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  • Summary: The singer-songwriter's latest album was recorded with the help of Gillian Welch, Old Crow Medicine Show, Benmont Tench, and Nate Walcott.

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
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  1. Observer Music Monthly
    100
    It's an effortless success, from the opener, Ruby, big on melody and plaintive harmonies, to the dream-like Bells of Harlem, moving river-slow to a brushed snare and ending this quite terrific record with a meandering coda of wistful strings.
  2. Paste Magazine
    86
    The restless vibe to this ramshackle collection suggests Rawlings' greatest trait is his wanderlust. It's allowed him to work closely with a range of different artists in the past, and it makes A Friend of a Friend a spirited affair.
  3. The Guardian
    60
    Rawlings's solo debut sounds suspiciously like a Welch album with the vocal mix reversed; as his regular partner appears as co-writer on five of the nine tracks.

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