- Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know (Ribbon Records) Rating: 8 (out of 10)
Laura Marling continues her one-woman folk revival on her latest album.
Although initially the 21year-old singer/songwriter was slotted in with a U.K.
"New Folk" scene (Noah and the Whale, Mumford & Sons) she's been performing out on her own musical highwire for some time now.
Her guitar-based tunes filled with intricate picking and strange tunings wouldn't sound out of place in a Greenwich Village coffeehouse circa 1962. In A Creature I Don't Know Marling stays firmly rooted in the folk tradition. Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell have influenced her style but she is also steeped in English folk music that goes back centuries. You can hear the history in her poetic song stories.
NEW CD RELEASES
Sept. 13
Neon Indian - Era Extrana; Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know; St. Vincent - Strange Mercy; Ladytron - Gravity the Seducer; Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost.
Sept. 27
Bjork - Biophilia; Matthew Sweet - Modern Art; The Bangles - Sweetheart of the Sun; Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams; Wilco - The Whole Love; Mekons - Ancient and Modern; DJ Shadow - The Less You Know, The Better; Oct. 11 Sevara Nazarkhan - Tortadur; Joe Henry - Reverie; Marketa Inglova - Anar; Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire.
Oct. 18
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming; My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind; Shelby Lynne - Revelation Road. Oct. 24 Drake - Take Care.
