One of the features of iTunes that I like the most is the ability to surf through and see recommendations for artists that are similar to ones I purchase and/or already like. Last week while doing just that, I discovered Laura Marling‘s music. The following two songs are now stuck in my head — I can’t stop them from playing over and over and over again ….

Marling is an 18-year-old English folk-pop singer. This means that she’s another of the British musicians that I’ve recently come to love — I’m starting to wonder if I listen to anything besides British singers! (When I first asked myself that, the first thing that came to mind is that I’ve recently started listening to Annie Lennox’s last CD again, but she obviously doesn’t count since she’s Scottish. Oh well. I guess that just leaves Bishop Allen.)

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