August 2012 archives
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August 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown #1506
Joan Armatrading, To The Limit (1978) I always liked Joan Armatrading. My introduction: that bonkers-but-brilliant crazy-catchy pop song, Drop The Pilot. On some compilation and on radio at the time. Then I bought Best-Of and that had some sweet folk-ish stuff as well as more pop material. She’s gone more towards blues in recent years [...]Archive
August 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Mark Knopfler Interview
This interview first featured on Blog on the Tracks on Stuff here. Mark Knopfler has a new album, Get Lucky, on the way. It will be released next week (here’s an audio link). I got lucky, in the sense that I was able to speak to Knopfler. He even called me (“Hi, is this Simon? [...]Archive
August 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Sonny Rollins Interview
This interview first featured on Blog on the Tracks on Stuff here. Sonny Rollins is one of the few survivors of his era, a living legend in the jazz world. He’s 80 years old – and he still practises every day (“I put down the horn to pick up the phone and talk to you, [...]Archive
August 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman