Analysis Paralysis

Laura Marling, Strange Girls and songs for Daughters


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The AP team rifle around through the latest record 'Song for our Daughter' by British musician Laura Marling.


A more subtle, minimal series of compositions from Marling has the team wondering about the role of folk music, the importance of narratives in music that are penned by women for women and the enduring nature of the 'manic pixie dream girl' in popular culture.

Extra reading:

NPR interview
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/11/832052963/laura-marling-on-maya-angelou-and-arming-a-younger-generation-of-women

Guardian Q&A
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/live/2020/apr/24/laura-marling-webchat-post-your-questions-now

 

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