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After the birth of her daughter, Laura Marling thought it might be the end of the road for her songwriting career. "I guess I'd been programmed to think parenthood or motherhood was the end of desire, ...

Song for Our Daughter, the title of the British singer-songwriter Laura Marling's 2020 album, was a shrewd prediction. Marling gave birth to a daughter in 2023, and her recently released eighth album, ...

Laura Marling, the British folk songwriter, takes a hushed approach to parenthood on her new album 'Patterns in Repeat.' - Credit: Tasmin Topolski* For the better part of the past decade-and-a-half, ...

For the better part of the past decade-and-a-half, Laura Marling has been releasing albums at a prolific pace, becoming one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters from the British “nu-folk” scene in ...

In order for us to grasp Laura Marling’s new album Patterns in Repeat, we must circle back a bit. Song for Our Daughter — her last album released April 2020 — makes for a perfect starting point. Here, ...

On Oct. 25, critically acclaimed English singer-songwriter and folk artist Laura Marling released her eighth studio album, “Patterns in Repeat.” It is the first project she has released since “Songs ...

The British singer-songwriter Laura Marling signed her first record deal when she was 16 years old. And she knew even then that she wanted to approach the music industry on her terms. Here's what she ...

“I want you to know that I gave it up willingly/ Nothing real was lost in the bringing of you to me,” sings Laura Marling to her baby daughter on Patterns in Repeat. Recorded mostly at the 34-year-old ...

Folk music is in Laura Marling’s blood. The English singer-songwriter’s mother taught music and her father, a guitarist, ran a recording studio and introduced her to his instrument in her first few ...