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Anne Patricia Briggs (born 1944), known as Anne Briggs, is an English folk singer. Although she travelled widely, in the 1960s and early 1970s, appearing at folk clubs and venues in England and Ireland, she never aspired to commercial success or to achieve widespread public acknowledgement of her music. However, she was a highly influential figure in the English folk music revival, being a source of songs and musical inspiration for others such as A.L. Lloyd, Bert Jansch, The Watersons, June Tabor, Sandy Denny and Maddy Prior.
[Comment: Jansch was her contemporary. Lloyd, a pioneer of modern folk music and a patron of hers, was a source for many of Anne’s songs. It’s not quite right to call her an English folksinger. She grow up in Nottingham, it’s true, but she was an orphan and reckoned at least part of her stock was Irish. She was on her own well before she was 20, and later on travelled with a tinker band in Ireland for several years in the 70’s. Her voice was pure and true and remarkably supple. Perhaps her greatest contribution was to sing the songs of womens’ experience, and this became a a great inspiration for the next generations. She sang from the heart of the tradition, she loved dogs and hunting and their songs, and she had a knack for setting the original heart of each song free.]
Early in 1973 she recorded a third solo album “Sing a Song For You” with instrumental support from “Ragged Robin”, who were a folk-rock band assembled around Steve Ashley.
[Comment: Jansch was her contemporary. Lloyd, a pioneer of modern folk music and a patron of hers, was a source for many of Anne’s songs. It’s not quite right to call her an English folksinger. She grow up in Nottingham, it’s true, but she was an orphan and reckoned at least part of her stock was Irish. She was on her own well before she was 20, and later on travelled with a tinker band in Ireland for several years in the 70’s. Her voice was pure and true and remarkably supple. Perhaps her greatest contribution was to sing the songs of womens’ experience, and this became a a great inspiration for the next generations. She sang from the heart of the tradition, she loved dogs and hunting and their songs, and she had a knack for setting the original heart of each song free.]
Early in 1973 she recorded a third solo album “Sing a Song For You” with instrumental support from “Ragged Robin”, who were a folk-rock band assembled around Steve Ashley.
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stupidstuff wrote:
I've just heard one half of one album, so maybe my view will change with time, but this is some seriously beautiful music.
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quintone5 wrote:
A voice that matches Sandy Denny's in my humble opinion
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mozzmozz wrote:
sadly there was so much folk creativity in the late 60s that her pure voice did not get heard enough, and her quiet retiring nature - like Nick Drake's - prevented her from becoming more widely known at the time.
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magicinmyeyes wrote:
What an exquisite voice.
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diegocneri wrote:
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derring-do wrote:
She's extraordinary, isn't she? Alexis Petridis did an interesting interview with her in 2007: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/aug/03/folk.shopping1
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birdsnplums wrote:
I cannot get used to her voice yet, I don't like it very much. But it will come. When I first heard Vashti Bunyan I also thought that I hate her voice, and now that she is one of my favourite musicians I say: What was I thinking?!
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ziggystarbucks wrote:
her version of Willie O'Winsbury is stunning
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fergalmc wrote:
Anne Briggs + Johnny Moynihan + Dog and 2 Bouzoukis on the road in Ireland
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cbmckusick wrote:
God, she is amazing. I wish she were more widely-known. Bless Anne Briggs!
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RottenFlowers wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Fox+In+Dangerland
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ElBandido wrote:
Word. She looks really beautiful in those pictures. And what great music...
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rottmadgers wrote:
@stellarumvox, I would like to meet your cousin Helena.
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razzmatazzle wrote:
Is it just me, or is Anne Briggs really hot? (3)
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stellarumvox wrote:
She looks like my cousin Helena
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MorrisTheFucker wrote:
Is it just me, or is Anne Briggs really hot? (2)
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vern0n wrote:
aint she scrummy
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evanmbk wrote:
so beautiful
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BakkyBoo wrote:
the most amazing voice i've ever heard
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Rosainaziara wrote:
What a voice. I must have heard dozens of versions of Lowlands. I heard hers 10 minutes ago and I've still got goosebumps.
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