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I don't know if she sings out in public much but if she does you should go and witness it. a remarkable lyricist and most of all someone who will join forces with you (the audience) to make you and her one in song, your identity becomes the song, shared with her. the recordings are strong but even looking for live performances on youtube are shed and holders above anything from a recording studio.it's like (and I'm not saying it is, just saying it's like) she can't wait to leave her body and leap up and out into musical existence.
Sep 8, 2023
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Somewhere between the ornate quietude of Nick Drake circa "Bryter Later" and Joni Mitchell's pre-jazz period lies the music of the amazing Laura Marling.
I saw her tonight here in London at an old church now converted to a performance venue, in front of a partisan crowd who knew every lyrical twist of every tune.
She is a veritable triple threat:
* Gorgeous voice
* Incredible guitarist, right up there technically with English folkies like John Renbourn and Bert Jansch
* Songwriter par excellence, with melodic gifts and lyrical wit/panache to spare.
Her latest album, "Patterns In Repeat," is a love letter to motherhood (Marling is a new mom) and a grower in the very best sense of the word.
Tonight she was joined after an initial solo set (marked by a remarkable fourteen minute opening medley of songs from 2013: "Take the Night Off/I Was An Eagle/You Know/Breathe") by a string quartet, her regular bassist, and the Hackney Deep Throat Choir, which added incredible color and layers to her new songs.
It's so rare that you get to spend an evening in a church with a musician who is both technically dazzling and emotionally earth-shaking, someone capable of drawing gasps one moment and tears the next.
Laura Marling is that kind of artist. IYDKNYK.
Nov 2, 2024
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she is truly a visionary! i hope she gains a lot of hype this year, her lyricism and vocals are unmatched
Jan 15, 2025
Inventive and dreamy harpist. I’m blessed to have recently seen her perform at an intimate venue at the rec of another pi.fyi’er. Not an artist to ever miss! I’m still reeling.
Aug 16, 2024
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get in the ocean where and when there are waves and improvise. your pains will go away, physical and existential. if the surf is high, wear fins.
Sep 8, 2023
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Superiority Burger is a restaurant in NYC right across the street from Thompson Square Park and the creative force behind the foodstuffs served there is Brooks Headly, who can feed you nutritiously but seems to thrive on super-charging your sweet tooth like really nobody's business. for NY, it's affordable, but you should go with a little extra money so that you may try everything on the menu. it's pretty fairly completely vegetarian and even heaps vegan. it's a big reality in a tiny universe.
Sep 8, 2023
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if you've heard this compilation, you know and don't have to read any further. it gets the job done. it's an ultimate. you can't stop listening and don't have to. you shouldn't. every time you play any song here, a baby somewhere stops crying.
Sep 8, 2023