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April 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Kandace Springs: The Women Who Raised Me
Kandace Springs The Women Who Raised Me Blue Note Records / Capitol Records, LLC Kandace Springs here pays tribute to the female voices that “raised” her; the influences. It’s an immaculate set of choices – some big, big songs (Strange Fruit) and big shoes to try to fill (from Nina Simone to Diana Krall and […]Archive
January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Anoushka Shankar: Reflections
Anoushka Shankar Reflections Deutsche Grammophon We maybe don’t think much about the Greatest Hits album anymore – you grab what you need from wherever you are online; someone’s made a playlist if you haven’t. A YouTube run is easy enough – grab a few bites and move on.Archive
December 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Puss N Boots: Dear Santa…
Puss N Boots Dear Santa… Blue Note The team of Catherine Popper, Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson reunite as Puss N Boots to deliver an EP of Christmas cheer. It works.Archive
April 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Norah Jones (April 24, Wgtn)
Norah Jones TSB Bank Arena; Wellington Wednesday, April 24 Listening to a Norah Jones album and attending a Norah Jones concert…they used to be a very similar experience. I know this because I saw Jones on her first two tours of New Zealand. Back then she was shy and the demure, deer-in-headlights thing was a […]Archive
April 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Joni 75 – A Birthday Celebration
Various Artists: Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration Decca Like most tributes – and as all tributes should be I guess – Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration is most certainly well-meaning. And for the most part it gets the tick. Of course it’s a little safe, focussing, as it does, on the most mainstream success (1971-1974) of Joni’s output…but there are little glimpses of utter magic, […]Archive
April 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Norah Jones: Begin Again
Norah Jones Begin Again Blue Note Somehow Norah Jones has survived. That might seem a funny thing to say for someone that burst on to the scene with one of the biggest surprise debut hits of the modern era. And has been in favour almost ever since and always…but it took a few years for Jones to […]Archive
September 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Swing Out Sister: Almost Persuaded
Swing Out Sister Almost Persuaded Miso Here’s the tenth studio album by British pop duo Swing Out Sister – and their first in a decade. You remember them best from their breakout hit of 1986, er, “Breakout”. And since then it’s been a refinement of that approach really, they call the new music – and […]Archive
August 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Puss N Boots: No Fools, No Fun
Puss N Boots No Fools, No Fun Blue Note Norah Jones has always liked to hide – in those early shows after she became a superstar you could imagine her hoping the piano might swallow her whole, then she was allowed to go a bit country and then the first recognised side-project, The Little Willies. […]Archive
August 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Jim Campilongo: Dream Dictionary
Jim Campilongo Dream Dictionary Blue Hen Records Jim Campilongo has been showing off his angular jazz lines and non-flashy but sonically startling guitar work across ten solo albums and a career as sideman and cameo artist – including his work with Norah Jones in the side-project, The Little Willies. His latest album, Dream Dictionary, is […]Archive
May 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Dawn Landes: Bluebird
Dawn Landes Bluebird Western Vinyl Dawn Landes has released a half-dozen albums and EPs but this is her finest. It’s also her most personal – the album a direct result, a reflection on her divorce from fellow musician Josh Ritter. Well, he’s already had his turn at documenting the disintegration of their union, so now […]Archive
January 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman