Deirdre O'Callaghan
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folk/pop
Sandy Denny was 20 when she wrote "Who Knows Where The Time Goes." So was Nick Drake when he made Five Leaves Left. Certainly — as the U.K. press mentions incessantly in coverage of its Mercury-nominated darling — Laura Marling's lyrical, sophisticated folk belies her tender age, but what's more striking is how deftly it belies our own; how immediately the clear-voiced, troubled-mind laments and darkly rousing ballads on her wintry, elegiac, yet quietly vital sophomore outing I Speak Because I Can (Virgin) hearken back to the aforementioned standard-bearers of classical British folk.
Sat., May 15, 8:30 p.m., $15 with Smoke Fairies and Pete Roe, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 877-435-9849, johnnybrendas.com.