Talk:The Portraits (music duo)

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Sources showing notability
Following communications with various Wikipedia editors and reviewers, I have built in to the first paragraph the following citations to establish notability:

1. Sud_Ouest_(newspaper) wrote of their fusion of "jazz with a folk accent".

2. Ian Cripps of FATEA magazine described their 2015 album 'Lions And Butterflies' as “an album of sublime music and rock solid social commentary”.

3. Rock n Reel magazine gave the band’s 2017 album ‘Global Heartbeat’ a positive review, stating "Their stature has grown, along with a deep sense of history and what activism means"

At the suggestion of the most recent reviewer, I have also added these sources here for clarification.

Please note there are further citations to sources in major news publications: UK newspapers The Guardian, Telegraph etc, in subsequent parts of the draft article. Euaanmill (talk) 09:08, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Full text of Global Heartbeat review, Rock n Reel, July/August 2017 as cited in the Draft article
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE PORTRAITS **** Global Heartbeat (SENSORY PULSE) www.theportraits.com The last time I reviewed a Portraits album it led to a civilised correspondence about our separate work — with admissions, on both sides, that there was more graft to be done. Listening to Global Heartbeat, their seventh studio recording, it's clear, on their behalf, the labour has been put in, their stature has grown, along with a deep sense of history and what activism means: in songwriters particularly, the capacity to focus on a specific narrative and subtly draw from it germane conclusions. The notes here are copious, well-written and yet clearly in service of the songs themselves; they make compulsive reading. An instant reaction to Jo Cox's murder during the Referendum campaign, 'Nobody Can Ever Murder Love', may initially sound naive, but it's a pertinent reaction from a band that has strong links across the Channel, which mean they can sing equally convincingly in French as English: performances in Europe are met with equal acclaim. Since the targets of their political lyrics range from Burma to Blackshear, they represent a truly international brigade... Suffice to say the music itself shares this committed and effective ethos, yet, as before, remains easy on the ear. Congratulations are in order. Nick Burbridge • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Global Heartbeat, The Portraits, review in Rock n Reel magazine, July/August 2017 Euaanmill (talk) 08:32, 22 April 2023 (UTC)