New band of the day – No 853: Alex Winston

This quirkysomething American singer stands a better chance than most of breaking the UK thanks to her Anglophile sensibilityHometown: New York.The lineup: Alex Winston (vocals, instruments).The background: If Clare Maguire is the new UK singer-songwriter most likely to do a Florence/Ellie over the next year or so, as we predicted in 2009, then we'd like to make a similar claim for Alex Winston as America's bright hope. Of course, the female artists who have made it big in Britain over the last ...

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