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Nora O’Connor – Til The Dawn

Sometime bartender, midwife and reverend, O'Connor's true calling may lie as a remarkable interpreter of song. Though recent years have found her adding dewy vocal harmonies for Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire (and Mavis Staples), her solo debut is long overdue. A brace of impressive originals—"My Backyard", "Tonight"—are whispers of classic honky-tonk, but she truly shines on covers of James (Squirrel Nut Zippers) Mathus' "Bottoms" and "Nightingale", twisting each into the kind of lovelorn ballad Alison Krauss would kill for.

U2 – How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Bono and the boys reunite with Steve Lillywhite for that difficult 14th album

Death In Vegas – Satan’s Circus

Rewarding diversion into Krautrock, plus bonus live CD

Clive Palmer – All Roads Lead To Land

Incredible String Band banjoist wanders up the garden path

House Of Flying Daggers

The director of 'Hero' returns with Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kansehiro in another breath-taking Martial Arts epic.

The Rolling Stones – Live Licks

Seventh live album from Mick, Keef and the boys.
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