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June 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Marc Ribot: Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus [Reissue]

Marc Ribot Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus Knockwurst Records Marc Ribot’s contribution to the guitar is enormous – his catalogue is vast, he’s one of those players you’ve heard, even if you don’t know it. Alongside his own idiosyncratic catalogue he has recorded sessions or played live for soul giants (Wilson […]

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October 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 11 – Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, Wellington, 1996

I didn’t just have one Ottmar Liebert CD – I had heaps of them. Now I just have the one. Signed by him after this gig – I doubt I could give it away. But there was a time when I was kinda into this – mostly I played the albums while I wrote essays […]

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August 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Calaita: Flamenco Son

Calaita Flamenco Son Riverboat/World Music Network Glen Sharp’s guitar is the first thing you notice driving this music – this marriage between British musicians and Spain’s history with the flamenco form. There are Spanish musicians involved in Calaita too and the second thing you’ll notice – the ingredient so crucial – is Chico Pere’s voice. […]

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February 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Paco de Lucia

It was sad to hear of the death of Paco de Lucia. I was first turned onto his playing via the Friday Night In San Francisco live record. I knew the other players already (John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola) but it was Paco de Lucia that provided the revelatory moments on that first and […]