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Nick Lowe: The Old Magic (Proper)

...was maybe too much to expect the standard from Nick Lowe could remain as high again. But The Old Magic... ...the best place to start your learning curve on Nick Lowe, and if you have already fallen for his...

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NICK LOWE INTERVIEWED (2009): As times go by

...is one of the ironies of Nick Lowe’s life that -- despite producing the... ...I do in my solo show and remembering how to be Nick Lowe. Do you go back very far in that solo show,...

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Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets: Walkabout (Yep Roc/Southbound)

...is somewhat absurd: White-haired, 69-year old Nick Lowe who has been one of the most stylish... ...retro fun to be enjoyed, especially when Nick Lowe is at the centre. Nick Lowe and Los...

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Nick Lowe: Basing Street (1979)

...Lowe's remarkable career to a kind of alt.American...

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NICK LOWE INTERVIEWED (2011): Looking for that old magic

...ago we passed by this way, a phone call to Nick Lowe at the most unrock'n'roll hour of 9am in the... ...look like an end-of-the-pier British comedian, Nick Lowe – who uses words like... ...I did when I had my time in the sun.” Nick Lowe and his band play a one-off fully seated show...

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Nick Lowe; At My Age (Proper) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

...be honest, I consider Nick Lowe's '98 album Dig My Mood so outstanding that...

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Nick Lowe: Dig My Mood (1998)

...is coming up close to three decades since Nick Lowe -- once a laddish and witty figure in British... ...My Mood opens a door into the late career of Nick Lowe, and it is a rewarding place to be, even when... ...gets a bit acerbic. . There is more on Nick Lowe (including interviews and album reviews) at...

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Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets: Indoor Safari (digital outlets)

...how specific songs came about – was Nick Lowe, a man of his pub rock/punk era who underwent...

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THE BEATLES; LIVE IN 95: All back to the Beeb

...Graham Parker, Costello, Robert Plant and Nick Lowe. Worthy company, because what this set also...

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Delaney Davidson: Swim Down Low (Rough Trade/Southbound)

...Fun), delivering a pedal steel treatment of Nick Lowe's Beast in Me, nodding towards Ennio...

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Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom (1982)

...new producer Geoff Emerick in the place of Nick Lowe -- sprung no successful singles and stalled at...

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Rusty: The Resurrection of Rust (EMI/digital outlets)

...Sam), those covers are sound and the couple by Nick Lowe (the swinging organ-driven Surrender to the...

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The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms (1980)

...world Wreckless Eric, Ian Dury, Rachel Sweet, Nick Lowe, Lena Lovich, Elvis Costello and others --...

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IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...soulful material written by the likes of Nick Lowe and John Prine might just help this second...

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MATTHEW SWEET INTERVIEWED (1993): It should be a more Sweet world

...he preferred the more melodic people like Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello, “then I went on this...

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Kris Kristofferson; Civic, Auckland. April 30, 2014

...'Bout Peace Love and Understanding, I prefer Nick Lowe's slower and more world weary interpretation....

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Larry Wallis: Police Car (1977)

...single in late '77 which was produced by Nick Lowe. It hardly set the charts alight, but it did...

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Gretchen Peters: Dancing with the Beast (2018)

...album like Indian Summer by Dave Brubeck, Nick Lowe's Dig My Mood and Lucinda Williams' West. But...

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IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...in the weatherbeaten stakes) and later are Nick Lowe's dark The Beast in Me (Carthy closer to his...

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Wreckless Eric: Hits, Misses, Rags and Tatters; The Complete Stiff Masters (Stiff/Triton)

...Stiff label, characters like Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Ian Dury, and Graham Parker and the Rumour....

Music at Elsewhere: music/3610/wreckless-eric-hits-misses-rags-and-tatters-the-complete-stiff-masters-stiff-triton/

THE BARGAIN BUY: Dave Edmunds: Original Album Classics

...mates Elvis Costello, Graham Parker and Nick Lowe. It opens with Costello's Girl Talk then its...

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Dan Penn: Living on Mercy (Last Music/digital outlets)

...lived-in voice you suspect the likes of Nick Lowe will listen to this, hearing material they...

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Dominic Blaazer: The Lights of Te Atatu (vinyl/streaming services)

...and co-writes. There is a suggestion of Nick Lowe's thoughtful and measure delivery in Blaazer's...

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SOLOMON BURKE INTERVIEWED (2002): The rock'n'soul preacherman

...Burke was given songs by Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello and Cait O'Riordan, Dann Penn... ...Tom Waits was, and only vaguely familiar with Nick Lowe, he has been delighted with the response from...

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Robert Plant: Carry Fire (Nonesuch/Warners)

...and others – like Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Nick Lowe, Lucinda Williams and many others – find...

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LIL BAND OF GOLD (2010): The journey of swamp pop from past to present

...(on whose new album Adcock is working), Nick Lowe, audiences at South X South West and Byron Bay...

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ELVIS COSTELLO, COVER STAR (2014): 10 Great Interpretations

...version on Please Please Me) He does it with Nick Lowe. Find it on the collection Out of Our Idiot.... ...for Almost Blue, this -- which also features Nick Lowe -- turns up on bootlegs like Nashville and... ...could go on and on (his furious treatment of Nick Lowe's What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and...

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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6291/elvis-costello-cover-star-2014-10-great-interpretations/

Jim Ford: The Unissued Capitol Album. Big Mouth USA; The Unissued Paramount Album (both Bear Family)

...Nick Lowe recently observed, he's supposed to be an...

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THE MOTORS: APPROVED BY THE MOTORS, CONSIDERED (1978): They had the look, unfortunately

...them closer to the waggish cheeky pop of Nick Lowe (formerly of the band Brinsley Schwarz, and...

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ELVIS COSTELLO, THE EARLY CAREER CONSIDERED: Anger is an energy

...engineer, replacing Costello's longtime friend Nick Lowe) for an even more musically ambitious...

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Los Straitjackets: What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets (YepRoc/Southbound)

...who have done three tours with the great Nick Lowe – here undertake 13 songs from his... ...band, the genre of guitar instrumentals or Nick Lowe for this to mean much. A previous Los...

Music at Elsewhere: music/8000/los-straitjackets-whats-so-funny-bout-peace-love-and-los-straitjackets-yeproc-southbound/

Bill Kirchen: Word to the Wise (Proper/Southbound)

...friends he keeps. Here are his longtime friend Nick Lowe (on the wonderfully overhauled Merle Haggard... ...is hard to beat. And frankly, if he's okay by Nick Lowe . . ....

Music at Elsewhere: music/3422/bill-kirchen-word-to-the-wise-proper-southbound/

Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains in New York (Yep Rock/Southbound DVD)

...with Grant Lee Phillips, Gillian Welch, Nick Lowe, Peter Buck (who has repeatedly said REM were...

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Rachel Sweet; Stranger in the House (1978)

...Stiff by producer/songwriter Liam Sternberg. Nick Lowe apparently commented that her innocent...

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10 ALBUM COVER PARODIES: It looks familiar but . . .

...Back when he was a cheeky wee fellow Nick Lowe spotted an opportunity for the cover concept...

Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/6173/10-album-cover-parodies-it-looks-familiar-but/

POWER POP: God's gift to guitars

...was “pure pop for now people,” as Nick Lowe once said - and there’s always been a...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3644/power-pop-gods-gift-to-guitars/

Luke Haines: Rock and Roll Animals (Cherry Red/Southbound)

...punkers Sham 69) as a fox, a badger named Nick Lowe and rock'n'roll era Gene Vincent as a wise old...

Music at Elsewhere: music/5816/luke-haines-rock-and-roll-animals-cherry-red-southbound/

NILS LOFGREN: THE EARLY CAREER, CONSIDERED (1975/1976): Head over heels for Nils

...which anticipated the likes of Tom Petty and Nick Lowe. “A hot platter in a bad year for rock...

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Nina Simone: Cottage For Sale (1957)

...similarity in sentiment to House for Sale on Nick Lowe's new album The Old Magic. Love has gone from...

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IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...power of his lyrics and melodies. As with Nick Lowe (who learned from Lauderdale's style and whose...

Music at Elsewhere: music/7872/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/

Mavis Staples: One True Vine (Anti)

...brings to mind the country-soul of The Band; Nick Lowe's Far Celestial Shore nudges up the gospel...

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RY COODER INTERVIEWED (2009): Dry, wry and moving right along

...But right now, other than being on tour with Nick Lowe . . .? You know Paddy Moloney and the...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2590/ry-cooder-interviewed-2009-dry-wry-and-moving-right-along/

Jeb Loy Nicols: The Jeb Loy Nicols Special (Universal)

...magic with reference points in recent Nick Lowe, JJ Cale and classic Boz Scaggs (the latter on...

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Tattletale Saints: Tattletale Saints (tattletalesaints.com/Aeroplane)

...to the crafted economy of someone like Nick Lowe. The difference of course is the more...

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Arthur Alexander: The Ultimate Arthur Alexander (1993 compilation)

...Plant, Graham Parker, Marshall Crenshaw, Nick Lowe, Zucchero, Frank Black . . . And on...

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Tony Abbott of the Gary Harvey Band

...Westerberg and Chuck Prophet plays on it and Nick Lowe “What’s Shakin’ on the...

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THE BARGAIN BUY: Dave Edmunds; Original Album Series

...his running mates at the time Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello wrote better songs and had... ...Flamin' Groovies) before hooking up with Nick Lowe to form Rockpile. Although much admired they... ...Otis Blackwell (Let Talk About It), plenty by Nick Lowe (I Knew the Bride, Heart of the City among...

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Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders: Red Light Fever (Sony)

...Commagere (who appears with Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe) and of course Dave Grohl. All the songs are...

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Elvis Costello and the Imposters: The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook (Universal)

...Bedroom to National Ransom and ending with Nick Lowe's What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and...

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ONE WE MISSED: Mark Mulcahy: The Gus (Mezzotint/Southbound)

...a pop song full of vengeful anger (think young Nick Lowe) and What If I Go Off With Bob? is a response...

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Ry Cooder: Soundtracks (Warners)

...was coming to New Zealand with the charming Nick Lowe, Elsewhere did an interview with him. It...

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The Bleeding Allstars: Uneasy Listening (Thokei Tapes/bandcamp)

...which has a lyric as refined as anything by Nick Lowe: “Could be she just smells my money . ....

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Don McGlashan

...are . . . There are so many... but today: Nick Lowe’s “Stop Light Roses”; Paul...

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Glen Moffatt

...– ‘Homewrecker’ by Nick Lowe. Songwriting: what's the ratio of...

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VARIOUS ARTISTS, THAT SUMMER!, CONSIDERED (1979): Generation defining classics and lesser artists

...songs: Wreckless Eric (Whole Wide World), Nick Lowe (I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass), Eddie...

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The Lil' Band o' Gold: The Promised Land (Dust Devil Music)

...and collaborators have included Bob Dylan, Nick Lowe, John Hiatt, Clifton Chenier . . . This is the...

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JOHN HIATT INTERVIEWED (1991): Through a glass, darkly

...he’s working with in LA are Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner, all of whom have drifted in... ...disastrous All Of A Sudden in ’83) or Nick Lowe (for some of Riding With The King) his records...

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GUEST WRITER MITCH MYERS pays tribute to bands that weren't The Band

...keyboard-based sound with scruffy songwriters Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm along with the sharp economical...

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The Flamin' Groovies: This Band is Red Hot 1969-79 (Raven)

...Graham Parker and the Rumour, Sham 69, Nick Lowe, Mikey Dread, the Clash, the Flamin' Groovies'...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2233/the-flamin-groovies-this-band-is-red-hot-1969-79-raven/

Gene McDaniels: Tower of Strength (1961)

...Nick Lowe sang this oldie in concert at the Powerstation...

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Superturtle: About the Sun (Ode)

...Sixties Tommy James and The Shondells album. Nick Lowe billed one of his albums as "pure pop for...

Music at Elsewhere: music/3223/superturtle-about-the-sun-ode/

IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent releases

...characters (initially on Stiff alongside Nick Lowe, Ian Dury, Jona Lewie and others) who was...

Music at Elsewhere: music/6500/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-releases/

Dr Feelgood, Stupidity (1976)

In his superb single Cry Tough of '76, the American singer-guitarist Nils Lofgren (a member of Springsteen's E Street Band since '84) namechecked the British pub-rock outfit Dr Feelgood, showing an aw

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Mose Allison: The Way of the World (Anti)

Mose Allison is one of those slightly obscure figures whose name is often heard in interviews with the likes of Van Morrison and Elvis Costello -- and he was also the subject of a song by the Pixies.

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Elvis Costello: National Ransom (Universal)

The prolific Costello's last album – Secret, Profane and Sugarcane of last year – was his most interesting in years with its mix of rock, raw country, edgy ballads and bluegrass, all helme

Music at Elsewhere: music/3659/elvis-costello-national-ransom-universal/

Poly Styrene: Generation Indigo (Future Noise/Southbound)

The voice, face and braces of X-Ray Specs back in the punk era, Poly Styrene had a sassy line in probing and poking at convention (even the codes of punk) and despite an intermittent career ever since

Music at Elsewhere: music/3965/poly-styrene-generation-indigo-future-noise-southbound/

Graham Parker: Imaginary Television (Bloodshot)

In Britain’s post-punk era Parker and the Rumour emerged with an urgent, often angry sound that owed as much to pub-rock and venomous Bob Dylan as it did to American soul, r’n’b and

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Jona Lewie: You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties (1980)

Stiff Records in the UK pulled together an unlikely roster of acts in the late Seventies from Elvis Costello to Ian Dury, Rachel Sweet to Jona Lewie, Larry Wallis to Graham Parker and Wreckless Eric.

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Graham Parker: Between You and Me (1975)

It's all every well to ridicule Dick Rowe of Decca Records for turning the Beatles down after an audition in '62 ("Not to mince words, Mr Epstein, we don't like your boys' sound. Groups are out:

From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3334/graham-parker-between-you-and-me-1975/

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