Keeley Forsyth’s debut as a musician is an avant-garde proposition, however: a shivery descendent of Scott Walker’s Tilt, a more unsettling older sister of Aldous Harding’s Designer. Three-and-a-half hours ensue, discussing art, despair, kids and creativity over oat-milk lattes and soup; her joy in her new work is contagious. Her gran, a psychiatric nurse who worked night shifts, was a comforting presence, surrounding Forsyth with songs from musicals and singers such as Doris Day. So did her younger half-brother, the Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher, who won Strictly Coming Dancing in December (of whom she’s “really, really proud”). A live performance is being developed with the film-makers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, who made Nick Cave’s 20,000 Days on Earth.

Source: The Guardian January 09, 2020 16:00 UTC