I listen to Pandora when my regular jazz station isn't playing the type of music I like. About a week ago, I was listening to my "folk and some rock" station that I created and a song came on by a singer I'd never heard of: Anne Briggs.
From the pandora site:
"...she was the single most important influence on a group of female British folksingers that includes Sandy Denny, Maddy Prior, June Tabor, and Linda Thompson." and "..Briggs had a problem with recording her singing -- she hated doing it and hated the way she sounded, so much so that she retired from music, three years shy of 30, already touted as the greatest legend in English folk music."
For more information about her check out Anne Briggs. I was so impressed by the one song I heard that I ordered A Collection from amazon. She had a gorgeous voice--I'd love to know what it sounds like now. You can listen to samples on amazon.
Here's an interview with her in 2007
Gone But Not Forgotten
From the pandora site:
"...she was the single most important influence on a group of female British folksingers that includes Sandy Denny, Maddy Prior, June Tabor, and Linda Thompson." and "..Briggs had a problem with recording her singing -- she hated doing it and hated the way she sounded, so much so that she retired from music, three years shy of 30, already touted as the greatest legend in English folk music."
For more information about her check out Anne Briggs. I was so impressed by the one song I heard that I ordered A Collection from amazon. She had a gorgeous voice--I'd love to know what it sounds like now. You can listen to samples on amazon.
Here's an interview with her in 2007
Gone But Not Forgotten
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