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10,000 Maniacs: Dingwalls, London

Chris Roberts, Sounds, 20 April 1985

IT IS NOT generally known that the Sea Witch behind the last whirlpool in the north, who died for love, had a younger sister, and here she is now. She is singing funny little songs from LA, wherein the I Ching encounters real human conflict. She is backed rather than accompanied by five rather unspectacular folk-rock musicians, and dances much better than she did on the telly.

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