Jessica Lea Mayfield – review

Borderline, LondonAt only 21, Ohio's Jessica Lea Mayfield has released two soul-baring albums that have seen her described as a young Lucinda Williams or Stateside Laura Marling, and earned the endorsement of kd lang. Still, this London crowd need convincing, and when Mayfield totters on in black cocktail dress and high heels, it is to a only smattering of cheers. She soon wins them over. Mayfield may resemble a regular pretty girl on a night out, but she sings more like a woman weary from a lif...

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