The support and encouragement of emerging singers, musicians and writers has always been a feature of my work, increasing with the years. I put this down to the education I was given generously by Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger.
Passing on the tradition has always been part of the ethos of our folk music, and it is, of course, a way of ‘going on’ oneself.
Workshops galore in the women’s movement in London , Folkworks Tutor for a decade or so, lecturer and tutor now and for 12 or more years on the Folk Degree course at Newcastle University, teacher of voice, song-writing & concertina . . . . . .