Lal Waterson

With her death from cancer on September 4, 1998, England lost one of its truly great folk song interpreters in Lal Waterson (born Elaine Waterson). A founding member of the Watersons, a group she shared with her brother, Mike, and sister, Norma, Waterson played an important role in the resurgence of interest in traditional British folk songs for more than four decades. The London Times referred to ...more