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Victrola favourites
review by Ian Simmons
Misogyny, yodelling and songs about pigs - unmissable
Rosemarie
review by Ian Simmons
Break out the patchouli, guys...
Revolutions
review by Douglas Messerli
Almodóvar's Volver is a kind of 'revolution' is several senses.
Some things just stick in your mind
review by Ian Simmons
Vashti Bunyan emerges from the shadows of the English Phil Spector manqué
The Rough Guide to yodel
review by Ian Simmons
For fans of sarcastic yodelling everywhere.
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The Seance
review by Tom Ruffles
The Victorian chiller is reborn...
The Commission
review by Harry Reynolds
"Where 9/11 widows saw lost husbands, Karl Rove saw the loss of Bush's presidency."
Bits Of Wood/Bouts De Bois
review by Ian Simmons
More aural gorgeousness from the man who plays trees.
Making poor nations rich
review by Elisa Nay
"The best way to help the poor is to achieve as high a level of economic freedom as possible."
Six feet over
review by Tom Ruffles
Oh, Death, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling?
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A hole in the world
review by Douglas Messerli
Burton's Sweeney Todd remains loyal to Sondheim's dark paean to love and revenge.
Revolutions
review by Douglas Messerli
Almodóvar's Volver is a kind of 'revolution' is several senses.
For your consideration
review by Seamus Sweeney
Nothing scuppers comedy like desperation.
The Duchess of Langeais
review by Douglas Messerli
Don't touch that axe...
4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days
review by Douglas Messerli
"A testament to the millions of individuals who suffered and survived the bleak Communist regimes"