Laura Marling

When I first heard Laura Marling I made an image in my head of a woman in her thirties, a woman with years of experience in the music business. Her lyrics have a depth that matches the tone of her voice and together they seem to tell a story of a woman who has been through a lot in life.

It turned out that Laura Marling was born in 1990, which means that she was only 18 years old when she released her first album Alas I Cannot Swim. This year, at the age of 21 she released her third album A Creature I Don’t Know and with songs like Sophia and All My Rage (in which, the melodies and her voice reminds me of Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez) she could still fool me had I not seen what she looks like.

 
I have mentioned her first and third album but my personal favourite is her second album I Speak Because I Can. It tells stories with a dark and sullen, but at the same time, sweet, soft and soothing tone.