Album Reviews

Jessie Buckley is in fine voice while Foals pay homage to Talking Heads

The Kerry actor’s contemplative collaboration with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler puts her in contention for album of the year

Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler have come up with a contender for album of the year

SINGER/SONGWRITER: Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, For All Our Days That Tear the Heart (EMI Records)

Separately, Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler are noted exponents of their respective art forms. Buckley is the Kerry woman whose star as an actor is in the ascendant, while former Suede guitarist Butler is the Britpop man with parents from Dún Laoghaire. In other words, For All Our Days That Tear the Heart couldn’t be more Irish.

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