LIVE: Laura Marling – 24/10/2011
- MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER - The video openings to latest (and extraordinary) single ‘Sophia’ and debut EP opener ‘New Romantic’ are identical: Laura Marling, sitting on a chair, singing about her love life with an eloquence and directness that act like a direct channel between you and her. The differences are more interesting than the similarities. In ‘New Romantic’ Marling is a lost teenager, searching for answers and at the... Read More
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
LIVE: LAURA MARLING – 03/11/2009
- TOWN HALL, MANCHESTER - Rumour has it that Laura Marling was paid just £200 a show for the honour of supporting Daniel Johnston on his current tour, and this does not even take into account that she is paying for her own crew and transport. I can’t help but feel that one day someone will do the same thing for the honour of playing with her as she is without doubt the finest young singer songwriter around. She is playing in epic surroundings tonight,... Read More
