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June 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Angelique Kidjo: Remain In Light

Angelique Kidjo Remain in Light KRAVENWORKS Angelique Kidjo is African Music Royalty – even if she’s suffered some claims of (somehow) not being “Authentic”. Hers is a fine body of work, moving and political, so often utterly joyous and accessible too as she creates a version of Afrobeat that integrates mainstream international music; hers then […]

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September 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 496

Talking Heads, Once In A Lifetime [Single] (1981) The drums push forward, the bass pulls back and this isn’t really a song, it’s a bunch of ideas falling over themselves, cascading, oscillating, evading melody in favour of finding a groove. The words are catchphrases, evangelical, delightful. A tune existing in its own space, in its […]

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February 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Music of Talking Heads: A Perfect Set of Worlds

I was introduced to the music of Talking Heads when the band was at its commercial peak. But to say I was introduced is not quite correct. I think, actually, the music announced itself. I’m talking the big hits – Road To Nowhere, And She Was, Burning Down The House, that sort of thing. For […]