Anne Briggs singing is remarkable. Thank you for this clip. I want to watch the whole special now. I wish they would show that over here on BBC USA, instead of the new DR Who and Star Trek Next Gen reruns.
One of the things I like about folk singers and folk music is how traditional and vintage they sound and that there isn’t any dodgy crazy vocal stuff going and nothing over the top either and not exaggerated or over exaggerated and nothing’s over emphasised and that they didn’t have to have any sort of main appeal about them and they didn’t have any heavy metal type appearance about them or gimmicks around them It was just plain beautiful music talent they had and I like other genres of music too but with folk music they have quite an emotional relatable feel about them even if the lyrics don’t let on about the meaning but you can feel the emotion with the lyrics and you can feel and hear the story behind them I think as each word is sung.
I love Annie's music and her song..I wish I had heard her sing live though when I knew her I didnt know she sang like this!!...I am thrilled as I get to know more of her songs
They are all singing somewhere in the stratosphere. I'm glad I knew their music and could pass some of it on to my students. Eliza and Martin are still performing.
Anne Briggs is still with us in 2024 (aged 79) despite the heavy smoking. Probably has only sung to her cats since she recorded some stuff with Bert Jansch a decade or so ago.
Thanks for posting this video.. I really have loved Anne Briggs ever since I first heard her. I copied her way of singing Blackwaterside which I heard a long time ago. I saw her once upon a time in the Neptune Rowing Club in Dublin as a guest of the hosts of that club, Sweeney's Men.
Came for the Watersons, stayed for Anne - I can't quite believe there's an interview with her here - she's a complete heroine of mine, and all I know of her is she resides somewhere in the south of Ireland, on the coast somewhere by the look of things. My 2nd favourite vocalist ever (number 1 is Trish Keenan of Broadcast), love her voice dearly. Love the stories of her in the 60s being a complete tearaway too - can't believe she had a fight with Sandy Denny (she won, of course).
Trish Keenan's vocal style reminded me of other English female singers who have a planer, purer sound, even in other music genres - listen to KOSHEEN: SUICIDE and SWAYZAK - MAKE UP YOUR MIND
@@gamers7800 I remember reading about it online years ago, but can't find it now unfortunately. I think a flight of stairs might have been involved too, but Anne wasn't the one who was travelling down them. Feel a bit sorry for Sandy really.
@@roberth1322 Common knowledge Denny like to throw herself down stairs as a joke. Instead of being funny it’s use to unnerve her friends (wonder why). Anyway Sandy was an amazing voice the best of the lot from that era. I like Briggs as well but she sang far to much cappella for my taste.
This is great to see. I fell in love with Anne's music near 7, 8 years ago and I cherish the time where I was exposed to her work. Uniquely gifted person. Thanks for putting this up!
@ruairi52 We all get older, you know, but there is no need to be coarse about it. Especially in this case, where she is being celebrated for her marvelous singing, which has not diminished with time.
I was going to tell you could at least see that part of the documentary on youtube but of course it's been deleted. Don't know where the original footage is from, I'm afraid.