First sight: Rumer

An Anglo-Pakistani singer-songwriter in the classic 1970s soft-rock mould of Karen Carpenter and Carole KingWho is she?A singer-songwriter in the classic 1970s soft-rock mould of Karen Carpenter and Carole King. To hear her, you'd never guess she was an Anglo-Pakistani hippy with a complicated history.How complicated, exactly?She was born in Pakistan, the youngest child of an English couple who were working in Islamabad. Once back in the UK, she learned that her father was actually the family's...

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