She liked how it sounded — warm but with an edge, familiar yet with hints of the open road. I started writing on it.”Fans of contemporary English folk-rock will bowled over by the music Stables records as This Is The Kit. Wispy and just the right side of ethereal, she has, across a 12-year career, taken her place alongside Laura Marling and The Unthanks at the top table of acoustic British songwriters. It is a supreme irony that Stables had to move to Paris in order to hone a distinctly British sound. Stables is independent with a vengeance and approaches her life in music as an ongoing adventure rather than a profession.

Source: Irish Examiner January 08, 2018 00:00 UTC