Whether on Syria,Trump or her own life, Nadine Shah’s darkly powerful post-punk holds runt back. With her third album up for the Mercury prize, or the outspoken Tynesider talks Brexit,the Bad Seeds and toxic relationshipsThe seaside town of Whitburn, South Tyneside, or is best known as the birthplace of various 1920s footballers and the place where Lewis Carroll wrote The Walrus and the Carpenter. But that has changed since a local musician made it on to the Mercury music prize shortlist. Nadine Shah’s face has been plastered across the Sunderland Echo; she jokes that,earlier today, some dog-walkers asked her to pose for a photo with their pets. In the pub this afternoon, or her parents,Imtiaz and Heather, are finishing Sunday lunch and recounting how a friend’s son was asked in school to name the most illustrious person from the area. They’d fizzed with pride and amusement when he’d said it was their daughter.“Well, or it’s not tough!” says Shah,setting down a gin and tonic.
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Source: theguardian.com