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January 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Hejira: My Infatuation With That Album…
I’ve been a Joni Mitchell fan for a while, certainly for the last 20 years of my life. And Hejira is an album I’ve known for most of that time; I can’t remember when I first heard it, it was swept up in a run of Mitchell albums that started with Blue and Court And Spark […]Archive
October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 7 – Cities Where Stuff Happened
Something different today, before regular Radio Nowhere service finally resumes… People travel for a lot of fairly obvious reasons – to eat, drink, see the sights, visit friends, and so on. Me? I mainly travel so I’ll have a good excuse for repeatedly missing blog deadlines, and also because there’s a part of me that’s […]Archive
October 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Laura Marling: Short Movie
Laura Marling Short Movie Ribbon Music/LLC Laura Marling is 25. She has five albums to her name – I mention her age only because she seemed to arrive, fully formed, talk of her still being a teenager was unavoidable when addressing the very early work. Because it had a maturity – and sense of style/song-structure […]Archive
July 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1080
Joni Mitchell, The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) I hear this album as the start of the great trilogy of albums from Joni Mitchell – and though Hejira means a bit more to me I really love this record. Of course I love all the Joni Mitchell records anyway. But what’s always intrigued me about […]Archive
January 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
William Tyler: Impossible Truth
William Tyler Impossible Truth Merge Records William Tyler has already shown his gifts as a guitar player for hire (Will Oldham, Kurt Wagner, Silver Jews, Candi Staton) and with his impressive if slightly hesitant solo debut, Behold The Spirit. That album is still worth hearing – and having – but it’s his latest, Impossible Truth […]Archive
December 13, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1718
Joni Mitchell, Miles Of Aisles (1974) Picked this up recently, a good score for me because I have just about everything by Joni Mitchell on vinyl and had never owned this. I know the album – I had the CD version – but I can’t say I listened to it as much as the studio […]Archive
November 20, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1751
Joni Mitchell, Hejira (1976) If I have to name one single favourite Joni Mitchell album – then it is this one. Based on it being the album I’ve listened to the most – and there most be something in that. It’s as much a comfort as anything – an album I just love; just get […]Archive
November 2, 2011 by Simon Sweetman