I saw Laura Marling at Gloucester Cathedral last Tuesday. I've been a fan of hers for a few years, but the gig was incredible! Her first and second album (Alas I Cannot Swim and I Speak Because I Can) were nominated for the UK's highest album prize. Her new album, A Creature I Don't Know, has also been treated to excellent reviews.
Here's my attempt at reviewing the gig
She has said in this month's Q Magazine that Joanna Newsom's Ys is one of the best albums of the past 25 years. She was quoted as saying something along the lines of: "I first listened to Ys, but then discovered MeM. Ys was like reading John Steinbeck's Grapes of Rath before reading Of Mice and Men to sort of ease you in."