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December 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Some Albums That Got Me Into The Blues: The Starter Kit

I’m up watching a doco – Blind Willie’s Blues. I love blues. The best blues. The good blues. The true blues. But I hardly ever write about it. There’s a funny relationship between me and blues music. I do not go to blues-club meetings, there are a lot of local blues bands that have sent […]
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June 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

From The Archives: The Todd Rundgren Interview

A few years ago Todd Rundgren toured New Zealand with a ‘blues’ show. It wasn’t very good – but the two-song encore (I Saw The Light and Can We Still Be Friends) was worth the price of admission. I wish he’d tour here again, maybe with his solo piano show, with anything in fact… I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Archives, Arena, From The Archives: The Todd Rundgren Interview, Interview, NZ Tour, Robert Johnson, Skylarking, Something/Anything, The Todd Rundgren Interview, Todd, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren's Johnson, XTC ·

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May 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Eric Clapton: I Still Do

Eric Clapton I Still Do Bushbranch/Surfdog Served up with what has become a trademark nod to coasting – I’d call it a mix of nonchalance and lethargy but to use the word ‘mix’ implies actual work – the biggest surprise on this album is that the title doesn’t have a question mark. The Armani Bluesman […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Clapton, Covers, EC, Eric Clapton, From The Cradle, God, Guitar, I Still Do, J.J. Cale, Old Sock, Pilgrim, Robert Johnson, Slowhand, Standards ·

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December 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 773

V/A, Worried Now, Won’t Be Worried Long: Field Recordings from Alan Lomax’s “Southern Journey”, 1959-1960 (2010) The record store I go to most often has this little pile of LPs down the end of the shop, near the counter…that’s where you find the gold; the stuff that’s just about to hit the shelves for the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged "Southern Journey", 1959-1960, 2010, Alan Lomax, Blues, Cliff Ricahrd, Cliff Richard, Compilation, Elvis Presley, Field Hollers, Gospel, LP, Record, Robert Johnson, Rolled and Tumbled, Rosalie Hill, The Beatles, The Vinyl Countdown # 773, V/A, Various, Various Artists, Vinyl, Won't Be Worried Long, Worried Now, Worried Now Won’t Be Worried Long: Field Recordings from Alan Lomax’s “Southern Journey” ·

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June 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 881

Bessie Smith, The Bessie Smith Collection: 20 Golden Greats (1984) You learn about these names, you read about them – hear people mention them, nowadays the internet assists. I have no idea how/when/why I first heard of Bessie Smith but I do know that I heard of  her before I heard her, probably around the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1920s, 1984, 20 Golden Greats, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Bessie Smith, Blues, Janis Joplin, LP, Record, Robert Johnson, The Bessie Smith Collection, The Bessie Smith Collection: 20 Golden Greats, The Vinyl Countdown # 881, Vinyl ·

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May 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 6: Crossroads

The movie Crossroads (and no, I don’t mean the Britney Spears vehicle, which I have watched, I even kinda liked it truth be told) is one of my all-tie favourites. I like Crossroads for the memory of growing up with it. I watched this film so many times. And it meant a lot to me. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Blues, Crossroads, Delta, Film Review, Jack Butler, Karate Kid, Movie, Movie Review, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 6: Crossroads, Movies of My Life #6, Phantom Billstickers, Ralph Macchio, Robert Johnson, Ry Cooder, Steve Vai ·

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April 12, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1534

Robert Johnson, The King Of The Delta Blues Singers [2] (1970) I love that Robert Johnson works as a gateway either way. You know about him and then suss out all the material that came after or you know about his legend from the cover versions and then you go back to him – and […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970, Kind Hearted Woman Blues, King Of The Delta Blues Singers, LP, Robert Johnson, Vinyl ·

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June 28, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1951

Ry Cooder, Crossroads [OST] (1986) We were in a hotel room in New Plymouth – because they had not organised enough billets. We were 13, so we were pretty stoked to be in a hotel instead of being billeted. The movie Crossroads was on the hotel’s movie channel – pre-Sky days – and a group […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Crossroads, Feelin' Bad Blues, guitar duel, Robert Johnson, Ry Cooder, Steve Vai, Vinyl ·

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