
I’ve never really been a fan of Sandi Thom; of course I went through the stage where I sang ‘I wish I was a punk rocker…’ for the best part of a year and won’t deny I’ve cried to ‘Lonely Girl’, but other than that I’ve struggled to warm to the Scottish singer.
Listening to her new album, Merchants And Thieves was somewhat of a challenge and an eye opener Surprisingly I found I enjoyed most of the songs and could listen to the album with ease. The song that grabbed me the most is Maggie McCall and I must have listened to it a dozen times or...