Nadine Shah/A Little Orchestra/Landshapes/The Pastels

Nadine Shah - Dreary TownYou know those soul and jazz-influenced female singers that are all over the style magazines at the moment? Shah's a bit like them but better. A part-Norwegian and Pakistani former gospel singer from the village of Whitburn (near Sunderland) her circling, wracked piano-pounding dramatics found a sympathetic production ear in Ben Hillier to complement her richly descriptive vocal tone and have emerged a little bit Harvey, a little Holiday and a little Walker. Plenty of go...

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