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December 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Some Albums That Got Me Into The Blues: The Starter Kit
I’m up watching a doco – Blind Willie’s Blues. I love blues. The best blues. The good blues. The true blues. But I hardly ever write about it. There’s a funny relationship between me and blues music. I do not go to blues-club meetings, there are a lot of local blues bands that have sent […]Archive
June 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: You Can’t Lose What You Never Had
Muddy Waters couldn’t read or write, didn’t stop him re-writing the way music works – he’s there in folklore, painting the walls outside the Chess studio; later making new blues with streaks of his own blood to colour outside the linesArchive
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, […]Archive
July 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Faris: Mississippi To Sahara
Faris Mississippi To Sahara Reaktion Faris Amine, born to an Ethiopian father and Touareg mother, tries something different, something that elevates him beyond being just another Desert Bluesman. Here, he takes songs from the Delta and drags them through the mud and back through the sands of his time, making Son House’s Death Letter over […]Archive
March 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 17 – Chris Cain
So it’s just the second international guest to date in the life of Sweetman Podcast – episode 17 is my chat with American blues guitarist and singer, Chris Cain. What a great pleasure it was to sit down with Chris and talk through his life, his influences, his passion for playing. More than once, as […]Archive
July 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Johnny Winter
Reports are coming in that Johnny Winter, 70, has died. Man, I loved some of Johnny Winter’s playing. I say some because I never listened to it all. The first real revelation for me – the real introduction to his playing – was hearing the Captured Live album. Oh man! A friend had the LP, […]Archive
November 1, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1781
Muddy Waters, Hard Again (1977) I have an old copy of this album; it’s got a piece of tape going right across the front cover, holding together a tear in the cardboard. Picked it up about 16-17 years ago for about a buck. But I’ve never thought to replace this album – because the disc […]Archive
July 23, 2011 by Simon Sweetman