In Praise of … PJ Harvey | Editorial

Her songs always conjure up a taut, ascetic soundscape from which her strikingly true tones riseShe's been around for long enough to have inspired the long-lamented Kurt Cobain, but PJ Harvey has survived and thrived to beat the youthful likes of Katy B to this year's Mercury prize. Keeping favour in the fickle music world requires restless reinvention, and Harvey is blessed with an almost Dylan-like capacity for that: on a first listen Dry, White Chalk and this year's Let England Shake have suc...

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