Natalie Merchant | Pop review

The Sage, GatesheadFrom John Peel indie favourite with 10,000 Maniacs to impassioned socio-political crusader, Natalie Merchant's career has undergone many twists. But none, perhaps, quite as curious as this. Absent from the scene since becoming a mother in 2003, the singer explained that she became fascinated with how people down the centuries viewed the experience of childbirth. Thus, she is performing songs from Leave Your Sleep, an album setting (mostly) 19th-century children's poetry to mus...

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