Anne Briggs
England
Born: 29 September 1944
Genres: International, Folk, Pop/Rock, Country, Classical Music
Styles: British Folk, Celtic/British Isles, Traditional Folk, Celtic/British Isles, Singer/Songwriter, Folk/Country Rock, Folk-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk Revival, Folksongs, Opera
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In the annals of pop and folk music, there are few sagas stranger than that of Anne Briggs. An awesomely talented singer of traditional English folk music, possessing of as pure and breathtakingly beautiful a voice as one could hope to have, 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. Even Norma Waterson, herself a hugely important figure in the British folk revival of the mid-'60s, admits to being influenced by Briggs' singing, and ...
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