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Organza and feather dress,£5,200, ValentinoAJ HaynesAs a child, AJ Haynes sang in thegospel choir of her Baptist church inColumbia, Louisiana (population:384), and locked herself in herbedroom to play Billie Holiday onrepeat. More than a decade later, herown music as the frontwoman ofSouthern band the Seratones hasmore of an edge – think garage-rocktunes infused with soul power – butthe 30-year-old has never forgottenher roots. “A lot of punk gigs remindme of Baptist sermons – plenty ofrighteous indignation followed bycatharsis,” she laughs.