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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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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2CD, Acoustic, Album Review, Compilation, double-album, Head & Heart, Head & Heart: The Acoustic John Martyn, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Pink Moon, Solid Air ·

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September 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Ryley Walker: All Kinds of You

Ryley Walker All Kinds of You Tompkins Square Take a look at that cover for starters – you could believe this was some LightInTheAttic reissue, some long lost/forgotten record, a thrift-store find touched up and newly pressed on CD, liner notes to tell you that this is the real life story of another Dave Van […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, All Kinds of You, Bert Jansch, Davey Graham, Davy Graham, John Fahey, Nick Drake, Ryley Walker, Tim Buckley, Tim Hardin ·

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July 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Tiny Ruins: Brightly Painted One

Tiny Ruins Brightly Painted One Flying Nun/Bella Union I liked Tiny Ruins as soon as I heard her – her, because it was just singer/songwriter Hollie Fullbrooke, and lovely as Some Were Meant For Sea was (and is) I couldn’t help but do that thing and list out the obvious sound-alikes, a bit Beth Orton […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alexander Freer, Beth Orton, Brightly Painted One, Cass Basil, Cat Power, Holly Fullbrooke, Laura Marling, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Nick Drake, Tiny Ruins ·

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July 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1081

Pierre Bensusan, Pierre Bensusan 2 (1979) I was in Aussie for a press conference for the announcement of Cold Chisel’s reissue campaign and reunion tour. I was flown there and back in the same day – in between attending the presser and going back to interview a couple of the members of the group I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, 2, Albert Lee, Australia, Ben Fulton, Cold Chisel, Guitar, Ian Moss, LP, Michael Hedges, Nick Drake, Paul Ubana Jones, Pierre Bensusan, Pierre Bensusan 2, Press Conference, Red Eye, Richard Thompson, Sydney, Vinyl ·

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April 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Nick Raven: Love And Lomography

Nick Raven Love and Lomography Powertool Records The songs of Nick Raven’s album, Love and Lomography have haunted my stereo, beckoning for repeat plays, working their way into the room almost by stealth. The first few times I listened to the album I liked what I heard – but left it as it was, walked […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Bedsit, Folk, Indie, Jose Gonzales, Love and Lomography, Neil Finn, Nick Drake, Nick Raven, Powertool Records ·

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May 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1995

                                                                            Bert Jansch, Nicola (1967) I started listening to Bert Jansch around the time I started listening to a lot of Nick Drake and some more John Martyn and Martin Carthy. I’m sure that’s not unusual. Jansch is someone I’ve struggled with – beyond those brilliant moments. I find listening to a load of his music all […]
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