Music Weekly: Week 31: Laura Marling: "I Speak Because I Can"
I'm not sure whether or not I'd heard of Laura Marling when, a few weeks ago, a colleague pointed out that she was playing a gig in Guildford Cathedral, literally a couple of minutes from where I live, and that tickets went on sale the next morning. I'm always happy to go to a gig on a recommendation, especially if it is just round the corner, but tickets sold out very quickly and I missed out. Oh well, it's not like I was a fan. I am now, though. I picked up the record for week 31 (a couple of weeks ago - I'm a bit behind with listening and blogging), and it turns out to be fantastic. She's a slightly outré folky type, somewhat like Rufus Wainwright, mixing a folky tradition with something else their own. She reminds me in turns of Phil Ochs and KT Tunstall, with music that is sometimes beautiful, sometimes catchy, often both.
Sucks that I didn't get a ticket for her gig, really.
Sucks that I didn't get a ticket for her gig, really.