Remembering the real Marianne Faithfull
The singer who embodied the Swinging Sixties in her youth gained a power in her later years that suited her better.
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Jude Rogers
Jude Rogers is the author of “The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives” (White Rabbit)
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