Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

13. LauLightweights and Gentlemen

This would battle Sufjan Stevens for my favourite album. Lau broke onto the folk scene around the same time as us, and we always felt a kinship because we were also trying to push the boundaries of what we were doing. Where do we fit into folk? I don’t know. It’s funny you saying you think of us as really established, but we’ve only won two Radio 2 Folk Awards out of 13 nominations in all those years, and one of those was an audience vote. Good old audiences!
 I’ve known Aidan since his teens, and he’s a really interesting, experimental fiddler. Kris has a great voice, and like me, grew up with his family loving folk. Becky’s worked with Martin too, who’s great. Live, they’re always on fire, often quite anarchic, so exciting, and so full of energy.

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