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December 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Laura Marling: The Lockdown Sessions (ep)

Laura Marling The Lockdown Sessions (ep) Chrysalis Records Limited, in partnership w/ Partisan Records Though it was sometimes a challenge batting away the various Lockdown-streamed home-concerts; famous musicians beaming themselves in with their ‘all in this together’ vibe delivered from the comfort of their opulent house…it was also a time of great giving, of rare […]
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April 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Women are leading the way

Women are leading the way – strong leadership, calm and clear communication. All that waiting, being told that it was a man’s job… of course when given the chance, when able to bust on through to make and then take the chance, the right person for the job isn’t the man it always was, forever, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cowboy Junkies, Fiona Apple, Jacinda Ardern, Laura Marling, Lucinda Williams, Pandemic, Poem, Poem: Women are leading the way, Shelby Lynne, Women, Women are leading the way ·

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September 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Joan Shelley: Like The River Loves The Sea

Joan Shelley Like The River Loves The Sea No Quarter Records Over a half-dozen albums across the last decade Joan Shelley has refined her sound and perfected the craft of subtly confessional songwriting – nothing jarring at all here in the simple instrumentation and gorgeous singing. But look beneath the beautiful poetic worlds (“A haven […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Album Review, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Gillian Welch, Joan Shelley, Joan Shelley: Like The River Loves The Sea, Laura Marling, Like The River Loves The Sea, Nathan Salsburg, Nick Drake, No Quarter Records, Songwriter, Van Morrison, Will Oldham, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tiny Ruins: Olympic Girls

Tiny Ruins  Olympic Girls  Ba Da Bing!  Where the first two full-lengthers and EPs felt like Tiny Ruins was merely the name of a project to house the songs of the very talented Hollie Fullbrook, the proof of the live shows has been the slow-simmering of Tiny Ruins The Band – its members fully integrating across the records to date to arrive now, together […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alex Freer, Ba Da Bing!, Cass Basil, Finn Scholes, Hollie Fullbrook, Laura Marling, Olympic Girls, Tiny Ruins, Tiny Ruins: Olympic Girls, Tom Healy, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

LUMP: LUMP

LUMP LUMP Dead Oceans LUMP is a duo comprised of singer/songwriter Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay from the alt-folk combo, Tunng. They met at a gig, or the afterparty of a gig, and hatched a plan to work together. Marling has made a half-dozen perfect/near-perfect albums – time for a change; extend the palette, do […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dead Oceans, EP, Laura Marling, LUNG, LUNG is a Product, Mike Lindsay, Mini-Album, Tunng, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Laura Marling: Semper Femina

Laura Marling Semper Femina Sony Music Canada Inc. Laura Marling’s output is extraordinary – 27 years old, six albums to date, all of them great. Each one building on the one before it. No mistakes. No duds. And though the first three sit in a straight line (and that’s not a criticism) from there her […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blake Mills, Laura Marling, Laura Marling: Semper Femina, Nine Objects of Desire, Semper Femina, Suzanne Vega ·

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August 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 6: Joan Baez – “Joan Baez”

Here we go – into the sixties – 1960 in fact. There are quite a few albums from this decade I haven’t heard – but I’m gonna guess that in most cases I’m familiar with the artist; largely due to the plethora of greatest hits compilations. In the late 1980s when the first real 60s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged $20, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1960, Bob Dylan, Covers, Debut, Folk, Joan Baez, Laura Marling, Protest, Self-Titled, Sixties, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 6, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 6: Joan Baez – “Joan Baez” ·

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July 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Courtney Marie Andrews: Honest Life

Courtney Marie Andrews Honest Life Fat Possum It’s forever a case of break out the comparisons when writing about female singer/songwriters – I’m guilty of it, as well as being critical of it – but sometimes those comparisons stand up and usually they’re meant as a compliment; to that end it’s impossible not to hear […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Carole King, Courtney Marie Andrews, Fat Possum, Honest Life, James Taylor, Joe Pug, Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling, Margo Price ·

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March 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 8 – Recent Finds and Reminders; Things I’ve Been Appreciating…

So it’s a Five For Friday with no real theme – if there is one it’s there in the title, these songs – old and new – have all been on my mind and on the turntable over the last couple of weeks. Songs that standout on new releases, or old records I’ve just picked […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 8, Ashford & Simpson, Bill Frisell, CDs, Fetus Productions, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday: # 8 – Recent Finds and Reminders; Things I’ve Been Appreciating…, Friday, Ghost Town, Jazz Festival, Jed Town, Laura Marling, Petra Haden, Records, Silly Wasn't I, Sky is Falling, Soothing, St Patrick's Day, The Pogues, The Vinyl Countdown, Thousands Are Sailing, Valerie Simpson, You Only Live Twice, YouTube ·

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November 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #172 – Laura Marling, Auckland, 2015

I don’t really need to be writing about this gig again – so soon – because I wrote enough about it here (and it was very recent; still a recent – decent – memory) but I loved it so much and the real reason I’m adding it to the ‘stubs’ file so soon is because […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Akld, Auckland, Gig Review, Laura Marling, Live Gig, Powerstation, Review, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #172 – Laura Marling ·

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October 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Laura Marling (October 23, Akld)

Laura Marling The Powerstation, Auckland Friday, October 23 Laura Marling’s latest album, Short Movie, is fantastic – but you could be worried she didn’t think so, barely choosing from it to fill her first headlining gig in New Zealand. Instead, Marling chose a range of songs from her five albums to date, and a couple […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Hejira, Hissing Of Summer Lawns, Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling, Once I Was An Eagle, Short Movie ·
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