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Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth
Utopian Ashes
(Sony)
★★★★
HAVING led Scottish indie rockers Primal Scream for nearly 40 years, Bobby Gillespie still has the ability to surprise.
Utopian Ashes is a duets album with Jehnny Beth from the Savages, inspired by legendary musical partnerships like Gram Parson and Emmylou Harris and George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
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