Our Vinyl Night theme this week was Female Artists. Coupled with a request I'd had to feature today's singer, and I have the ideal excuse to listen to the music of Sandy Denny. 

She has been a Star Track previously, amazingly over 10 years ago now, with her song 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes', written when she was just 20 years old: (see here).

For those of you unfamiliar with her, this article on her life is really good. From 'Nostalgia Central" - click on this link.

Being it's Friday how about a 2-4-1 special (one track hardly seems enough).

First, this is a favourite of mine and was the first song on the Fairport Convention album 'What We Did on Our Holidays'. 'Fortheringay' was also the name of her short lived band in the early 70s. I have found an excellent tribute video by her daughter Georgia Rose Lucas that imagines the time of Mary Queen of Scots and Fortheringhay Castle.

Track 2

Is off the 1975 'Rising For The Moon' LP and is 'White Dress' - nice video images that begin with some rare live footage that has survived. Written by Dave Swarbrick and sung by Sandy Denny.

In Fairports at this time was her husband Trevor Lucas on acoustic guitar.