The Staves – review

The Cluny, Newcastle"This is the fifth date of the tour and we're still alive and healthy," grins Emily Staveley-Taylor, 29, the eldest of the Staves. "That's the kind of rock'n'roll band we are." The audience chuckle at the apparent irony. The sisters' two EPs (Mexico and the recent The Motherlode) suggest folk's answer to the Brontës, three demure, romantic women unlikely to pursue traditional rock antics. However, on stage they're three Watford sisters who bicker wonderfully, and talk mischi...

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