The Silly Sisters is an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

duo, formed in 1976 by

Maddy Prior Madelaine Edith Prior MBE (born 14 August 1947) is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. She was born in Blackpool and moved to St Albans in her teens. Her father, Allan Prior, was co-creator of the police ...

and

June Tabor June Tabor (born 31 December 1947 in Warwick, England) is an English folk singer known for her solo work and her earlier collaborations with Maddy Prior and with Oysterband. Early life June Tabor was born and grew up in Warwick, England. As ...

History

Initially they performed together under their own names, and as such released their first

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, ''

Silly Sisters The Silly Sisters is an English folk music duo, formed in 1976 by Maddy Prior and June Tabor. History Initially they performed together under their own names, and as such released their first album, '' Silly Sisters'', later taking this na ...

'', later taking this name as the name of their duo. As such they released a subsequent album ''No More to the Dance'' in 1988. In 2009 the song ''Hedger and Ditcher'' from ''No More to the Dance'' was included in the

Topic Records Topic Records is a British folk music label, which played a major role in the second British folk revival. It began as an offshoot of the Workers' Music Association in 1939, making it the oldest independent record label in the world.M. Brocken, ...

70 year anniversary boxed set ''

Three Score and Ten ''Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People'' is a multi-CD box set album issued by Topic Records in 2009 to celebrate 70 years as an independent British record label. The album consists of a hardback book containing the seven CDs and a paper ...

'' as track seventeen on the seventh CD.

Discography

* 1976: ''

'' (as "Maddy Prior & June Tabor") * 1988: ''No More To The Dance''

External links

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