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September 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Hermine Deurloo: Riverbeast

Hermine Deurloo Riverbeast ZenneZ Records Hermine Deurloo is a virtuoso harmonica player and here she combines with some legends of the jazz world (Steve Gadd on drums, Tony Scherr on the bass and guitar with Kevin Hays on piano and keyboards) to make a mixture of easy-listening and light pop with just enough jazz to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, harmonica, Hermine Deurloo, Hermine Deurloo: Riverbeast, Kevin Hays, Riverbeast, Steve Gadd, Tony Scherr, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, ZenneZ Records ·

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February 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 435

The Madcaps, Harmonicapers (1953) This little curio spoke to me – just recently. It was almost love at first sight – a novelty record. But I had to give it a quick spin, just in case I was buying a cover and title only, there had to be some sort of music; the record (a […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 10", 10" vinyl, 1953, EP, Flight of the Bumblebee, harmonica, Harmonicapers, LP, Madcaps, Nostalgia, Novelty, The Madcaps, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 435, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 84 – Midge Marsden

Welcome to episode 84 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Up in Auckland recently I finally got to have a sit-down chat with Midge Marsden. We’ve talked about doing this a few times, he and I have corresponded over the years – but this was the first time we’d […]
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March 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Tools of The Trade: The Musical Instruments That Live With Us

I was reunited with my blue acoustic guitar. A friend has had it on loan for about 18 months. It is a cheap guitar with a chip in the finish below the pick-guard area. It has grimy old strings on it – and I can’t play it very well at all (it’s why it was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Drums, Guitar, harmonica, Musical Instruments, Piano, Recorder, The Musical Instruments That Live With Us, The Tools of The Trade, The Tools of The Trade: The Musical Instruments That Live With Us ·

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August 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Toots Thielemans

Toots Thielemans has died. The 94 year old harmonica virtuoso was also a guitarist and – intriguingly – a whistler. He wrote standards. He played sessions with rock, pop and jazz superstars as well as performing his own shows and leading groups. And even if you haven’t heard the name before you have heard him […]
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June 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1356

Bob Dylan, Shot Of Love (1981) Do you have an album in your collection from an established artist and you know it’s not great; not one of their best but you love it all the same, in fact it’s special to you because of one song in particular – could even be that you went […]
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February 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1415

The Blues Brothers, The Best Of The Blues Brothers (1981) When my dad won a CD player in a sales competition he scored a coupon allowing him to choose five CDs for free also. We loved free stuff! So he thought he was getting the soundtrack to the movie but this album arrived instead when […]
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