07MHQ5F5T, James Taylor, Joni 75, Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration, Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, La Marisoul, Los Lobos, Norah Jones, Rufus Wainwright, Seal, V/A, V/A: Joni 75 - A Birthday Celebration, Various Artists, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine has died. The session drumming legend was 90. What a life. What a legacy. If he wasn’t the most prolific sessioneer skinsman he was certainly the most successful of the busy-schedule players. A part of one of the greatest groups of all time – The Wrecking Crew (not a band as such, a collective […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 90, A Little Less Conversation, Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In, Be My Baby, California Dreaming, Can't Help Falling In Love, Dean Martin, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, Eulogy, Eve of Destruction, Everybody Loves Somebody, Frank Sinatra, God Only Knows, Good Vibrations, Hal Blaine, https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/april-1981-hal-blaine/?fbclid=IwAR3VCmmiHIlE9kWKHH4Ctttvya4WclpJc_JDyedfEQLFyBKm8XP2PTNicrk, I Am A Rock, I Get Around, John Denver, Johnny Angel, Legend, Modern Drummer, Nancy Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Prolific, R.I.P., R.I.P. Hal Blaine, Session, Sessions, Simon & Garfunkel, Studio, Surf City, The 5th Dimension, The Beach Boys, The Carpenters, The Mamas and The Papas, the Rocky Horror Show's original cast recording, The Wrecking Crew, Then He Kissed Me, These Boots Are Made For Walking, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Buckle Up: Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening

I started this thing a while ago where I decided I was going to name ten albums important to me (and important for me) in a particular musical genre. I started with hip-hop (see here). And then I decided to do my list of seminal and sentimental metal albums (see here). And most recently it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 89/93: An Anthology, American Recordings, Buckle Up, Buckle Up: Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening, Car Wheels On a Gravel Road, Country, Country Music, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Essence, Gold, Hank Williams, Heartbreaker, Johnny Cash, Little Sparrow, Lucinda Williams, Modern Sounds In Country And Western, Patsy Cline, Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits, Ray Charles, Ryan Adams, Teatro, Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening, The Ultimate Collection, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Willie Nelson, Wrecking Ball ·

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August 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 655

Emmylou Harris, Gliding Bird (1969) I love Emmylou Harris. Have done for many years. I first knew about her as a name and voice – a backing singer to the stars; there she was on albums by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson and many others and though I knew about her, the legend, the Gram […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1969, Black Gypsy, Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Duets, Emmylou Harris, Gliding Bird, Gram Parsons, Linda Ronstadt, LP, Record, The Vinyl Countdown # 655, Trio, Trios, Vinyl, Western Wall, Willie Nelson ·

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August 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 660

Rosanne Cash, Seven Year Ache (1981) I’ve long been a fan of Rosanne Cash – but I really only know her earliest work via a couple of compilation CDs and some live versions, I’ve enjoyed her output across the last two decades, keeping up with that in real time but the late 70s and early […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Albert Lee, Booker T. Jones, Country, Emmylou Harris, LP, Mickey Raphael, Ricky Skaggs, Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, Seven Year Ache, The Vinyl Countdown # 660, Vince Gill, Vinyl, Willie Nelson ·

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May 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Cyndi Lauper: Detour

Cyndi Lauper Detour Sire/Warners I’m a huge Cyndi Lauper fan – but I couldn’t tolerate Memphis Blues, she hiccupped her way through a range of blues classics that was, at best, comical but mostly just insulting. It undersold Cyndi’s true talent too – she’s a great singer, a strong character voice with an innate theatricality. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alison Krauss, Chad Cromwell, Country, Covers, Cyndi Lauper, Detour, Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Memphis Blues, Patsy Cline, Tony Brown, Tribute, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Willie Weeks ·

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January 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Bobby Gillespie presents Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down

Various Artists: Bobby Gillespie Presents Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down Ace Records/Border I’m a sucker for a great artist-driven compilation/mix-tape. They’ll tell you that you can do it yourself via Spotify or almost any other platform. And you can. But the best mixtapes are the ones your friends make you – because you get to see […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Ace, Ace Records, Alexander "Skip" Spence, Beach Boys, Bobby Gillespie presents Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, Compilation, Dion, Emmylou Harris, Evie Sands, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Barry, Kris Kristofferson, Link Wray, Mix, Mixtape, Primal Scream, Ronnie Wood, Skip Spence, Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, The Byrds, The Monkees, Tim Buckley, V/A, V/A: Bobby Gillespie presents Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, Various, Various Artists, Willie Nelson ·

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August 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler

I remember one time at school some guy told me “the best guitarist in the world is Mark Knopfler”. I laughed at him. Not entirely sure why – I’ve always been a fan. But it just didn’t sit with me – and to give this full context, this was way back – mid-80s, when Knopfler […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aztec Camera, Best Guitarist, Bob Dylan, Cal, Dire Straits, Emmylou Harris, Facebook, Guitar, Guitarist, Last Exit To Brooklyn, Local Hero, Mark Knopfler, Phantom Billstickers, Randy Newman, Scott Walker, Soundtrack Composer, The Best Guitarist In The World, The Best Guitarist in The World # 8, The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler, The Princess Bride, Willy DeVille ·
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