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9.0
49960
9.0 |
Uncut
Few, if any, artists are pushing the boundaries of traditional music further. Print edition only
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9.0
50109
9.0 |
The Quietus
Highly allegorical, historical and Biblically literate, Alasdair Roberts can make Nick Cave seem like a picnic, PJ Harvey a pyjama party
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8.0
50623
8.0 |
musicOMH
This is comfortably Roberts’ most colourful recording
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8.0
49936
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Roberts makes an art form of blurring the borders between his freshly penned songs and the pervasive influence of the Scottish (and other British) folk music tradition, in which he is carving out a personal place all the while
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8.0
49937
8.0 |
All Music
His dogged research has loaded these self-penned pieces with all of the mystery, language, and myth usually found in years-old traditional ballads
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8.0
49954
8.0 |
Mojo
Funny touching, thoughtful, more than a little bit weird ... and rather wonderful. Print edition only
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7.2
49935
7.2 |
Pitchfork
The arrangements are kept loose and casual, sounding at points as though these musicians had just happened upon each other down at their local
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7.0
50184
7.0 |
Blurt
An intriguing reinvention that makes this an ideal marriage of folk and finesse
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6.0
49934
6.0 |
The Independent
Roberts continues to blur the borders between ancient and modern, between heady myth and harsh reality
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