Off The Tracks

Off The Tracks
  • Blog
    • Interviews
    • Miscellany
    • Special Guests
    • Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • The Vinyl Countdown
  • Back Catalogue
  • About
    • About
    • About the banner image
    • On Song
    • Advertise

Posts Tagged Kurt Elling

Archive

July 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Kurt Elling: Secrets Are The Best Stories

Kurt Elling Secrets Are The Best Stories Edition Records Ltd. I’ve been under the spell of Elling since I first heard him – there’s such rich calmness, such beautifully measured passion in his voice. But it’s also about the things he says and the way he goes about putting music to words; that’s right music […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Clark Sommers, Danilo Perez, Jazz, Johnathan Blake, Kurt Elling, Kurt Elling: Secrets Are The Best Stories, Poems, Poetry, Rogério Boccato, Román Díaz, Secrets Are The Best Stories, Vocalist, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

February 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Kurt Elling: The Questions

Kurt Elling The Questions Sony Masterworks  Kurt Elling remains the finest contemporary male jazz singer – I’ve been a fan across most of the last 20 years. It’s his voice, of course. The warmth. The depth. The heart. But it’s also the repertoire – and maybe those same descriptors can be applied, but it’s certainly […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Covers, Jazz, Kurt Elling, Kurt Elling: The Questions, Standards, The Questions, Vocals, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

March 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Kurt Elling: Passion World

Kurt Elling Passion World Concord Jazz It’s very easy to be a Kurt Elling fan – that voice is so soothing and yet, even as he strays towards the more easy-listening end (as is the case here, with his latest) there’s still some impeccable playing, thoughtful musicians and, if not risks, then it’s tasteful and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Jazz, Kurt Elling, Passion World, Vocal ·

Archive

September 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #138 – Kurt Elling, Wellington, 2012

You can get pretty jaded as a critic – all that music you loved, and allegedly still love – it can just seem like too much, or not enough (never enough). I dunno what I’m trying to say here, simply that I recognised, before anyone else I think, that I’ve sat through so many gigs, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2012, Dominion Post, Gig Review, Jazz, Kurt Elling, Live Gig, Rodger Fox, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #138 – Kurt Elling, Stuff.co.nz, Vocalist, Wellington ·

Archive

April 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Kurt Elling: 1619 Broadway – The Brill Building Project

Kurt Elling 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project Concord Jazz Kurt Elling’s Wellington performance last year was stunning; a treat to finally see him perform and to see him embody a range of songs live. That’s what he does when he sings. He gets inside the songs and builds a new home, gives them a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project, Album Review, An American Tune, Covers Album, Frank Sinatra, Jazz, Kurt Elling, Standards, Vocalese ·

Popular

  • Charlotte Grimshaw: The Mirror Book
  • Janna Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures
  • The Sad Story of Bob Welch: Fleetwood Mac’s Most Undervalued Member
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler
  • Sweetman Podcast # 253: Margot Pierard
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 11 – Lindsey Buckingham
  • Bob Dylan: The Best of The Bootleg Series
  • Revisiting Live at Knebworth (1990)
  • Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer
  • Merry Clayton: Beautiful Scars

Archives

Tags

Album Review Auckland Book Book Review Chat Compilation DJ DVD DVD Review EP Film Film Review Gig Gig Review Guest Blog Guitar Interview Jazz Jon Mcleary Live Live Gig LP Movie Music NZ Podcast Poem Record Records Simon Sweetman Soundtrack Spines Spotify Stub Stubs Sweetman Podcast The Ghost of Electricity The Spines The Vinyl Countdown Vinyl Wellington Wgtn Writing You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron [OST]

Categories

  • Back Catalogue
  • Blog
  • Interviews
  • Miscellany
  • Mixtapes
  • Playlists
  • Podcasts
  • Reviews
  • Scene Of The Day
  • Special Guests
  • The Vinyl Countdown

Off The Tracks is the home of Sweetman Podcast, a weekly interview/chat-based pod. It's also home to my reviews across film, TV, music and books and some creative writing as well.

Off The Tracks aims to provide quality reviews and essays, regular blog updates about the shows, albums, books and movies you should be experiencing.

It's a passion project. Your support will help to keep Off The Tracks online.

All content © 2021 by Off The Tracks. WordPress Themes by Graph Paper Press