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Fotheringay
Fotheringay
British folk rock band
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Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
British folk rock group
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Matthews Southern Comfort
Matthews Southern Comfort
British country rock band formed in 1970
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Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews
English musician and songwriter
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Eclection
Eclection
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Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
British recording artist; singer, songwriter, guitarist
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Linda Thompson
Linda Thompson
British singer
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Simon Nicol
Simon Nicol
singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from England
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Strawbs
Strawbs
English rock band
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Dave Swarbrick
Dave Swarbrick
English folk musician and singer-songwriter
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Gerry Conway
Gerry Conway
English folk and rock drummer/percussionist
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Dave Pegg
Dave Pegg
English bassist, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
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Jackson C. Frank
Jackson C. Frank
American musician
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Anne Briggs
Anne Briggs
British singer
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Nancy Kerr
Nancy Kerr
British singer
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June Tabor
June Tabor
British singer
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Barbara Manning
Barbara Manning
American musician
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Jerry Donahue
Jerry Donahue
American musician
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Trees
Trees
folk band
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Gallagher and Lyle
Gallagher and Lyle
Scottish musical duo
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Marc Brierley
Marc Brierley
English singer-songwriter
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Ralph McTell
Ralph McTell
English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player
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Vashti Bunyan
Vashti Bunyan
English singer-songwriter
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Norma Waterson
Norma Waterson
English folk musician
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Bridget St John
Bridget St John
British singer-songwriter
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Groove Armada
Groove Armada
British band
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Giles, Giles and Fripp
Giles, Giles and Fripp
British rock group
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Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy
English folk musician
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Beverley Martyn
Beverley Martyn
English singer, songwriter and guitarist
Sandy Denny
English singer and songwriter

Sandy Denny

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Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer".

After briefly working with the Strawbs, Denny joined Fairport Convention in 1968, remaining with them until 1969. She formed the short-lived band Fotheringay in 1970, before focusing on a solo career. Between 1971 and 1977, Denny released four solo albums: The North Star Grassman and the Ravens, Sandy, Like an Old Fashioned Waltz and Rendezvous. She also duetted with Robert Plant on "The Battle of Evermore" for Led Zeppelin's album Led Zeppelin IV in 1971. Denny died in 1978 at the age of 31 due to injuries and health issues related to alcohol abuse.

Music publications Uncut and Mojo have described Denny as Britain's finest female singer-songwriter. Her composition "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" has been recorded by Judy Collins, Eva Cassidy, Nina Simone, 10,000 Maniacs and Cat Power. Her recorded work has been the subject of numerous reissues, along with a wealth of previously unreleased material which has appeared over the more than 40 years since her death, most notably including a 19-CD box set which was released in November 2010.