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‘I feel as though I’ve been in chains’: the bittersweet life of lovers rock legend Mari’ Pierre
The British-Guyanese singer topped the reggae chart with 1978’s Walk Away, but despite work with Robert Plant and others, she’s rarely returned to the studio. This interview might change that…
A career that promised so much has – despite TV work and successful backing singing gigs with Robert Plant, Donna Summer and Chaka Khan – been one of frustration and thwarted ambition. Love Affair, now enjoying a new reissue for the first time in 30 years, is still considered one of the genre’s high points; Pierre co-wrote several songs to go with Bovell’s tracks and lush production. “I feel that happiness or joy is only for a moment, because you don’t know who’s waiting around the corner to steal that from you.” She also suffers from arthritis, and is going through an emotionally painful, costly, lengthy probate dispute with some family members.
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