Americana
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4 out of 5 stars.
Leyla McCalla: Breaking the Thermometer review – one radio station’s heroic stance
4 out of 5 stars.The Haitian-American musician explores the troubled history of creole-language Radio Haiti on her rewarding fourth album
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4 out of 5 stars.
Ian Noe: River Fools & Mountain Saints review – a more genial, but still gritty, Appalachia
4 out of 5 stars.Grainy voiced Ian Noe has broadened his musical palette with his second album, but the story is still blue-collar Kentucky -
4 out of 5 stars.
Kitty Empire's artist of the week Big Thief review – a revelatory set from the adored US folk-rockers
4 out of 5 stars.Great on record, hair-raising live, the four-piece come to vivid, pulsating life on stage with songs full of ecstasy and frustration
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Recorded after she made peace with ‘ugliness and imperfection’ in music, Horn’s debut album is a skeletal marvel that evokes Yo La Tengo and soft country shuffles
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5 out of 5 stars.
Albums we missed 2021 Billy Strings: Renewal review – bold and beautifully written bluegrass
5 out of 5 stars.Revelations about heartbreak, America and addiction combine with banjo workouts in a testament to complex humanity -
Wrestling with ‘climate grief’ in angry and melancholy songs, Tamara Lindeman created an album that was pure bliss
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3 out of 5 stars.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Barn review – reliably ragged and still sounding great
3 out of 5 stars.Their 14th album together sounds much as you’d expect – and that’s absolutely nothing to complain about
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4 out of 5 stars.From blue-eyed soul to English folk, the unlikely dream team’s second instalment of covers is a welcome dose of musical reassurance
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The American singer-songwriter’s expertly honed country-rock is as frank and fresh as it is warm and familiar
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4 out of 5 stars.The Texas-based singer-songwriter’s juggles the personal and the political on his compelling debut
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3 out of 5 stars.The guitarist’s immaculate playing is beyond doubt, but his latest solo work is a little too meandering
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4 out of 5 stars.This US collective impress with a subtle, ambient debut inspired by Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower
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Wilco: Cruel Country review – Jeff Tweedy’s state of the nation address
4 out of 5 stars.