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Rural Alberta Advantage’s ‘Departing’ Is Jaw-droppingly Stunning
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Rural Alberta Advantage’s ‘Departing’ Is Jaw-droppingly Stunning

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Zachary Houle
/ 28 February 2011

With Departing, the Rural Alberta Advantage have delivered a rarity: an album that remarkably stuns,

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