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Paul Heaton

Dan Gennoe, Red, 2004

"I'M A BIG FAN of black comedy," says Paul Heaton of the Beautiful South's latest album Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs, a collection of cover versions with a twist. "It was a perfect opportunity to ruin songs we liked and turn songs we didn't into masterpieces."

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