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Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
I first heard this track on a covermount CD from one of the music magazines – can’t remember which one – but it worked, in that I bought the album. Again and again it’s the piano that gets me: starting at 2:22, counter to the vocal, and stronger again at 3:24. Maybe it’s because I can’t play the piano, and always wanted to, that it’s so often the piano that I hear.
Following the release of her final album Heartleap last month, the folk singer-songwriter delves into her favourite records to pick particular moments of music that have stuck with her, from Beethoven to Brandy & Monica stopping by JJ Cale, Talking Heads and Bill Callahan on the way
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