Maddy Prior is a British folk singer. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ...

Maddy was born on 14th August 1947 in Blackpool. While in her teens she moved to St Albans. In St. Albans she befriended the young Donovan Leitch and Mac MacLeod. She later formed a duo with MacLeod called Mac & Maddy. She met up with Tim Hart at a folk festival in Keele. Together they recorded two albums before becoming founding members of Steeleye Span in 1970. They were the backbone of the group until the early 1980s when ill-health forced Tim into semi-retirement. Maddy married bassist Rick Kemp, and their daughter, Rose Kemp, launched her own recording career in 2003. Although best known as the powerful soprano in Steeleye Span, Maddy has recorded session work, albums of her own songs and eclectic styles from medieval, through folk-rock, prog-rock and traditional songs. She left Steeleye Span in 1997 but returned in 1999. (Redirected from 14th August) August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Tower, Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in England, on the coast of the Irish Sea. ... St Albans (thus spelt, no apostrophe or dot) is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35. ... Donovan Philips Leitch (usually known simply as Donovan) (born May 10, 1946) is a British musician. ... Keith MacLeod (known as Mac MacLeod) is a British musician. ... Tim Hart (born 9th January, 1948) is a retired English folk singer, most well known as a founding member of Steeleye Span. ... Keele is a village in northern Staffordshire, England. ... Steeleye Span is a British folk-rock band that has been active since 1970. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Soprano on Wiktionary, the free dictionary In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from the A below middle C to the C two octaves above middle C (i. ... Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 2001 Maddy was awarded the MBE for services to folk music. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand...

On recent albums Troy Donockley has been a co-producer. Troy Donockley is an English player of uillean pipes. ...

Maddy's father, Allan Prior, was co-creator of the police drama Z-Cars. Allan Prior (born 1924 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne) is a British television script writer and novelist, with over 300 television scripts to his name since the 1950s. ... Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced zed, never zee) was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. ...

Discography

with Steeleye Span

Maddy Prior was on all the Steeleye Span albums from Hark! The Village Wait (1970) to Tempted and Tried (1989). She then returned for The Journey (1999) and subsequent albums. Steeleye Span is a British folk-rock band that has been active since 1970. ...

Solo albums

• Woman in the Wings (1978)
• Changing Winds (1978)
• Happy Families (1981)
• Hooked on Winning (1982)
• Memento (best of) (1995)
• Ravenchild (1999)
• Ballads and Candles (2000)
• Arthur the King (2001)
• Bib and Tuck (2002)
• Lionheart (2003)

Compilation

• Collections 1995 - 2005 (2005)

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Tim Hart and Maddy Prior

• Folk Songs of Olde England vol 1 (1968)
• Folk Songs of Olde England vol 2 (1968)

Maddy Prior and Tim Hart

• Summer Solstice (1971)

Maddy Prior and June Tabor

• Silly Sisters (1976)
• No More To The Dance (1988)

June Tabor (born 1947) is an English folk singer. ... The Silly Sisters is the name of the folk music duo formed by Maddy Prior and June Tabor. ...

Maddy Prior, John Kirkpatrick and Sydney Carter

• Lovely in the Dance (1981)

Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band

• Sing Lustily With Good Courage (1986)
• A Tapestry of Carols (1987)
• Carols and Capers (1991)
• Year (1993)
• Hang Up Sorrow and Care (1995)
• Carols at Christmas (1996)
• Flesh and Blood (1997)
• Gold Frankincense and Myrrh (2001)

As a session singer

She appeared on these albums:

• Shirley Collins: No Roses (1971)
• Mike Oldfield: Incantations (1978)
• Frankie Armstrong: Till The Grass O'Ergrow The Corn (1996)
• Tim Hart and Friends: The Drunken Sailor (1983)
• Tim Hart and Friends: Favourite Nursery Rhymes (1983)