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June 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
John Martyn: Head & Heart – The Acoustic John Martyn
John Martyn Head & Heart: The Acoustic John Martyn UMC Purists might claim this to be some sort of grave-robbing or merely superfluous; standard anger towards posthumous compilations – but Martyn, a tricky man to pin down, was re-recording his own material in his lifetime; was subject to far too many compilations – some of […]Archive
May 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 13 – Evening Mope
The weekend is here, I’m late with the five songs so this one can be an evening edition, songs for your Friday night rather than for your Friday – it’s been a great week, mostly. Lots of good podcast stuff happening, gathering interviews, lining up a few more, interviewing and editing…all very good. And then […]Archive
July 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: John Martyn
I couldn’t love you more he said. He sang it in a song. His voice so beautiful, the lines so clever, so strong. But he couldn’t love himself at all barely knew where to look to even find any trace usually searched near the bottom of any bottle only found whatever was left of himself […]Archive
September 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Lewis: L’Amour
Lewis L’Amour Light In The Attic Musically it’s so simple – sparse, proud, strange – a few synth lines stab in and around some late-night piano fumbling, a soft coo of a voice. No drums. No bass. It’s perfect at midnight or 3am or 6am – and it’s so perfect here, now, some 30 years […]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
July 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Royksopp: Late Night Tales
Various Artists Late Night Tales: Royksopp Late Night Tales UK I loved the debut album by Norwegian duo Royksopp but felt it was diminishing returns from there. I’ve found a way back in thanks to their entry to the Late Night Tales series (in fact it’s also, for me, an entry back into the Late […]Archive
March 21, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1570
Michael Kiwanuka, Home Again EP (2011) People started talking up Michael Kiwanuka – I kept getting sent the clip of Whole Lotta Love. Good on him, but I just didn’t get the buzz based on that. Maybe because the world doesn’t really need any (more) Led Zeppelin covers. It was a different story as soon […]Archive
September 7, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1862
John Martyn, Glorious Fool (1981) I’ve always loved John Martyn for his inconsistencies, his idiosyncrasies. He’s left behind an extraordinary body of work; littered with mistakes and missteps and complete lapses in judgment. He drank away everything (even losing a leg to the bottle). And with it went a lot of common sense and often […]Archive
May 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman