A self confessed slightly awkward stage presence between songs; quickly vanishes as each song quickly swept the intimate audience into silence. Marika has a very strong and seemingly effortless tone to her voice which is interesting and soothing. I would absolutely love to see her accompanied by a band!
There was a real sense of early Laura Marling performances about her.
She got a well deserved encore, but declared that she had no more songs and would learn some more.
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Certainly an artist I'll be keeping an eye on and seeing again very soon...