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Polly Jean Harvey - colour pencil portrait - faber castell polychromos and derwent artist pencils on 160gsm 29 x 20cm sketch card. Reference Photo Matt Beard - www.mattbeard.com

Polly Jean Harvey singer-songwriter, composer, poet and artist, born in Dorset in England. Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist and saxophone player. The band's frontman, John Parish , became a long-term collaborator. In 1991, her professional career began. The trio released two studio albums, Dry (1992) and Rid of Me (1993) (produced by Steve Albini), before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further six studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including John Parish, former band mate Rob Ellis , Mick Harvey , Eric Drew Feldman , Bjork, Josh Homme, Sparklehorse.

Among the accolades she has received are the 2001 and 2011 Mercury Prize for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) and Let England Shake (2011) respectively—the only artist to have been awarded the prize twice—eight BRIT Award nominations, six Grammy Award nominations and two further Mercury Prize nominations. Rolling Stone awarded her 1992's Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995's Artist of the Year, and listed Rid of Me, To Bring You My Love (1995) and Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. In 2011, she was awarded for Outstanding Contribution To Music at the NME Awards . In June 2013, she was awarded an MBE for services to music. - Wikipedia

PJ Harvey has to be my favorite musician song writer, not many people have such powerful poetic lyrics. I love her albums 'Dry' and is this desire, but top of my list, arguably her best to date, would have to be Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. Memphis another great track I love, a tribute to her personal friend Jeff Buckley, - check out www.youtube.com/watch?v=STxXS5…

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Polly Jean Harvey - colour pencil portrait - faber castell polychromos and derwent artist pencils on 160gsm 29 x 20cm sketch card. Reference Photo Matt Beard - www.mattbeard.com

Polly Jean Harvey singer-songwriter, composer, poet and artist, born in Dorset in England. Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist and saxophone player. The band's frontman, John Parish , became a long-term collaborator. In 1991, her professional career began. The trio released two studio albums, Dry (1992) and Rid of Me (1993) (produced by Steve Albini), before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further six studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including John Parish, former band mate Rob Ellis , Mick Harvey , Eric Drew Feldman , Bjork, Josh Homme, Sparklehorse.

Among the accolades she has received are the 2001 and 2011 Mercury Prize for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) and Let England Shake (2011) respectively—the only artist to have been awarded the prize twice—eight BRIT Award nominations, six Grammy Award nominations and two further Mercury Prize nominations. Rolling Stone awarded her 1992's Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995's Artist of the Year, and listed Rid of Me, To Bring You My Love (1995) and Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. In 2011, she was awarded for Outstanding Contribution To Music at the NME Awards . In June 2013, she was awarded an MBE for services to music. - Wikipedia

PJ Harvey has to be my favorite musician song writer, not many people have such powerful poetic lyrics. I love her albums 'Dry' and is this desire, but top of my list, arguably her best to date, would have to be Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. Memphis another great track I love, a tribute to her personal friend Jeff Buckley, - check out www.youtube.com/watch?v=STxXS5…