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June 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 15 – Enduring Favourites, Revisiting Legends…
Been a while since I’ve done a Five For Friday so I’m going old-school – old, old school – in the sense that everything here is something I’ve loved for a long time – these artists are in my special list of all-time favourites; in a lot of cases I come and go, give them […]Archive
May 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 14 – Recent Jools Holland Highlights
As I said here, recently I’m a fan of the show Later…with Jools Holland, not always, and not every performance, not even every episode, but I love the format of the show – and that it exists. It’s been a good way to find new music, to be reminded of great artists that you either […]Archive
December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 4 – Five Great Tracks From Five Great Live Albums
Not all live albums are created equally – many are built in the studio after with overdubs, some just feature crowd-noise endlessly, Neil Young’s brand new live album has him substituting out the crowd for animal noise. There are some great, great live albums out there – where the energy of the crowd is so […]Archive
June 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: A Winter Shakedown
Last Friday I was back at the San Fran for their Shakedown – playing some records to wind into the weekend, a bit of low-key R’n’B and hip-hop, some 70s pop and light funk/soul… Well, I had a good time… So much so that I’ve put together most of those tunes as a playlist for […]Archive
February 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman