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It only takes three songs before every seat in the Palais is hastily abandoned

· By Michael Dwyer, Bridget Davies
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There’s more grey hair out here now and more confidence on stage. It’s as if the stasis anxiety in Barnett’s songs is exorcised in the act of simply doing what she does.

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