Laura Marling

Laura Marling review – a sumptuous performance, with strings attached

The singer-songwriter’s impressive showcase of her new album is bookended by solo guitar numbers that underline what a class act she is

Kitty Empire

02, Nov, 2024 @2:00 PM

Laura Marling review – gently transcendent songs of motherhood and domesticity

She may confess to impostor syndrome, but these tender studies of the latest stage in her life show a remarkable artist in full bloom

Hannah Ewens

30, Oct, 2024 @12:13 PM

Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat review – a tender love letter to motherhood

Domestic contentment radiates through the singer-songwriter’s eighth album celebrating the circle of life

Lisa Wright

25, Oct, 2024 @10:30 AM

‘Will I just disappear?’ Laura Marling on the ecstasy of motherhood – and why she might quit music

After six Top 10 hits, the singer-songwriter might ‘wind down’ her career at 34 – but not before a stunning new album that celebrates the psychedelic high of parenting

Rachel Aroesti

12, Jul, 2024 @4:00 AM

‘I want people to listen’: songwriter Nina Nastasia on surviving abuse, grief and psychosis

A favourite of John Peel and Laura Marling, Nina Nastasia gave up music as she endured a controlling partner and botched drug therapy – then even greater tragedy struck. After 12 years away, she returns with a tough, beautiful album

Laura Snapes

12, May, 2022 @3:00 PM

The 50 best albums of 2020: the full list

Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive. Taken as a whole, these choices contain drama, solace, poetry and fire, a fitting selection for a turbulent year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

18, Dec, 2020 @8:07 AM

On my radar: Dolly Alderton's cultural highlights

The writer and podcaster on Nick Cave’s sage advice, growing up with Laura Marling and the lure of life-changing noodles

Dolly Alderton

24, Oct, 2020 @2:00 PM

Michael Kiwanuka wins 2020 Mercury prize

Folk-soul singer wins £25,000 prize on third attempt for the album Kiwanuka, described by the Guardian as one of the best albums of the past decade

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

24, Sep, 2020 @6:36 PM

Mercury prize 2020: Stormzy, Dua Lipa and Michael Kiwanuka among nominees

More female artists nominated than any other year, including a fourth nomination for Laura Marling

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

23, Jul, 2020 @10:30 AM

Mercury prize 2020: where are the albums dragged from the fringes?

Yes, it boasts more women, but this year’s list of nominees doesn’t offer much in the way of surprises

Alexis Petridis

23, Jul, 2020 @10:30 AM

Laura Marling live at Union Chapel review: up close and virtual

This taut, live-streamed gig showcased the lone singer-songwriter’s dexterity and reserve to perfection

Kitty Empire

13, Jun, 2020 @1:00 PM

'I loved the weirdness' – can Laura Marling's crowdless gig rescue live music?

The singer played ticketed livestreams from an (almost) empty church to brighten up lockdown. We took up a lonely pew to see if it could match the real thing

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

11, Jun, 2020 @4:19 PM