Under the Radar

AMANDA PALMER

Ray Lego

Amanda Palmer doesn’t have a lot of time to talk. Having spent the day rehearsing at London’s Royal Albert Hall for a special David Bowie tribute concert alongside Anna Calvi, John Cale, and Marc Almond, which will be broadcast across the country by the BBC, the artist also known for being half of the outlandish cabaret/performance art duo The Dresden Dolls is moments away from enjoying a nice quiet dinner with her husband, acclaimed author Neil Gaiman, and infant son. Palmer’s family, strangely enough, is what wholly inspired her newest record, You Got Me Singing , an album of covers

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