There’s a scene in Netflix’s “ Too Much ” in which the heroine, an American transplant in London, listens to a playlist curated by her new British paramour. (Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe star as avatars of the show’s creators, the writer-director Lena Dunham and her husband, the musician Luis Felber.) A lover reveals himself by sharing what he loves. When Cate Le Bon’s 2013 ballad “Are You with Me Now?” began to play, I was as gratified as if I’d written the song myself. The track, breathy and earnest, is a particular favorite of mine, a tune that’s at once yearning and reassuring, perfect for a show about the comfort of old-fashioned romance.
Le Bon, a stage name for the forty-two-year-old Welsh musician Cate Timothy , has released a half-dozen solo albums in the past sixteen ye