Queen of the Night: P.J. Harvey
Lucy O'Brien, Guardian, The, 12 June 1995
SHES TAKING America by storm. Shes very fashionable at the moment. Shes hipper than hip. Thats what Paul McGuinness says; hes the manager of U2 and, for the past year, of PJ Harvey, the rock artist from the rural west country who is moving from cult to mainstream.
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