PJ Harvey wins the Mercury Prize
PJ Harvey won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize on Tuesday.
PJ Harvey won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize on Tuesday, taking home the trophy for this year's Let England Shake. The Yeovil, England songwriter and singer's album about the human cost of war won her the music prize for the second time, beating out Adele, Tinie Tempah, James Blake and Elbow, among others. The last time Harvey won was a decade ago for Stories From The City, Stories from the Sea, when she missed the ceremony on Sept. 11, 2001 because she had a tour date in the U.S.
"It's really good to be here this evening, because when I last won 10 years ago I was in Washington D.C. watching the Pentagon burning from my hotel window. So much has happened since then. This album took me a long time to write. It was very important to me. I wanted to make something meaningful, not just for myself but for other people, and hopefully to make something that would last." "The Words That Maketh Murder," from Let England Shake is below. The BBC report on the ceremony is here.
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