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March 8, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Guest Post: Mission to London – Kapralova’s “Military Sinfonietta” by George Henderson

George Henderson, musician, researcher and writer, has previously written guest posts for Off The Tracks about Five Albums He Was Loving Back Then and Five Films That Have Stayed With Him. As well as contributing an important piece about Women Composers in the 20th Century. He returns to offer Mission to London – Kapralova’s “Military Sinfonietta”
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December 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Books That Blew My Mind # 9: “Holidays on Ice” by David Sedaris

Holidays On Ice by David Sedaris I’m not really one for Christmas books. But there’s one favourite, one must, every year I read (and now re-read) David Sedaris’ story, The Santaland Diaries. It’s special to me for a couple of reasons – first of all it was my introduction to the world of Sedaris. I […]
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April 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Tenderlonious: Tek-88 (ep)

Tenderlonious Tek-88 (ep) DAM Records Prolific producer and mult-instrumentalist Tenderlonious returns with an EP as love-letter to the Roland TR-808. Its cover is enough to get hip-hop heads, vinyl purists and studio boffins salivating – and is probably reason alone for the limited edition 12” vinyl to already be gone, long gone. Sold out just […]
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April 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

José James: New York 2020 (Live)

José James New York 2020 (Live) Rainbow Blonde I’m a huge fan of José James – he was, for a time, the most exciting new jazz singer on the planet. But he gave that up to be a super great R’n’B singer. Then he decided to be a Bill Withers jukebox for a while. And […]
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April 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 252: Mike McKeon aka Mike Dr. Blue

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 252 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to […]
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April 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Little Feat: Meanest Blues of All (Live 1973)

Little Feat Meanest Blues of All (Live 1973) Second Line This bootleg has been knocking around in various forms ever since there was digital music – and probably in some shape or form before that. Most recently it’s being credited to Lowell George solo rather than the band Little Feat but make no mistake this […]
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April 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Nathan Salsburg, Max Porter: Three Feral Pieces (ep)

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Nathan Salsburg, Max Porter Three Feral Pieces (ep) (Independent / Bandcamp) Max Porter’s books are getting shorter – each release is smaller than the one previous, a master of opaque prose-poetry masquerading in novel-form. Now, how very novel, he turns his hand to songwriting, the British essayist, poet and writer served up […]
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April 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Donato Dozzy: The Tao (ep)

Donato Dozzy The Tao (ep) Samurai Music Italian techno DJ and producer Donato Dozzy is a bit of a magician – he makes the club bangers that also can exist outside of those four walls and can live and breathe on your home stereo too. It’s a slick gift, subtle, intriguing. He’s been making music […]
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April 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: April 2021

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. This month I talked about two records made under lockdown restrictions. First up was the latest by Tindersticks and I played their cover […]
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March 31, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Tower of Power: 50 Years of Funk & Soul, Live at The Fox Theater – Oakland, CA – June 2018

Tower of Power 50 Years of Funk & Soul: Live at The Fox Theater – Oakland, CA – June 2018 Artistry Music In 2018 one of the world’s great live bands, Tower of Power, hit their hometown stage to celebrate its 50th birthday. Now we get to hear that set of recordings. Taken from a […]
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March 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Vinnie Colaiuta and Mark Isham: Hard Candy

Vinnie Colaiuta and Mark Isham Hard Candy A-Tone Recordings, an imprint of Extreme Music Vinnie Colaiuta is a master session drummer – from Sting to Herbie Hancock via Frank Zappa and Joni Mitchell – there’s almost no chance you’ve never heard his work. He’s playing those sizzling hi-hats on the them tune to the TV […]
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March 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Billy Collins: Whale Day And Other Poems

Whale Day And Other Poems Billy Collins Random House Billy Collins is a living legend in (and of) American letter. Poet Laureate in the immediate post-911 years. Professor handing on his advice to new generations. And a prolific publishing presence still. There’s warmth and wisdom in Collins’ poems.
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