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December 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Photographs We Take Are Always Of The View Once The Mountain Is Climbed, Never The Gateways You Walked Through Along The Way

The flamenco guitar of Ottmar Liebert used to be the tonic. Now it seems so laughable. Twee. Nothing wrong with it – just too clean I guess, and I looked further, listened deeper, found more. When looking back to where we have been and thinking about how we arrived at where we are now, the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Flamenco, Never  The Gateways You Walked Through Along The Way, Ottmar Liebert, Poem, Poem: The Photographs We Take Are Always Of The View Once The Mountain Is Climbed Never  The Gateways You Walked Through Along The Way, The Photographs We Take Are Always Of The View Once The Mountain Is Climbed, The Photographs We Take Are Always Of The View Once The Mountain Is Climbed Never  The Gateways You Walked Through Along The Way ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1993, 2021, Acoustic, Album Review, Bonus Tracks, Classical, Flamenco, Folk, Frantz Casseus, Haitian, Knockwurst Records, Marc Ribot, Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus, Marc Ribot: Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus [Reissue], Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus, Reissue, Solo Guitar, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1996, Classical, Flamenco, Guitar, Live Gig, Luna Negra, Opium, Ottmar Liebert, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 11 – Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, Ticket, Town Hall, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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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. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Calaita, Chico Pere, Diana Castro, Flamenco, Flamenco Son, Glen Sharp, Spain ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Al Di Meola, Blog On The Tracks, Eulogy, Flamenco, Friday Night in San Francisco, Guitar, John McLaughlin, Mediterranean Sundance, Paco de Lucia, R.I.P. Paco de Lucia ·

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