Marianne Faithfull. By Patrick Swirc.Depending on the era in which your playlist resides, you know Marianne Faithfull as a beautiful, blonde pop ingenue on the arm of Mick Jagger (60s), a strung-out New Waver with a cigarette hanging from her lips (80s), or a sophisticated chanteuse interpreting the likes of Kurt Weill and Tom Waits (90s). After nearly 50 years, why not put her on shuffle? After kicking drugs and surviving cancer, the 64-year-old, 21st-century Marianne sounds stronger than ever. She’s re-teamed with collaborator Hal Willner—producer of 2008’s Easy Come, Easy Go—for the new Horses and High Heels, her 18th album. It’s a mix of smart covers (the Shangri-La’s “Past, Present, Future”) and searching originals. I rang her while she was enjoying a cup of tea in her Paris home, and discussed politics, kitsch, the sticky Rolling Stones myth, and why it’s wise to always wear Chanel.

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