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March 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Haden Triplets: The Family Songbook

The Haden Triplets The Family Songbook Trimeter Records The Haden Triplets (Petra, Rachel and Tanya) return with their second album together – though they have a multitude of projects together and alone or with other family members and connections – there was a previous album that showcased the dynasty and its vestiges but this is […]
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September 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 80 – Hannah Fraser & Jon McLeary (Spines)

Welcome to episode 80 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a little different – it’s a chat with Hannah and Jon from the Spines, specifically, a track-by-track walk-through of their new album, Epidural. It’s the first album released by the Spines for 30 years, Hannah is […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged A Little Shuteye, Backing Vocals, Chat, Conversation, End In Tears, Ep.80, Epidural, Episode 80, Explore, For The Vulture's Sake, Guest Column, Hannah, Hannah Fraser, Jennifer, Jon, Jon Mcleary, Keyboards, Le Petit Chocolat, Les, New Album, On A Need To Know Basis, Podcast, Rachel, Sex Can Be Sad, Simon Sweetman, Spines, St June, Sweetman Podcast, T Leaf T, The Ghost of Electricity, The Spines, The Supersane, There Goes The View, Track-by-Track, Violin, War Stories, Yeastie Boys ·

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April 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 157 Liner Notes

I’ve been working through the songs for the album – finishing the lyrics on some and putting them in sequence. Recording has been on hold for a while but we are about to fire up again and get the whole thing finished over the next two months before John goes off to China. We are […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Little Shuteye, Blood Monster, End In Tears, Explore, For The Vulture's Sake, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jennifer, Liner Notes, Lyrics, New Album, On A Need To Know Basis, Painting, Rachel, Recording, Saint June, Sex Can Be Said, Songs, Songwriting, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 157 Liner Notes, The Spines, The Supersane, There Goes The View, War Stories, War Stories # 157, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Words ·

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January 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 145 Recording Rachel

She came on the flood in a wave of hopeless lust My animal senses felt the same way about her   She came to me first in the mid 90s – that first stanza I had just got my Telecaster back and was thinking along the lines of Leon Russell   Rachel – reach out […]
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