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Music for troubled times
“It’s not a coincidence that the only woman over the age of thirty who is doing majorly well in music today has got a bag on her head,” UK singer-songwriter Paloma Faith says, with more than a hint of anger in her voice.
She is talking, of course, about the publicity-shy Australian singer-songwriter Sia, who Faith collaborated with on her fourth album The Architect, released today.
Paloma faith interview paul ogrady biography
“Sexism is global – it’s not just within the music industry. I just think it’s despicable.”
Faith’s frustration with gender politics in music today was one of the catalysts for an album that is more political in tone than her previous releases.
Back in 2012, Faith told The Guardian that she wanted to write more political songs but she didn’t “feel clued-up enough”, but since then things have changed. “I wanted to write an album that was looking more outward,” she says.
“Because all that women in music seem to sing about now is men hurting them and breaking their hearts. I do