Episode 184: Laura Marling

“Song for Our Daughter”

 

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Laura Marling is a singer and songwriter from London. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist—she’s been nominated five times for that, along with the Mercury Prize, and the Grammy for Best Folk Album. Since 2008, she’s released seven albums. The most recent album is called Song for Our Daughter. It’s also the name of the song that she takes apart in this episode.

You can buy or stream “Song for Our Daughter” here.

Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

footnotes
Letter to My Daughter – Maya Angelou
Lucretia
Robertson Davies
Rob Moose – string arrangements