Tom McRae: The Alphabet of Hurricanes | CD review

(Cooking Vinyl)What will it take for Tom McRae to get a break? He's had a Mercury ­nomination, his songs have featured on TV soundtracks and poet Simon Armitage even rhapsodises about this album on McRae's website, but – commercially, at any rate – he's an also-ran. Never mind, The Alphabet of Hurricanes reinforces his status as one of Britain's better songwriters. Using banjo and mandolin, he's made a beautiful, contemplative record. Titles like American Spirit and John Wayne S...

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