some of it was true!

We’ve all thought this at some point, I’m sure:

After being ’discovered’ by The Rolling Stones’ guru, Andrew Loog Oldham, and touted as ‘the new Marianne Faithful’ or the ‘female Bob Dylan’ in the 60s, Vashti Bunyan retreated from public view.  Yet her album Just Another Diamond Day accrued a cult popularity as a sort of lost English folk classic, such were its mystical violins and wacky sentiments.  The album was re-released in the 90s, and Vashti became an icon to the likes of  The Cocteau Twins’ and Devendra Banhart.  She’s announced a short tour in the Spring, including a Sunday 11 April gig at Union Chapel, and is also playing January’s ‘Way To Blue’ series of concerts, celebrating Nick Drake’s legacy (Friday 22 January at the Barbican).  You’ll be captivated.

Thanks to Sixty at Fat Cat for alerting me to this.