Reviews

My Kingdom

In his final starring role, Richard Harris glowers impressively as the Irish underworld patriarch in Don Boyd's inspired relocation of Shakespeare's King Lear to contemporary Liverpool, Sadly Boyd directs with a low-voltage energy which flattens out intense emotion and visceral violence into brightly lit, blandly shot TV cop drama.

Songdog – Haiku

Second album of bruised brilliance from London-via-South Wales trio

Katy Carr – Passion Play

Second album from unpredictable English dance-folk prodigy

Ibrahim Ferrer – Buenos Hermanos

Another immaculate chapter in Ry Cooder's Technicolor Cuban adventure

Cool Hand Luke

More brilliantly bilious dispatches from This England

Tim Easton – Break Your Mother’s Heart

Continuing saga of the 'real' Ryan Adams

David Tyack With Malcolm Mooney – Rip Van Winkle

Mancunian prodigy collaborates with ex-Can vocalist on latter's second solo release since 1971

Townes Van Zandt – Texas Troubadour

Late, great Lone Star songwriter, often covered, seldom bettered

Aaliyah – I Care 4 U

Classic singles plus unreleased material

The Pretty Things

Mid-'60s reissues of variable quality
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