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Amble Skuse – Reviews

 

Reviews of We Ask These Questions of Everybody

The i – 5 Stars

https://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/we-ask-these-questions-of-everybody-review-854833

“Politically important and an artistic triumph”

“unquestionably politically important work; it is also an artistic triumph.”

“Astonishing: elegant, enraging, restlessly inventive”

“Skuse’s music has a complex, absorbing geometry. Its delicate tunes are wound into fidgety fugues and counterpoint, the tension and bludgeoning repetitiveness of the central encounter vibrating through every phrase.”

 

The Stage – 4 Stars

https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/we-ask-these-questions-of-everybody

“HERA’s powerful and timely exposé of systemic ableism”

“There is horror and fury, but also beauty, wisdom and…resilience”

 

Other reviews

Amble Skuse – Chapels with Splendid Glass Windows

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/06/folk-album-of-the-month-alasdair-roberts-amble-skuse-and-david-mcguinness-what-news

The Quietus
http://thequietus.com/articles/24248-alasdair-roberts-amble-skuse-david-mcguinness-what-news-album-review

The Scotsman
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16113831.album-review-alasdair-roberts-amble-skuse-and-david-mcguinness-what-news/

Folk Radio
https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2018/03/alasdair-roberts-amble-skuse-david-mcguinness-what-news/

Soundblab
https://soundblab.com/reviews/albums/19923-alasdair-roberts-amble-skuse-david-mcguinness-what-news

‘Spectacular… groundbreaking even. It opens the shutters to something entirely original’ – fRoots

‘…passages of great liminal mystery and power, echoing and remoulding the lyrical contents – ballads of murder and death – to create huge, all-encompassing soundworlds that gives the material a powerful new lease of life… essential listening for fans’ – Songlines

‘…pays its respects to the past, while reaching forward into innovative new technologies. The piano harmonies are understated and complex, and the electronics whisper like ghosts…’ Wire Magazine

British ParaOrchestra
http://www.soundandmusic.org/projects/news-composers-announced-british-paraorchestra

International Creative Entrepreneurs
http://www.internationalcreativeentrepreneurs.com/participants/amble-skuse/