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January 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
ML Buch: Skinned
ML Buch Skinned Anyines One of the great fallacies is the idea that electronic music could only seem icy and detached. Sure, that can – intentionally – be a component of the sound, but where the style was once some sort of outlier it’s now best-positioned to provide poignancy and comment on how we live; […]Archive
December 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton: The Heart’s Wash
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton The Heart’s Wash: Solo Guitar Works (Independent / Bandcamp) Guitarist Joshua Chuquimia Crampton has had the idea/s for this record for more than a decade – he first began tinkering around with some of the concepts towards a solo guitar record in 2011 but shelved it. You might have heard some of […]Archive
December 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1
Noel Crombie, My Voice Keeps Changing On Me [Single] (1983) I wonder if maybe Noel Crombie is the most underrated/under-valued member of Split Enz. By virtue of his role, or various roles, he helped them achieve such weirdness and within that or around that the stagecraft. You could argue that by costuming the band he […]Archive
December 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
M. Ward: Think of Spring
M. Ward Think of Spring Anti I’ve been a fan of M. Ward’s music since I first heard him – and maybe it was his cover of David Bowie’s Let’s Dance that really hooked me in, but I remember loving the whole album, Ward’s originals were always high quality too. Here he covers Billie Holiday, […]Archive
November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Dave Brubeck: Lullabies
Dave Brubeck Lullabies Verve This is Dave Brubeck’s final album – released just now, but recorded a decade ago. It’s a set of charming-enough lullabies, the real weight of them can be measured by the wait I guess – and the timing now of release; early next month it is the jazz legend’s centenary so […]Archive
November 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Fred Hersch: Songs From Home
Fred Hersch Songs From Home Palmetto Records Covid records. There’ll be many more to come. What to do when you can’t play a show – when you can’t get together with the full band, when you can’t do your job but need to try to make some money; more than that need to connect – […]Archive
November 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Enrico Pieranunzi: Frame
Enrico Pieranunzi Frame Cam Jazz When I last caught up with Enrico Pieranunzi’s playing it was in trio form, a live gig that captured one of drum-legend Paul Motian’s final performances behind the kit. It was a devastatingly good set – one I revisit, but beyond that I’ve forgotten to check in on Peiranunzi, an […]Archive
November 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 238: Alec Bathgate
Welcome to episode 238 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys 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 in your Spotify […]Archive
October 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
George Fenton / Simon Chamberlain: The Piano Framed
George Fenton / Simon Chamberlain The Piano Framed Shogun Music Ltd British composer George Fenton has worked across all mediums – radio dramas and TV, documentary and feature narrative film, theatre, absolutely the works. And within that there are some longstanding collaborations and connections, with the BBC, for the films of Ken Loach and then […]Archive
October 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Alan Howarth: Live at Hollywood Theater
Alan Howarth Live at Hollywood Theater Bsx Records Inc Alan Howarth is a composer and sound engineer – best known for his work with John Carpenter (as well as several volumes of the Halloween films he has composed and/or performed aspects of the score for Christine, Prince of Darkness, Escape From New York, They Live […]Archive
September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman