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October 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer: Not Dark Yet
Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer Not Dark Yet SILVER CROSS RECORDS It’s the first album-length collaboration from sisters Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer – ten songs, nine of them covers, and just 37 minutes. It’s a harrowing, but lovely little ride through dark emotions. Plenty of baggage here. A cover of Townes Van Zandt’s Lungs, […]Archive
May 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Guy Clark
Guy Clark has died. He was 74. One of the great Texan songwriters, one of the great country music songwriters, one of the great songwriters, I first discovered Clark’s music through reviewing (it does have some perks). His was a name I already knew but what cemented it was hearing the Together at Bluebird Café […]Archive
October 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #162 – Morcheeba, Wellington, 2014
I never cared for Morcheeba – at all. I liked a lot of the stuff around them but just never gave them much notice. Probably because working in music stores in the late 90s and early 2000s it was smart to separate yourself from a lot of what you had to play instore. So I […]Archive
October 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 6 – Gushing, Steve Earle’s I Feel Alright
Despite best-laid plans, it has been a while between blogs. My excuse is solid – I spent September travelling in America, travelling to a number of particularly musical places in America, to be vaguely specific. There’ll be more about that next time, but for now I’ve gone back to something I previously wrote for Simon […]Archive
March 17, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
James McMurtry: Complicated Game
James McMurtry Complicated Game Complicated Game It’s been nearly seven years since James McMurtry released his last full-lengther. I interviewed him around the time of that album (2008’s Just Us Kids) and I remember, long after our 15-minute chat, I was still unpicking (extra/hidden) meaning from the simple sentences he offered. He spoke in song […]Archive
October 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Marianne Faithfull: Give My Love To London
Marianne Faithfull Give Me Love To London Naïve/Dramatico Entertainment Ltd Here is Marianne Faithfull’s 20th solo album – it also sees her celebrating 50 years in music and entertainment, though of course – far more entertainment at times have been her hijinks and the published versions (her books are wonderful, must-read rock memoirs). That particular […]Archive
September 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Justin Townes Earle: Single Mothers
Justin Townes Earle Single Mothers Vagrant Records/Warners Any time you watch Justin Townes Earle you see a class-act, a guy who can take you back to Hank, to wandering troubadours, gritty acoustic blues and all manner of country and folk stylings – then there’s always a handful of his own songs, usually good enough, sometimes […]Archive
April 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman