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Arthur Russell: Iowa Dream review – lopsided, funky and staggeringly beautiful | Musique Non Stop

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Friday, November 15, 2019

Arthur Russell: Iowa Dream review – lopsided, funky and staggeringly beautiful

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This collection of unreleased tracks from the electronic pioneer is a treasure trove of Russell’s guileless, always melodic songs

When he died in 1992 of Aids-related illnesses at the age of 40, Arthur Russell left behind one of the most staggeringly beautiful bodies of songwriting ever – and it is still emerging. This compilation of unreleased tracks from his archive mostly date from the mid-1970s, recalling the country-tinged songwriting collected on 2008’s Love Is Overtaking Me, with a scattering of the lopsided, slightly wacky funk and new wave he scaled up to in the 80s.

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by Ben Beaumont-Thomas via Electronic music | The Guardian

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