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Latest releases from Emma Swift, Bill Callahan and Fontaines D.C.

Emma Swift
Blonde on the Tracks
(Tiny Ghost Records)
★★★

BLONDE on the Tracks is made up of eight Bob Dylan covers by Australian singer-songwriter Emma Swift, now based in Nashville.

It’s a neat idea and it's given extra resonance with Dylan having recently released Rough and Rowdy Ways, his 39th studio album.



Bill Callahan
Gold Record
(Drag City)
★★★★


Fontaines D.C.
A Hero’s Death
(Partisan Records)
★★★

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