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Norma Waterson
English folk musician
- From
- Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom
- Active
- 1939–2022
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 6
- folk
About
Norma Christine Waterson (15 August 1939 – 30 January 2022) was an English singer and songwriter, best known as one of the original members of The Watersons, a celebrated English traditional folk group. Other members of the group included her brother Mike Waterson and sister Lal Waterson, a cousin John Harrison and, in later incarnations of the group, her husband Martin Carthy.
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Waterson was known as the "matriarch of the royal family of British folk music".
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Norma Christine Carthy · Norma Christine Waterson
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- ffe1207b-e6ea-40d3-a16b-20de2c012216
- ISNI
- 0000000055160483
- IPI
- 00046633577
- IPI
- 00121960399
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