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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 89/93: An Anthology, American Recordings, Buckle Up, Buckle Up: Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening, Car Wheels On a Gravel Road, Country, Country Music, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Essence, Gold, Hank Williams, Heartbreaker, Johnny Cash, Little Sparrow, Lucinda Williams, Modern Sounds In Country And Western, Patsy Cline, Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits, Ray Charles, Ryan Adams, Teatro, Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening, The Ultimate Collection, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Willie Nelson, Wrecking Ball ·

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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 […]
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