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February 1, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Jeff Parker: Forfolks

Jeff Parker Forfolks International Anthem / Nonesuch For a quarter of a century, Jeff Parker’s guitar was a crucial element of the band Tortoise. That music still stands as the great example of jazz and post-rock integration and remains hugely influential and inspiring. So it’s hard to believe, in a way, that it took until […]
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May 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Caroline Shaw, Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion: Narrow Sea

Caroline Shaw: Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion Narrow Sea Nonesuch Violinist, producer, vocalist and contemporary classical composer Caroline Shaw is the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for music (2013’s Partita For 8 Voices, awarded when she was just 30). Her works have been performed around the world and include pieces composed for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Caroline Shaw, Contemporary Classical, Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, Kate Bush, Narrow Sea, Nonesuch, Sō Percussion, Taxidermy, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade

Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade RoundAgain Nonesuch Go back through your jazz collection and marvel at the “supergroups” – John Coltrane and Miles Davis together, or Coltrane and Monk, Art Blakey tutoring a young Wynton Marsalis, Duke Ellington, Max Roach and Charles Mingus performing together as one of the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Jazz, Joshua Redman, Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade, Nonesuch, Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade, RoundAgain, Supergroup, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Early James: Singing For My Supper

Early James Singing For My Supper Easy Eye Sound / Nonesuch Early James – born Frederick James Mullis Jr. – is 26 years old but he has this grizzled-but-chiseled voice that is equal parts Mark Lanegan and Nils Lofgren. That might seem a strange mix – but these are strange times. And it works. It […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dan Auerbach, Early James, Early James: Singing For My Supper, Nonesuch, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: There Is No Other

Rhiannon Giddens w/ Francesco Turrisi There Is No Other Nonesuch From her time with Carolina Chocolate Drops and now through her solo albums and shows Rhiannon Giddens spans decades and bridges musical genres bringing both a warmth and show-stopping dazzle to the old-time music of Americana past. She’s been a TV star (Nashville), an opera-trained […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Americana, Banjo, Country, Davy Graham, Folk, Francesco Turrisi, Joni Mitchell, Nonesuch, Percussion, Rhiannon Giddens, Rhiannon Giddens w/ Francesco Turrisi, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: There Is No Other, Shirley Collins, There Is No Other, Traditional, voice, World, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Black Keys: “Let’s Rock”

The Black Keys  “Let’s Rock”  Nonesuch  The Black Keys now join the list of bands that were ‘cool’ and ‘good’ for less than half of their duration. The duo’s once unlikely longevity – sure, there was a big-ass hiatus most recently – adds to that damage of course. But where once they were vital and interesting within the […]
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June 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Joshua Redman Quartet: Come What May  

Joshua Redman Quartet Come What May Nonesuch In the two decades since the Joshua Redman Quartet last recorded together their leader has gone in all directions as featured soloist, cameo artist and collaborator (The Bad Plus, Brad Mehldau) working with tone and timbre to shape his playing and songwriting. 
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aaron Goldberg, Album Review, Bass, Brad Mehldau, Come What May, Drums, Gregory Hu, Instrumental, Jazz, Joshua Redman, Joshua Redman Quartet, Joshua Redman Quartet: Come What May, Nonesuch, Piano, Quartet, Reuben Rogers, Saxophone, The Bad Plus, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Shannon Shaw: Shannon in Nashville

Shannon Shaw Shannon in Nashville Nonesuch The obvious aim here is to reference Dusty in Memphis and though this can’t quite hold a candle – its got lighter-in-the-air attitude and if just some of the fans of that sublime Dusty Springfield gave Shannon Shaw a chance it might be a better world. Shannon in Nashville has […]
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July 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Shannon & The Clams: Onion

Shannon & The Clams Onion Nonesuch By the time we get to the title-track, halfway through this album, you can hear a perfect combination of Wanda Jackson and Amy Winehouse; a midway-meeting; that should (almost) be all you need to know regarding whether this is for you or not – it’s a fantastic song, and […]
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February 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Jonny Greenwood: Phantom Thread [OST]

Jonny Greenwood Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Nonesuch If The Master soundtrack was where it was confirmed that Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood was more than moonlighting, was in fact an actual film score composer, then his soundtrack for Phantom Thread certainly builds on that; is in fact his finest film score to date.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Bodysong, Composer, Film, Film Score, Jonny Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Jonny Greenwood: Phantom Thread [OST], Movie, Nonesuch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, PT Anderson, Radiohead, Score, Soundtrack, The Master, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Allen Toussaint: American Tunes

Allen Toussaint American Tunes Nonesuch Toussaint was working on this last year, it is now the perfect, elegant swansong (R.I.P.). His fingerprints are all over American music, the New Orleans cauldron of funk and soul and jazz, via his own compositions, productions and collaborations which stretch to include work with and for Dr. John, The […]
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March 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express: Junjun

Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express Junjun Nonesuch Many people will have arrived at this because it features Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood. He managed to shrug off any guitar-hero claims well over a decade ago and is as revered these days for his film score work as for his (still) key role in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Documentary, double-album, Ensemble, Indian, Israeli, Jonny Greenwood, Junjun, Nigel Godrich, Nonesuch, Paul Thomas Anderson, PT Anderson, Shye Ben Tzur, The Rajasthan Express, World Music ·
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