It’s been quite the week for Hannah Reid: a hospital visit, a trip to Abu Dhabi for a one-off gig with her band London Grammar, and an appearance on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour that “terrified” her. “I just felt so ill-equipped!” she says, laughing about her appointment at the BBC. “I don’t even know what I said. What did I say?”
Well, quite a lot. About how motherhood (she gave birth to son Josh 18 months ago) had helped cure her crippling stage fright. How she “built a career off vulnerability” in the songs she co-writes for a trio beloved for Reid’s transcendent vocals and their atmospheric, electronic soul. About how she and her bandmates have curated a strong female line-up for their day at next month’s new Lido festival in Victoria Park.
