What does it sound like when someone who grew up without music becomes a musician?
For British songstress Phildel, who was raised in an abusive home where she was forbidden to listen to music, that hypothetical question is a reality—and its answer is “It would sound pretty cool, actually.”
This Guardian profile goes into more detail about her intensely weird upbringing and the otherworldly music she managed to pry from it.
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