Hakim: AND THE MACHINE

Howling or whispering her way between folk and punk - with quirky, arty

pop flourishes in between - Florence Welch is the beautiful, flame-haired

nutter who just won the Brits' Critics Choice Award. Catch her live before she releases her debut album later this year, which she says sounds a bit like. ‘a choir, a harp, some metal chains and a piano all put through a car

crusher, then hit with wooden planks really hard.‘ But in a good way.

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