Michael Hann

A giddy delight: Regina Spektor, at the Royal Festival Hall reviewed

Plus: at the Windmill Brixton a deliciously austere new band who are ungoogleable

Spektor's voice could be an intimate whisper, or a commanding mezzo soprano, and its tone communicated her intent as much as her words
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