BBtv: Russell Porter with Laura Marling (music)
"Britain is overflowing with new ideas and imagination, especially when it comes to music," says our UK-based music correspondent Russell Porter in today's BBtv episode.
Russell is reporting in from the 2008 edition of the Nationwide Mercury Prize, where up-and-coming artists get a chance at instastardom, alongside established headliners like Radiohead or Coldplay.
After a brief introduction to the history of this prize (about 3:00 minutes in), Russell introduces us to the alt-folksy sounds of 19-year-old British singer-songwriter Laura Marling.
Link to Boing Boing tv blog post with discussion, downloadable video, and instructions on how to subscribe to our daily video podcast.
Below, a beautiful animated video for the song she performs live during our BBtv ep -- "Ghosts," directed by James Copeman. The song appears on Marling's newly released "Alas I Cannot Swim." Her album is offered in a really cool box set with original artwork.
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Only 19! I had no idea she was so young. I've been listening to her for ages; absolutely gorgeous writing, lovely voices.
Ack, $35 at Amazon! She's currently touring the U.S. with Johnny Flynn and the fabulous Mumford and Sons -- if you can catch a show, you can get Alas I Cannot Swim for $10.