tue 18/02/2025

Tim Cumming

Articles By Tim Cumming

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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CD: Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith - Peradam

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CD: Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

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Album: Tom Kitching – Seasons of Change

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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, BBC iPlayer - an intimate, insider's account of his life and music

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Album: Roger and Brian Eno - Mixing Colours

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Imagining Ireland, Barbican review - raising women's voices

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Album: Seth Lakeman - A Pilgrim's Tale

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Albums of the Year 2019: Josienne Clarke – In All Weather

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Steeleye Span, Barbican review - party like it's 1969

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CD: The Who - WHO

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Is this Jimi Hendrix’s greatest posthumous release? Producer Eddie Kramer talks about a legendary live album

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CD: Ronnie Wood - Mad Lad

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