Little broken hearts
Norah Jones
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Reviews (2)
The guardian
d. 8. Dec. 2011
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Dave Simpson
d. 8. Dec. 2011
"Amid the usual slew of cash-ins, here is a Christmas album that does what a Christmas record should: make you feel as warm and comforted as the post-dinner mince pies. As with 2008's Sweet Bells, Rusby draws on the tradition of carol singing in South Yorkshire public houses, even unearthing centuries-old tunes ... Rusby's own compositions - especially the sublime Home - crystallise that festive feeling with lyrics about bells, snow and angels. Whether acoustic guitar or brass, the instrumentation is minimal: her Little Town of Bethlehem is particularly still and magical. Rocking Carol, once given a bonkers electronic treatment by New Order, is warmly rendered with horns and euphonium. You won't play it in June, but this is lovely festive fare".
fRoots
2012 May
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Colin Irwin
2012 May
"Her desultory style hardly befits the celebratory nature of any album of Christmas songs, least of all one so closely identifying itself with the South Yorkshire carol tradition. Go into one of the village pubs where these songs are dusted down every December and you are knocked sideways by the sheer joy with which they are belted out by ordinary folk ... To hear Kate sing them here in such inappropriately melancholic fashion not only seems to negate the essence of these carols, but also wastes a rare opportunity for her to let her hair down, throw herself into those choruses with rare abandon and maybe her own hand-picked choir and change some of those hoary old perceptions of her".