ALBUM: Laura Marling: I Speak Because I Can
Laura Marling’s first album, “Alas I Cannot Swim” was an impossibly brilliant debut. Released just after she turned 18 her lyrics combined a delicate shyness with a world-weary maturity that spoke of things with a level of understanding that few people reach in their lifetime, let alone while they are still in their teens. The words were simultaneously poetic and simple, her half spoken, gently enunciating voice seemed to whisper straight into... Read More
ALBUM: Corinne Bailey Rae -The Sea
One thing that struck me when watching the Brits is how much of this awful pop-pap-r&b gunk we are spoon fed is not so much sung as shouted by whatever latest overdressed, overhyped bint some major has so delightfully delivered unto us. And then you putThe Sea into your CD player, hit play, and you realise there is hope, there is another way… that people are still prepared to use delicacy in a vocal, atmosphere to convey mood and feeling,... Read More
