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Dreamer’s Motel
(Temple Of Leaves)
★★★★
SINGER-SONGWRITER, multi-instrumentalist and son of Ry Cooder, Joachim, who played on his father’s 1997 million-seller Buena Vista Social Club makes a welcome return to the studio with this set of Americana and alt country.
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