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February 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Cool Summer: The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021

Every year it’s music. All day it’s music. All the time. And if it’s not then there’s a film on – and I’m usually noticing the music. Or it’s a podcast. Which has music. Or is an interview about music. When I’m reading it’s a music biography or it’s poetry – which has its own […]

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January 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 21: Emmylou Harris, Wellington 2001

I’ve been revisiting the second-coming of Emmylou Harris lately – you know, everything from Wrecking Ball through the Spyboy years, the duet record with Linda Ronstadt and of course Red Dirt Girl. Though I knew about her before those records – and owned the two “Profile” Best Of compilations on vinyl (freebies that I took […]

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May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Buckle Up: Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening

I started this thing a while ago where I decided I was going to name ten albums important to me (and important for me) in a particular musical genre. I started with hip-hop (see here). And then I decided to do my list of seminal and sentimental metal albums (see here). And most recently it […]

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March 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell: Old Yellow Moon

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Old Yellow Moon Nonesuch Emmylou Harris has been in a sort of cruise-control mode for the last decade and a half – well, if not since Wrecking Ball then certainly since Red Dirt Girl (she earns extra marks there for stepping up in the songwriting department). The small handful of […]