When Polly Jean Harvey appeared alone on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1993, she had just dissolved her trio. But there she stood, alone with a Fender Telecaster performing the title track to her brilliant second album Rid of Me. As she sang, I’ll make you lick my injuries, American audiences met a […]
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