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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Album Review, Americana, Bob Brozman, Folk, Guitar, Gwenifer Raymond, Gwenifer Raymond: Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain, John Fahey, Mississippi John Hurt, Primitive, Solo, Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain, Tompkins Square, Welsh, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Buckethead, Experimental, Guitar, Instrumental, John Fahey, John Martyn, Leo Kottke, Oneiric Formulary, Ralph Towner, Richard Bishop, Sir Richard Bishop, Sir Richard Bishop: Oneiric Formulary, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Bill Orcutt: Odds Against Tomorrow

Bill Orcutt Odds Against Tomorrow Palilalia If you’ve ever imagined what the common ground between John Fahey and Derek Bailey might sound like – then Bill Orcutt is your guy. He’s an Ornette Coleman-like guitarist. He’s equal parts punk, blues and jazz – as he cuts astonishing new shapes through old traditions. Primarily a soloist, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bill Frisell, Bill Orcutt, Bill Orcutt: Odds Against Tomorrow, Derek Bailey, Guitar, John Fahey, Marc Ribot, Muddy Waters, Odds Against Tomorrow, Ornette Coleman, Ralph Towner, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

“Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue”: On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s

Steve Gunn, American guitar wizard – one of many exciting talents currently cutting their own path away from the early influence of John Fahey – says that once he discovered music he “kinda gave up everything else that was going on as a kid”. He was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Philadelphia – […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged “Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue", “Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue”: On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s, Acoustic Guitar, Band, Folk, Guitar, Guitarist, http://www.steve-gunn.com/, Interview, Jazz, Jerry Garcia, John Fahey, Kurt Vile, NZ Tour, On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s, PR, Promo, Raga, Ryley Walker, Sandy Bull, Solo, Steve Gunn ·

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March 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Sir Richard Bishop: Tangier Sessions

Sir Richard Bishop Tangier Sessions Drag City Here’s the latest from Sir Richard Bishop, recorded across a week in Morocco – it’s the continuation of his exploratory guitar style, moments of John Fahey there obviously, but Bishop has carved out his own sound while adhering to folk and desert-blues idioms; you could just as soon […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Folk, Guitar, Instrumental, John Fahey, Paul Ubana Jones, Richard Bishop, Sir Richard Bishop, Solo, Tangier Sessions ·

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September 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Ryley Walker: All Kinds of You

Ryley Walker All Kinds of You Tompkins Square Take a look at that cover for starters – you could believe this was some LightInTheAttic reissue, some long lost/forgotten record, a thrift-store find touched up and newly pressed on CD, liner notes to tell you that this is the real life story of another Dave Van […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, All Kinds of You, Bert Jansch, Davey Graham, Davy Graham, John Fahey, Nick Drake, Ryley Walker, Tim Buckley, Tim Hardin ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Chris Forsyth, Guitar, Hejira, Impossible Truth, Instrumental, James Blackshaw, John Fahey, John Martyn, Joni Mitchell, Solo Guitar, Steve Gunn, William Tyler ·

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August 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Gunn: Time Off

Steve Gunn Time Off Paradise Bachelors/Southbound You might know Steve Gunn as a hired gun, one of the guitar layers in Kurt Vile’s sound, or perhaps you know his Gunn-Truscinski Duo (drummer John Truscinski is present on this album too) or his experimental noise outfit, GHQ. So, several strings to his bow and for the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, GHQ, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, John Fahey, Kurt Vile, Peter Walker, Rainy Day Raga, Steve Gunn, Time Off, Trailways Ramble ·

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April 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1389

John Fahey, Blind Joe Death (1959) One of the great things about vinyl – about vinyl purchasing/collecting – for me is the way I end up reintroduced to things which doesn’t really happen on the iPod anymore (but used to in the early days of Mp3s). I first got onto John Fahey when I was […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Acoustic Guitar, Blind Joe Death, Blues, Folk, Guiar, Guitar, John Fahey, Vinyl ·

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