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April 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Cropper: Fire It Up
Steve Cropper Fire It Up Provogue Being billed as Steve Cropper’s first solo album in over 50 years, Fire It Up isn’t really a solo album at all – and Cropper won’t ever be remembered as a solo artist; wouldn’t want to be I’m sure. But he’s owning this one – that’s for sure. There […]Archive
April 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Peter Frampton: Peter Frampton Forgets The Words
Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Forgets The Words Ume Peter Frampton’s protracted retirement has already given us one of the worlds worst “blues” albums. And – now this! Peter Frampton Forgets The Words is not his first foray into all-instrumental music, there was a mid-00s “comeback” album called Fingerprints and somehow its butchering of Soundgarden’s Block […]Archive
April 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Nathan Salsburg: Landwerk No. 2
Nathan Salsburg Landwerk No. 2 No Quarter Nathan Salsburg is all things to any sort of guitar-listener, a fine accompanist, he makes beautiful folk records of his own, he’s involved in a new “supergroup” of sorts – and – in and around all of that he’s moved towards making ambient records with his Landwerk project. […]Archive
April 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Pasquale Grasso: Solo Ballads
Pasquale Grasso Solo Ballads Sony Music Entertainment Pasquale Grasso has freakish talent – here on a set of solo guitar pieces he plays his sincere, respectful renditions of established classics. No funny business, this is not some Marc Ribot deconstruction, instead think of the tone and taste of Jim Hall, the technique of Pat Metheny, […]Archive
April 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 252: Mike McKeon aka Mike Dr. Blue
Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 252 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to […]Archive
March 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Gwenifer Raymond: Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
Gwenifer Raymond Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain Tompkins Square Welsh fingerstyle guitarist Gwenifer Raymond returns with her second-full-lengther and though the debut was astonishing, it felt like show-time; the chance to tell you about all of her collected influences. The songs were pretty and dazzling in equal measures but felt like exercises, wee trace-arounds. Don’t […]Archive
February 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: Noon
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Noon Megaplum / ATO Records What a wonderful anomaly Leo Kottke is – a folk guitarist, but also a jazz guitarist and there’s classical in there, it’s just an absolute stew. He also doesn’t seem to have ever gone too far down the eccentric path (Bill Orcutt, Sir Richard Bishop) […]Archive
February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sir Richard Bishop: Oneiric Formulary
Sir Richard Bishop Oneiric Formulary Drag City Records I’ve always loved Sir Richard Bishop’s records – the obvious touchstone, and perhaps he’s over-mentioned really is John Fahey, still, his sound and feel and approach has been hugely influential and not just on Bishop. A generation of folk-motivated sonic explorers were turned onto the guitar and […]Archive
January 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Noah Preminger: Contemptment
Noah Preminger Contemptment Steeplechase Noah Preminger has, since the mid-00s, amassed a baker’s dozen of fantastic recordings as a leader, also popping in to be sideman to the likes of Rob Garcia, Julian Shore and Dan Cray. He learned from one of the masters – Dave Liebman – but even if that’s any leg up […]Archive
January 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 41 – Gary Moore, “Still Got The Blues”
Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues, 1990 There was a time when I loved Gary Moore – and it was mostly because of this album. I mean I was excited about his pedigree (Thin Lizzy) and his hard-rock background. I was a kid. And rock guitar was my jam. And 1990 was the year that […]Archive
January 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman