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The Only Goth In The Village: Rachel Goswell's Favourite Albums
Julian Marszalek , August 16th, 2023 08:33

Ahead of their performance at this year’s Green Man festival, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell talks to Julian Marszalek about being the only goth in the village, the enduring power of the voice and why pen pals and fan clubs are beautiful things.

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Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman
I was brought up on folk music. My mum and dad used to frequent folk clubs and my dad used to play banjo in a jazz band. That's how he met my mum, playing at her flatmate’s twenty-first birthday party. And he also used to play sort of a basic folk guitar and he was the one that encouraged me to learn the guitar when I was little, like around seven-years-old. He taught me basic chords and he taught me how to play ‘Sad Lisa’ and ‘Father And Son’, which are on this album.

They're quite easy songs to learn on a guitar and play when you're quite young. And those two songs my dad taught me at a young age, and I just love that record. I think it is a great record with great artwork on the cover as well.