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November 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Demian Dorelli: Nick Drake’s Pink Moon, a Journey on Piano
Demian Dorelli Nick Drake’s Pink Moon, a Journey on Piano Ponderosa Music Recs Nick Drake’s third and final album is my favourite from his finite catalogue, a record so shy and warm and calmly jittered, a record so deep that its 28-minute run time makes it perfect for playing on repeat. When I first heard […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
May 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman