I also can't believe that Frankie is so unknown in the folk world of today. I certainly still enjoy singing some of the songs mentioned above.

I remember going to her workshops, must have been in the late 70's/early 80's, & hearing her sing at that time as well. Absolutely brilliant.

I always found her singing of Tam Lin much more evocative than Martin Carthy, although I'm a great fan of his as well. Somehow Frankie's voice just had that 'shivery' quality about it when singing a song like that.

I was really pleased to hear young Mr Boden (Spiers & Boden/Bellowhead) saying that they got the version of The Saucy Sailor they sing from an old recording of Frankie's, that one of their parents had. Gosh that really made me feel old!

But the good news for me is that on the website it would appear that she is doing a workshop very near to me next year, so I will make the effort to go. It will be interesting to see how her techniques have changed over the years.