Fresh Gig: Laura at the Literary Festival

Saw Laura Marling at Hay Festival last night. First up got to say a little bit about the festival and how nice it is to live near something like that, it's amusing and kind of wonderful that all these people turn up to a tiny town and wander round reading books and being slightly pretentious. And I mean that in the most flattering way possible, it's just a very lively place to be.
Laura was marvellous, incredible. Her voice is remarkable, it's strength and depth and it's flexibility are astounding, and never used gratuitously, so good is it that the hair on the back of my neck was prickling with excitement throughout. The songs I've posted above where all played last night, including the Neil Young cover (The Needle..), which was one of the first songs she learned to play, and apparently her mum thought she wrote it. Despite it being about heroin. On stage she was charming and witty, and also emotive and open, i think everyone in the room (or tent) felt a connection with her, even when the sound cut out during Goodbye England. Did I want to marry her immediately after the show? Yes I did. Surely there can be no better way of grading the enjoyment received from a gig. She's even a top drawer whistler.