Insightful exploration of song and self-doubt

Non-fiction: Naked at the Albert Hall. The Inside Story of Singing. By Tracey Thorn. Virago €21.40.

Tracey Thorn: ‘I acknowledge that I am a classic introvert who just happened to be born with a singer’s voice’
Tracey Thorn: ‘I acknowledge that I am a classic introvert who just happened to be born with a singer’s voice’

For a woman who has spent most of her decades on this earth as a successful musician, Tracey Thorn does a pretty convincing impression of someone who was born to be a writer.

The former Everything But the Girl vocalist published her first memoir, the enthralling Bedsit Disco Queen back in 2013. She also writes ...