Anne Briggs

Anne Briggs (born 1944 in Toton, Nottinghamshire) is an English folk singer, active mainly between 1963 and 1973. She sang in folk clubs in Britain and Ireland, recorded for Topic Records and became a source of songs and inspiration for figures of the British folk revival such as Bert Jansch, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson and The Watersons. Anne Briggs left home at 17 to join the Centre 42 tour, and appeared on the Topic album The Iron Muse in 1963 before recording the EP The Hazards of Love. She taught Jansch "Blackwaterside", which he recorded in 1966.