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Album: Josienne Clarke - Onliness. The singular singer-songwriter revisits deep cuts from her catalogue. Album review by Tim Cumming

Fresh perspectives on his quiet revolution... Nestled deep in the furrows of wintertime, insularity becomes the norm as cold air hits the face. In the glacially slow season halfway between the festive period and the dawn of spring, a young but ominous figure drifts in the shadows and deals in icy bouts of harsh introspection. James Blake possesses a soulful, elegiac voice and an innate ability to paint portraits of his state of mind which, ten years ago today, manifested ...