On a balmy Thursday night, I went to worship this icon and witness a celebration of her 45 years in music as the Queen of Lovers Rock, at the Sanctuary (Greenleaf Road Baptist Church) in Walthamstow – a place of congregation and a new music venue enabled by the 2019 Borough of Culture funded Music Halls Project, whose aim is to bring live music the community. They certainly achieved that ambition on this occasion.

Janet Kay: A celebration of the Queen of Lovers Rock — LOUD WOMEN