Laura Marling
Date of birth
1st February, 1990
Occupation
Musician
Sex
1st January, 1970
Height
1.71
Laura Marling: Brighton Dome - 19th October 2021
By Andrew Lockwood in Music Reviews on 21 October 2021
In the four-and-a-half years since Laura Marling last toured alone, not only has she given many on-line guitar tutorials but she has also released yet another Mercury Prize nominated album and collaborated with Mike Lindsay on two LUMP albums. Laura has not exactly been taking a break since she toured the incredibly powerful album Semper Femina back in 2017. CoVID19 and lockdown restrictions have done nothing to diminish Marling's creativity or spirit. Besides being one of only a handful of artists that decided to bring forward the release of new material, rather than delay it because of the pandemic, Laura was also a pioneer of on-line concerts, performing most memorably at The Albert Hall and The Union Chapel. Talking about the early release of her last album, Song For Our Daughter, Marling said she hoped "that at the very least (it) might entertain, and at its best, provide some sense of union." It surely did both.
The Voice 2013.Hailing from County Tyrone, the singer lost 90% of her vision after a degenerative childhood disease, yet plays guitar and piano and hopes to someday collaborate with the likes of Adele, Newton Faulkner and Ed Sheeran. The 27 year-old from Northern Ireland beat favourite Leah McFall to sign a £100,000 recording contract. McFall was being coached by The Voice judge and former Black Eyed Peas', Will.i.am, who seemed set on knocking the wind out of the ecstatic winner's sails with an odd, unsportsmanly tweet: "You should feel the audiences vibration in the room tonight after the public's vote... its unexplainable... so sad... perplexed." According to Yahoo!'s omg!, Begley was personally congratulated by the American singer and producer after the gig, saying she has "no hard feelings."
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