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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, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Allison Moorer, Bob Dylan, Covers, Jessi Colter, Louvin Brothers, Nick Cave, Not Dark Yet, Shelby Lynne, Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer, Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer: Not Dark Yet, Singer/Songwriters, Sisters, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt ·

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May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163 The Electric Ballroom

It was on Victoria Street near Edward and up a couple of flights of stairs. I think it was called the Club before it became the Electric Ballroom. It was a big space and an excellent venue and even though it was unlicensed to me it had a similar feel to Christchurch’s Gladstone. The first […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Cross, Art, Bailterspace, David Cohen, Electric Ballroom, Fetus Productions, Gary Steel, Gigs, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Guests, Janet Gudmun, John Cale, Jon Mcleary, Live, Music, Nick Sampson, Painting, Snakefinger, Spines, Stu Brown, The Electric Ballroom, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163 The Electric Ballroom, The Go-Betweens, The Gordons, The Residents, The Skeptics, The Spines, Townes Van Zandt, War Stories, War Stories # 163, War Stories by Jon McLeary, War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163, Wellington, Writing ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Boats To Build, Country, Eulogy, Guy Clark, Live at Bluebird Cafe, Old No. 1, R.I.P., R.I.P. Guy Clark, Randall Knife, Singer/Songwriter, Songwriter, Steve Earle, Susanna Clark, Texas, Texas Cookin', The Cape, The Dark, The Essential Guy Clark, The Last Gunfighter Ballad, The Old Time Feeling, Townes Van Zandt, Workbench Songs ·

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August 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Country Funk Volume II – 1967-1974

Various Artists: Country Funk Volume II – 1967-1974 Light In The Attic The first volume – one of Light In The Attic’s masterstrokes in the compiling/reissuing game – was the introduction of a genre that might have seemed to some like a Buzzfeed–styled click-bait headline; a fake genre you just had to hear – even […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bill Wilson, Billy Swan, Compilation, Country, Country Funk, Country Funk Volume II 1967-1974, Dolly Parton, Donnie Fritts, Doug Dillard, First Edition, Funk, Gene Clark, Great Speckled Bird, J.J. Cale, Jackie DeShannon, Jim Ford, Kenny Rogers, Light In The Attic, LightInTheAttic Records, Reissue, Shotgun Willie, Thomas Jefferson Kaye, Townes Van Zandt, V/A, Various Artists, Willie Nelson, Willis Alan Ramsey ·

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May 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Andrew Bird: Hands of Glory

Andrew Bird Hands of Glory Mom & Pop Music Andrew Bird might, at first, have seemed like a gimmick – he maybe still does for anyone first discovering him: loop pedal, whistling, hipster poses and clothing, a hint of colonial throwback that might just be a bit too well manicured/mannered – well it could all […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Andrew Bird, Break It Yourself, Hands of Glory, The Handsome Family, Townes Van Zandt ·

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