PJ Harvey

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Eden Sessions, Cornwall

POLLY HARVEY was on home turf for her comeback show on Friday night. Making her first UK appearance in two years, the internationally acclaimed blues-rock siren launched her latest European mini-tour at Cornwall’s spectacular Eden Project, not far from her Devon home.

Harvey’s stripped-down backing band numbered just two: John Parish on drums, and the multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey — no relation — on loan from her former lover, Nick Cave. From the low, masculine moan of To Bring You My Love onwards, she was electrifying. Prowling the open-air stage in white tunic, bare legs and black boots, the diminutive, unassuming singer seemed transformed into some kind of towering she-devil.

Good Fortune sounded gutsy and booming, its rolling yodel chorus rebounding heartily

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