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Laura Marling

Birth : 1990-02-01, Berkshire, England, UK

History

Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is a British folk singer-songwriter. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards, and was nominated for the same award at the 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 Brit Awards. Born in Berkshire in southern England, Marling joined her older sisters in London at 16, to pursue a career in music. She played with a number of groups, and released her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim in 2008. Her first album, her second album I Speak Because I Can, her fourth album Once I Was an Eagle, and her seventh album Song for Our Daughter were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008, 2010, 2013, and 2020 respectively. Her sixth record, Semper Femina, was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Folk Album category.

Movies

Barista

A man in a coffee shop asks the barista if she ever thinks about him.

When Brave Bird Saved

When Brave Bird Saved

Music

'When Brave Bird Saved' is an introduction to a visual journey directly inspired, informed, and narrated by the first four tracks of 'Once I Was An Eagle.'

When Brave Bird Saved

When Brave Bird Saved

Herself

'When Brave Bird Saved' is an introduction to a visual journey directly inspired, informed, and narrated by the first four tracks of 'Once I Was An Eagle.'

Woman Driver: The Musical

Woman Driver: The Musical

Woman

A dreamer in a school bus picks up a mysterious young woman on a stretch of open desert road -- but are they going the same direction?

Woman Driver: The Musical

Woman Driver: The Musical

Writer

A dreamer in a school bus picks up a mysterious young woman on a stretch of open desert road -- but are they going the same direction?

Acoustic At The BBC

Acoustic At The BBC

Self

A journey through some of the finest moments of acoustic guitar performances from the BBC archives, from Jimmy Page's television debut in 1958 to Noel Gallagher and Biffy Clyro.

From The Basement

From The Basement

Self

First DVD release from this refreshingly basic UK music programme puts the music in the foreground with an impressive role call of acts. With sparse production and no filler (no host, no audience, just artist centre stage), From The Basement's eclectic line-up reads like a contemporary alternative who's who; The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Albert Hammond Jr., The Shins, Beck, Damien Rice, José González, Super Furry Animals, Eels, and more.