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Elbow's Guy Garvey reveals how New York – and its cab-drivers – revitalised both him and his songwriting

Andy Gill, The Independent, 26 February 2014

WHEN GUY GARVEY split from his long-time partner Emma Unsworth, he had to get away. Far away. The genial, bear-like singer knew he needed a new environment in which to navigate the new emotional terrain opening up before him.

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