Anne Patricia Briggs (born 29 September 1944) is an English folk singer. Although she travelled widely in the 1960s and early 1970s, appearing at folk clubs and venues in England and Ireland, she never aspired to commercial success or to achieve widespread public acknowledgment of her music. However, she was a highly influential figure in the English folk music revival, being a source of songs and musical inspiration for others such as A.L. Lloyd, Bert Jansch, Jimmy Page, The Watersons, June Tabor, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson and Maddy Prior.
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Anne Briggs on folk rock
An extract from an interview with Ann Briggs for the Folk Britannia tv programme.
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- Wikipedia article on Anne Briggs
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm1615108
- Last.fm page on Anne Briggs
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Anne Briggs
- MusicBrainz entry on Anne Briggs
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