Tom Dunne: Four female artists who are having a moment 

We seem to be blessed with a particularly talented crop of women artists at the moment. Here are a few who've caught my ear in recent weeks 

Clockwise from top left: Alynda Lee Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff; Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief; Nadine Shah; and Katie Crutchfield aka Waxahatchee. Pictures: Getty Images

Without wishing to see this descend into a “sisters are doing it for themselves” type cliché fest, particular as some of these “sisters” no longer identify as such, I will say this: Some serious female talent coming across my desk these days.

But there is something else I can’t help but notice: how often many of these writers have what you might call an interesting background.