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February 14, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Tracy Chapman

That first Tracy Chapman album is a masterpiece. I loved it when I first heard it. I remember vividly listening to it on the side of the road over and over. My mum had to sleep after a long drive and a rough ferry crossing, so we parked up out of Wellington and while she […]
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September 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Tracy Chapman

That first Tracy Chapman album is a masterpiece. I loved it when I first heard it – remember vividly listening to it on the side of the road over and over. My mum had to sleep after a long drive and a rough ferry crossing, so we parked up out of Wellington and while she […]
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April 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: All That You Have Is Your Soul   

You can give up your mind, at least some of the time,  you can give them your body, maybe the best years of  your life. And they’ll take a little piece of your heart – even if  you won’t admit it. But please don’t let them take  your soul. Don’t let them steal it from you – they  will do so when you’re complacent, your dreams  and any other schemes lying adjacent, you slowly  dying on […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged All That You Have Is Your Soul, John Cale, Poem, Poem: All That You Have Is Your Soul, Tracy Chapman ·

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May 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sunny War: With The Sun

Sunny War With The Sun Hen House Studios Sunny War is a gifted guitarist and singer – a great lyricist and songwriter – she’s also got backstory to hook you in: A teenage runaway, etc. But really, it’s about the music she’s making, and the way she’s going it – across With The Sun you’ll […]
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February 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Revisiting Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman’s Classic Self-Titled Debut

A couple of weeks back we’re driving back into Wellington, having been up the coast. It was a long Sunday drive and we had been playing a bunch of Sunday afternoon music in the car: Paul Buchanan’s Mid Air, Mark Lanegan’s I’ll Take Care Of You, Lawrence Arabia’s The Sparrow, Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram, […]
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October 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Incubus: If Now Now, When?

Incubus If Not Now, When? Sony I like to believe that Incubus has named its new album after the Tracy Chapman song. It’s so very unlikely but it would almost excuse the contents. Now, I’m not picking a fight with Chapman or her fans – I was a card-carrying, paid up member of her crowd […]
Posted in Back Catalogue, Reviews · Tagged If Not Now, Incubus, Tracy Chapman, When? ·

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November 21, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1749

Tracy Chapman, Crossroads (1989) I liked the first four Tracy Chapman albums. I really liked (and still like) that debut album – as I’ve already told you. But hot on its heels was this, Crossroads. I first bought the tape – and maybe I even liked this album more. It never bruised the charts like […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged All That You Have Is Your Soul, Bridges, Crossroads, Neil Young, Tracy Chapman, Vinyl ·

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September 8, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1860

 Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman (1988)  My copy of this is old – and scratched – and I should probably replace it. I can work through it, hear the songs I want to hear, a couple are interrupted but it could be worse. I have no huge attachment to the actual vinyl; bought it some years […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged For My Lover, Joni Mitchell, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Vinyl ·

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