While mortals sleep
Kate Rusby
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Reviews (3)
The independent
d. 29. Nov. 2017
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Andy Gill
d. 29. Nov. 2017
"Kate Rusby's Christmas albums have become a sort of new seasonal tradition ... Her fourth, and best, foray into the form, Angels & Men is again partly drawn from the South Yorkshire carolling tradition, a sizeable collection of obscure songs more likely to be heard in saloon bar than church. Such, presumably, is the source of a song like "Paradise", whose mysterious, elliptical narrative, incorporating evocative trad-folk staples - dying knight, blood, thorns and flood - is heightened by the haunting twang of tenor guitar over synth textures. It's just one of a range of evocative arrangements devised by Rusby and producer Damien O'Kane which bring imaginative depth to the material - as when, for instance, guitars and glockenspiel glitter like icicles to help us "See Amid The Winter Snow". It's Rusby's voice that brings character to the songs, though, its fluting, plaintive Sheffield tones conveying a unique mix of strength and vulnerability which animates lyrics indiverse,sometimes contradictory, directions".
Bright young folk
2017
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Mike Ainscoe
2017
"While her first couple of Christmas albums might have been seen as charming little diversions, there's now an expectancy of what's becoming a Christmas tradition. Once again, the warmth of the brass arrangements invokes an immediate seasonal quality, yet the breadth of the sonic palette of her more recent work also impacts upon "Angels & Men". A result maybe of Damien O'Kane taking on production duties as well as adding his distinctive banjo and electric tenor guitar and the presence of Duncan Lyall's moog, matching the depth and quality of "Life In A Paper Boat"".
Folk radio UK
d. 1. Dec. 2017
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Neil McFadyen
d. 1. Dec. 2017
"Kate Rusby clearly loves Christmas as much as she loves being a musician. Angels & Men is her 15th solo album in a sparkling 25-year career. For many fans her occasional Christmas releases, and especially those special Christmas tours, are the musical highlight of the year; and it's easy to understand why. Blessed with a peerless voice, possessed of a remarkable talent for arranging both contemporary and traditional song, and surrounded by musicians of the highest calibre, with Angels & Men, Kate Rusby offers the very best musical backdrop anyone could hope for this Christmas".