Elizabeth Fraser talks Meltdown

Since the Cocteau Twins split 15 years ago, their otherworldly singer has lived a quiet life in Bristol. But in August, as part of Antony Hegarty's Meltdown festival, the one-time darling of the music press will sing her own songs for the first time this century. So what prompted her change of heart?The last time I saw Elizabeth Fraser was in 1984 on the stage of a short-lived Birmingham nightclub called the Powerhaus. I was then 18, and she, fronting her band the Cocteau Twins, was 20. It was,...

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