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.
An Introduction To Anne Briggs
2025 stock Anne Briggs was born in Nottinghamshire in 1944 and began singing in local folk clubs in her teens. Her break came through the Centre 42 tour of 1962. This was a distinctly leftist group of artists, writers, actors and musicians whose lofty aim was to make arts and culture accessible to the masses. Local artists were invited to audition where Ewan MacColl first heard Briggs' remarkable voice and persuaded her to join the tour. There Briggs met MacColl's broader minded comrade A.L. 'Be…
Anne Briggs
2025 stock A long overdue reissue of the classic first album from Anne Briggs on Topic. Widely regarded as a long-lost treasure and recorded in 1971 by Sean Davies, featuring Johnny Moynihan from Sweeny’s Men on bouzouki.
Anne Briggs began singing in local folk clubs in her teens. In 1962, she became part of the Centre 42 tour, a leftist group of artists, writers, actors, and musicians aiming to make arts and culture accessible to the masses. Ewan MacColl first heard Briggs’ remarkable voice and…
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The Time Has Come
Offering some of her first original compositions, ‘The Time Has Come’ was a break from tradition in more ways than one for Anne Briggs. Where previous recordings displayed the unaccompanied melodies of her voice, this album - originally released by CBS in 1971 - brings additional instrumentation in the form of guitar and bouzouki. The result is that her vocals are not submerged but heightened - the plucked strings providing the perfect foil for her crystalline inflection.
‘The Time Has Come’ i…
The Time Has Come
New version of this acclaimed album, previously reissued in sporadically available fashion by the laughable CBS/Columbia remnant empire. New liner notes by Andy Beta; most homes would appreciate an upgrade pf this all-time lip-melter and here it is. One of the most important figures of the British folk revival of the 1960s, Anne Briggs was a huge influence on such luminaries as Sandy Denny, Maddy Prior and Linda Thompson. This is her second full-length, originally released in 1971. Unlike previo…