New band of the day – Jodie Marie (No 1,194)

Here's proof that the way to reach the big time involves being on good terms with B&B proprietorsHometown: Narberth, Wales.The lineup: Jodie Marie (vocals, guitar).The background: She was only a coal miner's daughter – oops, sorry, no, that was Loretta Lynn. No, Jodie Marie's old man was a plumber, a fact trotted out regularly in early press about her, as though to affirm this mainly acoustic, country-tinged singer-songwriter's authentic po'-girl credentials, her rootsy realness, the antithesi...

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