Music picks of the week

Laura Marling, BelfastThough only 20 years old, Laura Marling has already developed a pretty robust identity: she is the femme fatale of indie folk, a top 10 recording artist, and arguably the person responsible for the arrival of new albums by the Cranberries and Suzanne Vega. This, after all, is the gentle, melodic and acoustic music the singer has lately rejuvenated. Wavering of voice, and increasingly acute of observation, Marling's songs can be said to be folk only in the same way that sala...

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