Widely regarded as “the greatest songwriter of her generation” (Telegraph), Brit Award winner and three-time Mercury nominee Laura Marling makes her Celtic Connections debut in fittingly auspicious style. Tonight’s world premiere sees her fronting the gloriously massed ranks of the ±«Óătv Scottish Symphony Orchestra, in stunning new arrangements of songs from her five-album catalogue.
She’s still only 26, but 2017 marks a decade since Marling first shared her music via MySpace. Ever since, she’s eluded easy labels with the same self-possessed facility that’s steered her many restive shifts in creative approach. Other constants have been Marling’s singularly versatile, starkly beautiful voice, her gift for melody and elliptical yet intensely evocative lyrics, frequently orbiting the ancient theme of female ambivalence about love. The evening will be recorded for future broadcast on ±«Óătv Radio 3.
This event is promoted by Celtic Connections.