Zara McFarlane - Truth and Soul
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Zara McFarlane has emerged as a quietly assured soul-jazz singer, tempering her immaculate technique with an earthy appeal.
Following her MOBO award-nominated 2011 debut, Until Tomorrow, she’s back with her stunning new album, If You Knew Her, which combines nuanced songwriting and a lilting take of Junior Murvin’s ‘Police And Thieves’. She tells Peter Quinn how her Jamaican roots and the fighting spirit of Nina Simone inspire her today
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