LAURA MARLING takes a break from recording her new album to make a
close-nit relationship with the Blissfields crowd. Ian Easton got her thoughts on her much anticipated headline slot.
From Laura Marling’s perspective, could 2009 possibly top 2008? A year that served up a Mercury Award nomination and a cracking debut album that succeeded in shooting her to the forefront of the folk media spotlight? Well, with the recording of her new album underway, the current darling and alpha female of the English folk resurgence is setting her sights even higher it may seem. Yet in the midst of all the limelight, she remains humble – an attribute that aided her rise to fame in the first place.
Whilst being very excited about her headline slot at Blissfields, LM concedes that she is not one for attending festivals herself, ‘I have to admit that I would never go to a festival by choice, they absolutely terrify me!’ she laughs, when I asked if she is attending any festivals as a fan. Saying that, she is excited about the crowd atmosphere at Blissfields, ‘It’s funny for me because I have to strain quite a lot to be heard. I have to shout a lot louder and play the guitar a lot harder, so it’s a little different. Although its worth adjusting to I think, for the benefit of playing to lots of people from around the country all at once.’
Off the back of a recent European tour with Andrew Bird and his band, the endearing-and-wise-beyond-her-years Miss Marling has set aside time from a schedule of recording, nitting and reading P.G Wodehouse books for this special headline slot. Sure to showcase some new songs from her as yet untitled new album, Laura Marling is set to enchant us with the darkly humourous songwriting style that was fundamental in her rise as the current ‘queen of folk’. This one’s a keeper.
Laura Marlng is on stage at 9.30pm on Friday night.
Her latest album Alas, I Cannot Swim is out now. Buy it from her website www.lauramarling.com
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