Nadine Shah (No 1,366)

Her dark tales of lust, loss and vengeance bring to mind Broken English-era Marianne Faithfull and are due belated critical acclaimHometown: WhitburnThe lineup: Nadine Shah (vocals, guitar, piano)The background: Shah is a singer-songwriter of Norwegian and Pakistani parentage from a small coastal village in the north-east of England, but she could just as easily be the result of a steamy union in the capital some time in the early-90s between Polly Harvey and Nick Cave. That's the lineage to whi...

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