North & South

Girls to the Front

NADIA REID is about to play a sold-out concert at a church in Kenilworth, a small town a short drive from Coventry, in England’s West Midlands.

One group bemuses her. A dozen or so men and women have the worldly, slightly weather-beaten look you’d be more likely to associate with Metallica, rather than people waiting for a female folk singer to perform. Her performance is well received, and, as she usually does, Reid waits to sign albums and talk to fans.

Two years later, over green tea in a cafe next to Dunedin’s art gallery, Reid recalls what happened next. “This one

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