Return of the bedsit disco queen, Tracey Thorn

Tracey Thorn thrilled as one half of Everything But The Girl, and is in Dublin this week to talk about her popstar days and reviving her music career now her kids are grown up, writes Ed Power

TRACEY Thorn has one of the most singular voices in pop — a steely quaver that can simultaneously convey heartache, tenderness and gentle yet unflinching resolve. It’s an instrument that has illuminated the acoustic music of her quasi-defunct band Everything But The Girl and Massive Attack’s 1994 masterpiece ‘Protection’ — and which she now deploys to stunning effect on her new solo LP, Record.