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The Newcastle singer-songwriter on working with Ed Harcourt

Kathryn Williams has dabbled increasingly in collaborations, whether with Laura Barnett, last year’s with poet Carol Ann Duffy, or on 2015’s , a celebration of , though, she laughs, “I don’t know if you can count that, as Sylvia Plath couldn’t chip in.” On , she worked with producer Ed Harcourt, who co-wrote two songs on 2013’s and considers her “a true and pure poet”. The feeling’s mutual.

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