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Williams' extraordinarily nasal, moaning drawl frequently sends shivers down the spine.
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An intriguing, though not always accessible listen.
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A cut above the average of its kind.
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This is seriously frazzled Americana in the best sense.
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Austria's most illustrious jazz export
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Business as usual...
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An agreeably smooth, easy going album that's difficult to dislike
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Lila Downs has one of those vocal styles that can only be described as an acquired taste.
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Her follow-up to West
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Un Dia looks likely to win her new fans
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He's a force to be reckoned with.
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This won't disappoint old fans.
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A pleasant but hardly essential addition to the Nascimento discography.
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You may find yourself liking it a whole lot more than you'd expected.
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Slow, melancholic-sounding improvisations with a beguiling array of effects.
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There’s not quite enough that really hangs in the memory or has that special spark...
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Call it dinner jazz with a slightly erudite edge if you like...
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Fans of Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire and Bill Callahan may well enjoy this disc.
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The tale is in the telling, but is she up to it?
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All very tasteful, but where are the tunes?
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There's nothing wildly innovative about this music, but as they say, there's no need...
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If you're new to her charms, this will be quite a revelation.
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Hanggai show plenty of promise, and deserve another outing elsewhere.
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Café de los Maestros is a real labour of love.
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If you're in the right mood, it can be a thrilling ride.
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Nascimento's voice isn't quite the glorious instrument of his youth, but it's still a...
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Try The Roots Of Chicha before proceeding with caution to this.
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This has its share of pop hooks, but attempts to square this with Mattafix's world...
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...pleasant but fairly unexceptional...
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Lykke's solid debut album lives up to her promising groundwork.
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Harris is on fine form for this, her first solo album in five years.
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While it’s great that Allá don’t feel compelled to sing in English, not quite...
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...a very likeable selection and a useful sampler of his recent work...
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This is a strong contender for album of the year.
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You can almost see his fingers sliding over the strings as he teases exquisite,...
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Jal has a few more rivers to cross when it comes to music.
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If she'd been any more mainstream or, say, a country artist, Hymns For The Exiled...
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The Searchers' main appeal is their period charm, which is considerable.
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There's still not quite a full album's worth of ideas here.
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Sista K is pictured cupping her hands over her ears as if to say it’s all too much...
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Certain barrels in the vaults of EMI Nigeria and Decca Afrodisia have been scraped.
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A promising rather than fully satisfying album...
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This compilation demonstrates that highlife still beats hiplife, hands down!
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There's a lot more to Badyo than there initially seems.
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The only mystery is why this disc has taken so long to appear.
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Maybe he should keep his experimental tendencies and rockisms for his Symmetric...
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A fine place for the curious novice to start, but also of great interest to specialists.
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Que Levante El Dedo is an unexpected treat, highly worthy of your attention.
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Misery has seldom sounded so musical.
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The album's greatest triumph is the fact that you don't even have to be a folkie to...
