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April 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Gunn: Livin’ In Between – EP
Steve Gunn Livin’ In Between – EP (Independent/Bandcamp) Steve Gunn is back between records with another EP – this one a three-track covers set featuring a song each originally by Neil Young (Motion Pictures), Glenn Danzig (The Misfits’ Astro Zombies) and Michael Chapman (Among The Trees).Archive
April 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young & Phil Baker: To Feel The Music
To Feel The Music: A Songwriter’s Mission To Save High-Quality Audio Neil Young & Phil Baker BenBella Books Neil Young has written three books (so far) and I’m sure there’s the threat of more. He was never going to write a conventional memoir – even though that’s what Waging Heavy Peace technically was, then there […]Archive
April 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 135
Linda Ronstadt, Mad Love (1980) I only know a few Linda Ronstadt albums – but I love them. There are more for me to explore and this is one I’ve had forever, which I think I inherited from some of the last records left at my folks’ place – they got rid of their records […]Archive
March 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The World Is Turnin’/I Hope Neil Young Don’t Turn Away
Neil Young said that just because his problems were meaningless that didn’t make them go away. He’s said a lot of things but he’s seldom been better than when he said that, when he wrote and recorded On The Beach, in a deep funk, in a sad state, in a depressed rage – his friends […]Archive
February 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 163
Neil Young, TRANS (1982) Neil Young is great – but they have thrown some curveballs over the years. This is one of their best albums though. I firmly believe that. It’s in the top 5 or 6 for me. They’ve made lots of crap along the way too of course, that’s just part of their process […]Archive
January 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 187
Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine (2014) This is the first Daniel Lanois solo album that I’ve owned on vinyl – but of course his name is all through my record collection. Peter Gabriel, U2, Eno, Emmylou Harris and many others – Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson – the list could go […]Archive
October 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: Turn Off The News Build A Garden
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Turn Off The News Build A Garden Fantasy It’s getting hard to know what Lukas Nelson’s best day-job is – and what his best moonlighting side-gig is too for that matter: Son of Willie Nelson, bandleader for Neil Young, “Authenticity Consultant” to Bradley Cooper (leading to soundtrack contributions […]Archive
September 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: New Year’s Eve in Matamata. Early 1990s.
Three of us. We only have a few beers – but we can get into the booze-cabinet if we want to. First, we’ll run down the road and put a bambina car up on someone’s front lawn. We sprint, hard, as if anyone might be watching. There’s a rush as we hide behind the couches, […]Archive
August 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 32 – The Tao of Neil
I guess Neil Young’s been on my mind a lot this week – I rediscovered the Weld album which took me to writing about how I first discovered. And before that I enjoyed the Live Rust tribute concert. Sitting there, hearing so many of those great songs got me to thinking about how so often there’s a line – just a […]Archive
August 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Live Rust Concert Tour (August 6, Wgtn)
Various Artists: Live Rust Concert Tour Opera House Tuesday, August 6 So this was the pitch: bunch of Kiwi musicians paying tribute to Neil Young’s Live Rust album/tour on its 40th Anniversary. I’ll be honest, I didn’t quite get it at first. I mean, I get that there’s lots of people out there that love Neil […]Archive
August 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman