I am female, really a singer (a good one if my fellow Mudcatters are to be trusted), live in Boston, and Maddy is one of my vocal inspirations (along with Karen Matheson, Karan Casey, Mairead ni Dhomnail, and Annie Haslam)...in fact I am contributing a cover of one of Steeleye's songs to a CD being produced with some of Boston's finest vocalists later this year...but aspiring to sing with a legendary group like Steeleye is beyond even *my* fantasy ego trips...

I have no idea of the origin of your handle and can't say it matters to me, really...maybe you should start a separate thread about it?

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