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March 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 421
Neil Young & The Bluenotes, This Note’s For You (1988) I like this album – although it’s by no stretch great. Worth it though for the title song (and its video) and the story around it. Worth it, too, because all of Neil Young’s albums contain SOMETHING. There’s always something good or something so mesmeric […]Archive
February 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Billy Bragg: Bridges Not Walls (ep)
Billy Bragg Bridges Not Walls – EP Billy Bragg/Cooking Vinyl The fucking Brexit nonsense and the rise of Trump and general non-thinking must be exciting to someone like Billy Bragg. I’m not trying to be churlish, but imagine how easy it is for him to write songs around that? Well, actually, it has proved fine […]Archive
December 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 456
The Staple Singers, I’ll Take You There [Single] (1972) Oh mmm I know a place Ain’t nobody cryin’ Ain’t nobody worried Ain’t no smilin’ faces Mmm, no no Lyin’ to the races Help me, come on, come on Somebody, help me now (I’ll take you there) Help me, ya’all (I’ll take you there) Help me […]Archive
December 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Mavis Staples: If All I Was Was Black
Mavis Staples If All I Was Was Black Anti/Epitaph What a decade it’s been for Mavis Staples – riding on a high note ever since 2007’s We’ll Never Turn Back with a constant victory-lap of touring and this now deep collaboration with Jeff Tweedy’s Wilco. It hasn’t all been amazing, I couldn’t get too excited […]Archive
August 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 6: Joan Baez – “Joan Baez”
Here we go – into the sixties – 1960 in fact. There are quite a few albums from this decade I haven’t heard – but I’m gonna guess that in most cases I’m familiar with the artist; largely due to the plethora of greatest hits compilations. In the late 1980s when the first real 60s […]Archive
March 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 49 Lily and I
Lily and I went down to the riot – chopped around but we couldn’t get in First of all there was no Lily Got quite warm as we got to the fire and the heat exchange was biting in I was single at that time and went down to Molesworth Street on my own And […]Archive
April 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman