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To mark the release of her seventh album, Song for Our Daughter, the singer will be answering your questions at midday on Tuesday 28 April
5.32pm BST
While many musicians have pushed back their planned album releases mid-pandemic, others such as Fiona Apple and Charli XCX have recognised that, actually, fans might quite enjoy hearing a familiar voice at this point in time.
Among them is Laura Marling, who released her new album, Song for Our Daughter, in early April, several months ahead of schedule. While it has precisely nothing to do with the coronavirus, it’s an album suited to the potential for self-reflection that this time can offer, finding Marling – the one-time teenage prodigy now 30 years old – assessing her history and landing upon a version of femininity that fits. Continue reading...