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Alegrias

Howe Gelb & A Band Of Gypsies

Alegrias

The veteran US lo-fi alt-country songwriter and pianist with a flamenco-flavoured album in collaboration with Spanish guitarist Raimundo Amador

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6.9

Label
Fire
UK Release date
21/03/2011
US Release date
12/04/2011
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  1. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    A brilliantly recorded and quietly engaging album
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  2. 8.0 |   Blurt

    That these two cultural forces get along so famously here shouldn't be a surprise
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  3. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    He mixes soft and hard, loud and quiet all within the one song to forge his new Spanish-inspired Americana
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  4. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    In the right setting, Alegrias works like Gelb and his ensemble cast just turned up for your garden patio wedding afterparty
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  5. 6.3 |   Pitchfork

    Alegrías is a pleasant stylistic diversion, another in a long series of non-revelations
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