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March 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Tenderlonious: Think Twice (ep)

Tenderlonious Think Twice (ep) 22a Music / 22a Ed “Tenderlonious” Cawthorne released a killer record last year called Hard Rain and he followed it up with this EP – another oblique  Bob Dylan reference… Flautist, saxophonist, bandleader turned label-owner, beatmaker and producer, Tenderlonious has parked his future-jazz 22archestra to the side and now seems more […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 22a, Album Review, Beatmaker, Dennis Ayler, DJ Rels, Ed “Tenderlonious” Cawthorne, Ed Cawthorne, EP, Funk, House, Jazz, Karriem Riggins, Madlib, Moodymann, Questlove, Techno, Tenderlonious, Tenderlonious: Think Twice (ep), Theo Parrish, Think Twice, Think Twice (ep), You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 187: Mark de Clive-Lowe

Welcome to episode 187 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
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June 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 285 

The Roots, The Tipping Point (2004) A mate told me he had a copy of this on vinyl – he liked it, but didn’t think he’d be playing it all that often and did I want to take it off his hands? I did! I really did. And yet in this way of the world we […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2004, 2xLP, Guns Are Drawn, LP, Questlove, Record, The Roots, The Tipping Point, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 285, Vinyl ·

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June 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tenderlonious: Hard Rain

Tenderlonious  Hard Rain a22 Ed “Tenderlonious” Cawthorne clearly doesn’t want to be thought of as one thing only, so very soon after the wonderful Shakedown album with his 22archestra he is back with solo effort, Hard Rain.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Carl Craig, Hard Rain, J Dilla, John Digweed, Karriem Riggins, Northern Exposure, Questlove, Sasha, Tenderlonious, Tenderlonious: Hard Rain, Theo Parrish, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 13: The Roots, San Francisco 2012

Me and my brother-in-law drove down to San Francisco – left the rest of the family back in rural California, decided to take a couple of days out for ourselves. The aim, at first, was to see The Cult. But we drove down with no tickets, no accommodation, and turned up to find it sold […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2012, America, Best Gig, DJ Set, Holiday, It Was The Best Gig Ever, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 13, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 13 The Roots, Questlove, San Francisco, San Francisco 2012, The Roots ·

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October 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Questlove: Something To Food About

Something To Food About: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs Questlove Clarkson Potter Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is a drummer, bandleader and composer, a music consultant, author, blogger, photographer, social media expert and when there are enough hours left in the day he’s a keen foodie type. I hate that expression, but there you go – he’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Book, Book Review, Chef, Cooking, Creativity, Food, Music, Questlove, Something To Food About, Something To Food About: Exploring Creativity With Innovative Chefs, Writing ·

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November 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 796

The Roots, …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014) My least favourite album by The Roots – easily. But a bad Roots album is still good, right? Well, er, nearly…in the case of this there are really only a couple of decent songs (rather worrying, especially when one is actually a Nina Simone song they’ve […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2014, Black Thought, http://offthetracks.co.nz/the-roots-and-then-you-shoot-your-cousin/, LP, Nina Simone, Questlove, Record, The Roots, The Vinyl Countdown # 796, Theme from Middle of the Night, Tomorrow, Vinyl ·

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August 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #129 – The Roots, San Francisco, 2012

I had seen The Roots twice in New Zealand – but was pretty keen on the idea of seeing ‘em in America. They had started on the TV show by then, so it was unlikely (remains unlikely?) we’ll ever see them down our way again. And I was over there on holiday. I had to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2012, America, DJ, DJ Set, Live Gig, Questlove, San Francisco, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #129 – The Roots, The Roots ·

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June 17, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 874

The Roots, Rising Down (2008) Anything by The Roots is worth hearing, almost all of it is worth having – but I have a particular fondness for the dark trilogy of records released by the band between 2004-2008, one every two years, a continued stripping back of their sound, to form a brutal funk that […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2008, Double LP, Get Busy, LP, Questlove, Record, Rising Down, The Roots, The Vinyl Countdown # 874, Vinyl ·

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May 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 894

The Roots, From The Ground Up (1994) I have – at this point in my life – a pretty simple rule: see anything by The Roots on vinyl = buy it. I mean, yeah, I probably have one or two other rules, but relevant to this post that’s the one worth mentioning. That’s how I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1994, Distortion To Static, EP, LP, Questlove, Record, The Roots, The Vinyl Countdown # 894, Vinyl ·

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December 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 10 – Questlove

His name is Ahmir Khalib Thompson but most people know him as Questlove. Or even Quest. He is the drummer of the greatest, most versatile band on TV – The Roots. Prior to their TV spots (currently on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, previously on Fallon’s Late Night show) they were the greatest, most […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged ?uestlove, Ahmir Thompson, DJ, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, Drummers You Just Can’t Beat # 10 – Questlove, Drumming, Drums, Jimmy Fallon, Phantom Billstickers, Producer, Quest, Questlove, The Roots, Tonight Show, TV ·

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November 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 17 – DJ Questlove, San Francisco, 2012

We ditch the families and rip down to San Francisco for two nights, me and my brother-in-law. Our aim, on the first night, is to see The Cult. Except we forgot we weren’t in New Zealand and didn’t book any tickets, we figure there’s door-sales. We turn up and there are not. We’ve booked no […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2012, America, DJ Questlove, DJ Set, June, Live Gig, Questlove, San Francisco, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 17 – DJ Questlove, The Cult, The Roots, Ticket Stub, Travel, USA ·
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