It is 40 years since Faithfull stormed the British and US music charts with her debut single, As Tears Go By. Four decades have since gone by, but this star has lost none of her vitality, and remains as much a force on today’s scene as she was in the Swinging Sixties. Her fragile voice imbuing her songs, always intense, with force and feeling, Faithfull has managed to stay out of the shadow of the Rolling Stones, despite her inevitable association with them, to find her own path. By way of example, Before the Poison, her latest album.
