The Burns Unit: Side Show | CD review

(Proper) This is an impressive, entertaining album, not just because of the unlikely array of musicians involved, but because of the quality of the songs. The band got together at a songwriting retreat in rural Scotland, where folk celebrities Karine Polwart and Kenny Anderson began collaborating with the former Delgados singer Emma Pollock, rapper MC Soom T, Indo-Scottish bassist Future Pilot AKA, instrumentalist Kim Edgar, drummer Mattie Foulds and pianist Michael Johnston. The songs are writt...

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