![]() ![]() “When I first started playing, I thought I should be noodling over everything,” she laughs. But restraint is something she’s had to learn over time, after first suppressing an instinct shared by guitarists the world over. By the time Nathan and her friends were busily honing their craft in the adjacent rehearsal rooms, acts like Oasis, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bob Dylan were headlining the main room.Īs such, Nathan’s guitar work on Here Is Everything feels like part of the very fabric of the songs, with plenty of echoes of Jackson’s vocal melodies that blend in seamlessly. In fact, her very first band even rehearsed at The Roundhouse – the legendary Camden venue which had its walls shaken by the likes of The Doors, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix back in the 1960s. I grew up near Camden, so there was a lot of music around, which I’m so grateful for.” “I don’t know if I necessarily thought about it, but now I recognize that being able to go and see bands was big. “I was probably spoiled for gigs because every band comes here,” she explains. ![]() That definitely influenced me.”Ī native Londoner, Nathan’s burgeoning style was also influenced by coming of age amidst one of the most vibrant indie scenes on the planet. On Hotel California we’d always sing along with the solo – the one that’s like 10 minutes long. ![]() We listened to a lot of Motown, but also the Eagles, Joni Mitchell and Jefferson Airplane. She reminisces: “My mum loves guitar music. Like many, her earliest musical memories were shaped by parental tastes and listening to mixed CDs on repeat on every car journey. ![]()
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