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December 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: December 2021

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. For my final session of 2021 I found two albums that featured covers, moving the original songs to solo piano; two […]
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November 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Nostalgic Pull: Forever Grateful

I’ve always been aware of the nostalgic pull; it drives my writing in so many ways. The reason I wanted to get into writing about music in the way that I did was to recap. I used to keep diaries of the albums I bought, the albums I listened to each day. For years I […]
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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 […]
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September 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Young: Hitchhiker

Neil Young Hitchhiker Reprise There he was, 41 years ago, the “lonely visitor”, campaigning a few more songs…he took breaks for weed, booze and blow, apart from that there was just him, Neil Young, and his best producer, David Briggs. Hitchhiker was recorded over one night in 1976 and then – like quite a few […]
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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 […]
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January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Albums With Sad Songs ‘Say So Much’: What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums?

Last night was the night. I played Neil Young’s Tonight’s The Night album. A brand new, sealed vinyl. Ripped it open. Sat next to the turntable as it played; watching the slight wiggle as the platter rotated. That wobble beneath the surety of the needle. Neil told his stories, eulogising Bruce Berry, the working man, […]
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