biography
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| female
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| (1908–75)
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| biography:
| Folk singer, born in Aberdeen, NE Scotland, UK. She was virtually unknown beyond the NE of Scotland until discovered in 1953 by Scottish folklorist Hamish Henderson (1919– ). Her huge repertoire of classic traditional ballads and other songs, together with her powerful and magnetic singing style, exerted a profound influence on the folk-music revival. Although she lived most of her life in Aberdeen, she belonged to the ‘travelling folk’, whose music was passed down orally from generation to generation, and she represented an important link with this ancient culture. |
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