Music + Album reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.The Irish artist’s folk-inflected sound is both unnerving and alluring on her luxuriant second album
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4 out of 5 stars.Folk album of the monthZoé Basha: Gamble review – confident debut of a deft new voice in folkThe Dublin-based French-American singer and guitarist’s heart is in the Appalachian mountains – but her songs swim from country to blues and French chanson
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4 out of 5 stars.
Hallelujah Junction album review – two-piano journey through 20th-century Americana
4 out of 5 stars.The duo’s debut album is a finely balanced and imaginative combination, with John Adams’ eclectic title work the standout
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4 out of 5 stars.
Idris Ackamoor Ankhestra, Rhodessa Jones, Danny Glover: Artistic Being review – powerful live set from the Afrofuturist and friends
4 out of 5 stars.This San Francisco session released for Record Store Day sets spoken word to Ackamoor’s uncompromising but joyous spiritual jazz
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3 out of 5 stars.The Nigerian superstar’s vocal prowess and smooth beats have their moments on his latest album, but at 17 tracks it could use an edit
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3 out of 5 stars.
Bruckner & Gesualdo: Motets album review – less might be more for Monteverdi’s Gesualdo
3 out of 5 stars.The choir’s first release since the departure of its founding conductor filters the composers through a 19th-century lens but things can at points feel a little unwieldy
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4 out of 5 stars.The multi-talented six-piece soar on their most accomplished album yet, led by the exceptional fiddle-playing of Peter Knight
Elgar: The Kingdom review – respectful and admirable, but this is still a work hard to love
3 out of 5 stars.