Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band

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Like a lost 60’s gem that’s just been dusted off after being forgotten about and primed for a new generation of ears. This sounds a little sleazy to me too, in the best possible way.

Norman Records.

So exuberant in its ragged glory that you would be very hard-hearted indeed if you weren't moved to smile, to join its rutted rolling procession, its pilgrimage, its parade of smashing cymbals, shivering violins, clamorous voices and a horn section just roused from sleep, but game for the journey to Rome, to Damascus, Samarra, Mecca or simply the end of a cobbled London street.

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‘The Saddle Song’ is a gutsy, everything-playing sea shanty that - like Zach Condon’s Beirut project - takes traditional elements of folk and gives them an invigorating kick up the arse.

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Mary looks and sounds as though she could raise the spirit of the earth all by herself - what a voice!

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