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Apr 23, 2012There are occasional flat spots (Paolo Nutini, the Secret Sisters) but ease, exuberance and quality easily outweigh any faux moments.
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Apr 20, 2012If its purpose is to celebrate the traditional Irish music that The Chieftains have played for half a century, note their influence and even open them up to new audiences, it does exactly that.
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Apr 19, 2012Paolo Nutini brings the apt timbre and weary dignity to "Hard Times (Come Again No More)", while The Decemberists' Colin Meloy has the sturdy asperity of a righteous ranter on a version of Dylan's "When The Ship Comes In".
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Apr 19, 2012This new set has a fashionable cast list, but is more patchy.
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MojoApr 19, 2012It works remarkably well. [May 2012, p.83]
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Apr 16, 2012As a tastefully populist exercise this set represents a job well done.
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Q MagazineApr 13, 2012Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. [May 2012, p.94]
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UncutApr 6, 2012An epic hour of music. [May 2012, p.69]
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MagnetMar 12, 2012A few songs flop... but the overall is a fitting celebration of the Chieftain's 50 years of music. [No. 85, p. 53]
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Feb 21, 2012The Chieftains' new Voice of Ages gives voice to the Civil Wars, the Decemberists, the Low Anthem, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Pistol Annies, and the Secret Sisters, among others, but its identity as a Chieftains album is never in doubt.
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Feb 21, 2012The dreamy "Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" showcases Miranda Lambert and her Pistol Annies, while the Civil Wars connect Ireland to Appalachia.
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Feb 21, 2012Plumbs current indie folk and country, with varying degrees of success.
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Feb 21, 2012Indie rock's cult of schlubby singing doesn't always merge with the Chieftains' crystalline professionalism.
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Feb 21, 2012Voice of Ages is a good Chieftains recording; its solid performances easily outweigh its duds, but it feels like something less than a 50th anniversary celebration.