Sunday, November 7th, 2010

"The Wrote & The Writ"

Laura Marling covers Johnny Flynn

Photo By Frank YangFrank YangI’ve not milked many show reviews more than I have the Johnny Flynn/Laura Marling/Mumford & Sons one at The Rivoli circa October 2008 – as recently as yesterday – and here I go again. But only for a photo and context.

When artists are on the road together and guesting in each others sets, it’s only natural that you’d know each others’ songs almost as well as you know your own, so for Laura Marling to be able to knock off one of Johnny Flynn’s songs like it was her own should surprise no one. I’m not certain when this recording dates from, but I suspect it’s around the same time as this one wherein she did one of Mumford & Sons’ tunes for NPR.

Marling continues her cover-friendly ways this week with the release of a limited-edition 7″ for Jack White’s Third Man Records featuring redos of tunes by Jackson C Frank and Neil Young. She recently announced she wouldn’t be releasing a follow-up to I Speak Because I Can in 2010 after all, instead shelving said record in favour of a new one that would be out next year. Johnny Flynn’s second album Been Listening came out in North America last month and he’s conducting a North American tour to promote – look for him next Sunday at Lee’s Palace in Toronto.

Laura Marling’s year is summed up in the just-released video, Laura Marling: A Short Film.

MP3: Laura Marling – “The Wrote & The Writ”
Video: Laura Marling – “The Wrote & The Writ”
Video: Johnny Flynn – “The Wrote & The Writ” (live on Le Blogotheque)

By : Frank Yang at 10:03 am
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