Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S

Subject: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Lin
Date: 10 Jul 21 - 09:40 PM

I'm looking to find out about obscure female folk singers who had NO MORE then one or two folk LP's released in the 1960's and 1970's only. Of course these would be unknown artist's for the most part. For this particular thread, I am ONLY looking for female folk singers. No duos with males.
If you can provide the album name and what country artist is from too,(if known), that would be appreciated.
Folk only, not other genre's please.
Thank you.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Jul 21 - 09:50 PM

I thought of one who is definitely obscure, but not so obscure as what you're looking for. And maybe a decade too young for your requirements. Do you have someone in mind as a starting point?

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Lin
Date: 10 Jul 21 - 10:17 PM

To Stilly River Sage,

Yes, two obscure folk Lp's released around 1963 by the late folk singer, Dayle Stanley from Massachusetts.
She passed away in January 2021 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

The albums are: "After the Snow" and "Child of Hollow Times"

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Jul 21 - 12:11 AM

My friend is Linda Russell, who performs (or used to? She may be retired) at National Park Service locations in New York City and beyond. You can find her few LPs Amazon, etc. She is folk, but she has other performers join her. (Though, as I think about it, you could probably contact her and ask about other women performers from the period you're interested in.)

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Lin
Date: 11 Jul 21 - 06:52 PM

British folk singer, Deena Webster had one LP that was released in 1968.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Reinhard
Date: 11 Jul 21 - 07:17 PM

Scottish folk singer, Shelagh McDonald released two LPs, Album and Stargazer, on B&C in 1970/71. She wasn't obscure but quite well known at the time before she suddenly disappeared for decades.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Lin
Date: 11 Jul 21 - 11:58 PM

American folk singer, Jacqueline Sharpe
LP, "No More War" released 1966.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: r.padgett
Date: 12 Jul 21 - 11:25 AM

Pat (Patricia) Ryan from Lancashire was a fine singer and guitarist and did UK gigs in and around Yorkshire/Lancashire 70sand 80s and had at least one vinyl record ~ she is still to my knowledge "with us" and "mans" the reception at Whitby ff week

Ray

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Modette
Date: 12 Jul 21 - 12:31 PM

Dolly MacMahon from Galway - someone's posted her only album here -
Dolly.

Here she is singing live in 1965 - Dolly in Thurles.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Felipa
Date: 12 Jul 21 - 04:54 PM

Gemma Hasson made more recordings than I realised:
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1478067-Gemma-Hasson

Fionnuala Mac Lochlainn only made one album, on Gael-Linn. At least two of her children are singers (and got some of their songs from their parents), but are also not high-profile.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Lin
Date: 13 Jul 21 - 03:12 AM

To Felipa,

Thank you for telling me about Gemma Hasson. I enjoyed hearing her songs on Youtube. I am in USA and though I have listened to tons of folk music over the years, you don't always get to hear some of the more obscure artists, especially if they only had one or two albums LP's or tapes.
In some cases, yes, they made have had a few more but still pretty obscure. Have a listen on Youtube to one girl I mentioned named, Dayle Stanley. Definitely had only two LP's in the 1960's. She does a beautiful cover of "Shenandoah" and of an original song called, "Letter from the Willow Tree."
(a very haunting ballad.)

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Felipa
Date: 13 Jul 21 - 10:14 AM

I came across Chana/Hannah Roth on youtube. She only had two albums easily accessible to English speakers, but once I got the Hebrew lettering for her name and did another search I found she was well-known as an actress in Israel and had made other recordings. Chana emigrated to Israel from Italy, and she mainly sang in Yiddish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkWlm2KCQpU&list=PLGyA_IfpgU2yH76C_iUMWGr39xm883ONe

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Felipa
Date: 13 Jul 21 - 10:39 AM

I neglected to say that Gemma Hasson and Fionnuala Mac Lochlainn are both from and resident in Ireland. Gemma in N Ireland, Fionnuala from Dublin, retired to Salthill, Galway (and is now in her 90s).

I don't think the late Rosemary Woods, from Portaferry, Co Down, N Ireland, is well-known nor made many recordings. But her recordings were made in the 1980s-90s.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/515618-Rosemary-Woods
If you are still interested, you can find some samples of Rosemary's singing and songwriting on youtube. I don't know the original date of this "Belfast Mill" which is not listed in discogs.com = 1980s? Unlike later work, it features traditional songs rather than Rosemary's own material. It's been posted on Spotify with a 2016 date
https://open.spotify.com/artist/00IplYUmpKRiNWjC176NJM




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2 album, reissued in 2016: https://open.spotify.com/artist/00IplYUmpKRiNWjC176NJM

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Willem Geert
Date: 16 Aug 21 - 08:20 AM

If the year 1980 counts as one of the 70's (it is the 10th year in that series after all), my suggestion here would be:

Wendy Grossman.
She released one LP "Roseville Fair".
Discogs Page

I found this album in Amsterdam with a note she herself wrote to thank a person she apparently stayed with in A'dam.
I contacted her a couple of years ago. Nice lady. Great musician IMO.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GerryM
Date: 16 Aug 21 - 08:49 AM

r.padgett, the Pat Ryan that you mention – could she be the same Pat Ryan who put out an album, Gentle Reminders, with Ken Howard in 2004? The CD has Lancashire Lads on it, and Over the Lancashire Hills.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)
Date: 16 Aug 21 - 09:29 AM

Can't believe no-one's mentioned Anne Briggs.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Felipa
Date: 16 Aug 21 - 10:11 AM

Wendy Grossman often sings and plays on the Monday night Mudcat sings and I appreciated her contributions greatly. So if she makes another recording, I'd be in the queue to buy.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Felipa
Date: 16 Aug 21 - 10:15 AM

Chris B (Born Again Scouser) :
Ann Briggs probably isn't obscure enough. She has well more than two recordings
https://www.discogs.com/artist/221580-Anne-Briggs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Briggs> lists six solo albums, not to mention her recordings with other artists.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Roger
Date: 16 Aug 21 - 10:15 AM

Stockport lass Mary Asquith. Her only album was called Closing Time.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: r.padgett
Date: 16 Aug 21 - 12:40 PM

GerryM ~ I would suspect that is correct!

Ray

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: PHJim
Date: 17 Aug 21 - 12:37 AM

Would Karen Dalton be obscure enough?
It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best (Capitol 1969)
In My Own Time (Just Sunshine Records 1971)

Karen died in March 1993 from an AIDS-related illness.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,SqueezeMe
Date: 17 Aug 21 - 04:35 AM

Tia Blake comes to mind.

https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=142992&messages=77#3917736

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,SqueezeMe
Date: 17 Aug 21 - 04:42 AM

Sorry, "blue clicky maker" defeated me.
Worth a search for her name though; a very informative thread.

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Fixed the link. ---mudelf

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST,Martin
Date: 17 Aug 21 - 07:36 AM

Sybille Baier. She has one album.
The songs on the album were originally home made recordings from the 1970s but they weren't commercially released until 2006.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibylle_Baier

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 18 Aug 21 - 06:52 PM

GUEST,Roger mentions "Stockport lass Mary Asquith." There are several recordings under her name on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mary+Asquith+all+tracks

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 19 Aug 21 - 04:13 AM

My wife Flick remembers Mary Asquith from MSG in the 1960s "A really interesting friendly woman with a fantastic edgey voice. Really sad to hear of her death."

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Aug 21 - 01:59 PM

Fiona Sampson was with duo "Therapy" in the 60s/70s but went solo in the 70s with her solo album "Beneath the Rose". As far as I know it was the only one. It is very good and i have it as MP3s if anyone wants a listen.

She didn't perform at all for ages apart from some church stuff but may be about again now.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Elmore
Date: 21 Aug 21 - 10:52 PM

Barbara Carns (1926-2002), had at least one lp, "Trouble in Mind" on Living Folk Records; LFR101. Was an accomplished singer/guitarist who played in Atlanta, New Bedford, and various venues in the Boston area. Barbara was a loved and respected figure of the New England folk community.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GerryM
Date: 30 Aug 21 - 08:31 AM

Pat Ryan was mentioned a couple of times, upthread. She put out a CD, Barefoot Over Stones, in 2002, on Rivington Records, RIVCD 048.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Aug 21 - 09:35 AM

I have only found the one track (alas) from this lass.

Emma Williamson - The Golden Vanity

on Someone Was Calling, a compilation celebrating 200 years of Cromer's lifeboats.

Subject: RE: Obscure Female folk w/ only 1 or 2 LP'S
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 30 Aug 21 - 09:51 AM

Sorry,just re-read my post and spotted a mistake. It should be Fiona Simpson.