tue 05/08/2025

Tim Cumming

Articles By Tim Cumming

Michael Janisch Band, Ronnie Scott's review - jazz's ace of bass makes a welcome return

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Out of the shadows: Dylan’s Eighties reappraised

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Album: Gerry Rafferty - Rest in Blue

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Album: Katherine Priddy - The Eternal Rocks Beneath

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Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan review - noir settings for classic numbers

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Album: Angélique Kidjo - Mother Nature

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1971, Apple TV+ review - rock'n'roll's golden year?

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Music books to end lockdown: Sam Lee, Hawkwind, Dylan, Richard Thompson, and the Electric Muses

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Album: They're Calling Me Home - Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi

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Album: Mathieu Boogaerts - En Anglais

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Album: Katy Carr - Providence

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Albums of the Year 2020: Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

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Songlines Music Awards - Cerys Matthews introduces a global line-up of winners

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Arena - Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat, BBC Two review - the music that never dies

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CD: Cunning Folk - A Casual Invocation

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The Rolling Stones' Goats Head Soup 2020 - old-time decadence revisited

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