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Album reviews
Ian Sinclair reviews the latest releases from Declan O’Rourke, Israel Nash and Renee Reed
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
Declan O’Rourke
Arrivals
(eastwest)
★★★
SINCE releasing his debut album in 2004, Irish singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke has gained critical and commercial success in his homeland, supporting artists such as John Prine and Snow Patrol.
Paul Weller is also a fan and he sits in the producer's chair for Arrivals, O'Rourke's seventh studio record.
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