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Mick Houghton

Journalist and writer Mick Houghton discusses I've Always Kept a Unicorn: The Biography of Sandy Denny.

Music journalist and writer Mick Houghton discusses his biography I've Always Kept a Unicorn, which tells the story of Sandy Denny, one of the greatest British singers of her time and the first female singer-songwriter to produce a substantial and enduring body of original songs.

Sandy Denny laid down the marker for folk-rock when she joined Fairport Convention in 1968, but her music went far beyond this during the seventies. After leaving Fairport she formed Fotheringay, whose influential eponymous album was released in 1970, before collaborating on a historic one-off recording with Led Zeppelin - the only other vocalist to record with Zeppelin in their entire career - and releasing four solo albums across the course of the decade.

Her tragic and untimely death came in 1978.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Apr 2015 03:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Let's Dance

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Black Star Riders

    Finest Hour

    • The Killer Instinct.
    • Universal.
    • 001.

  • Meadowlark

    Eyes Wide

    • Dual.
    • Believe Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters

    Rainbow

    • Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 001.

  • Fairport Convention

    Meet On The Ledge

    • Island.

  • Sandy Denny

    Solo

    • The Best Of Sandy Denny.
    • Island.
    • 9.

  • Fairport Convention

    Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

    • Island.

  • Pentangle

    Travelling Song

    • The Pentangle.
    • WOODEN HILL RECORDINGS.
    • 9.

  • Thea Gilmore

    Start As We Mean To Go On

    • (CD Single).
    • Fullfill Records.
    • 1.

  • Seasick Steve

    Bring It On

    • Sonic Soul Surfer.
    • There's A Dead Skunk Records.
    • 002.

  • The Cadillac Three

    Real People

    • Peace Love & Dixie.
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 3.

  • Mavis Staples & Van Morrison

    If I Ever Needed Someone

    • Duets.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Garnet Edward Mimms

    Cry Baby

    • Looking For You: The Complete UA & Veep Singles.
    • Kent Soul.
    • 1.

  • Eddie Bo

    I Need Someone

    • Baby I'm Wise: The Complete Singles 1959 - 1962.
    • Ace.
    • 2.

  • Whitehorse

    Oh Dolores

    • Leave No Bridge Unburned.
    • Six Shooter Records.
    • 10.

  • Yearn For Love (feat. Dark Green Tree)

    Dark Green Tree

    • Yearn For Love.
    • Haven Records.

  • Ron Sexsmith

    Loving You

    • Carousel One.
    • Ronboy Rhymes.
    • 3.

  • James Bay

    Let It Go

    • Chaos And The Calm.
    • Republic Records.
    • 3.

  • Deborah Rose

    Banks Of The Ohio

    • Wilde Wood.
    • 2.

  • Annabelle Chvostek

    Like A Hurricane

    • Be The Media.
    • MQGV.
    • 7.

  • Beth Hart

    The Mood That I'm In

    • (CD Single).
    • Provogue.
    • 001.

  • The Storys

    Storys Jingle (Bob Harris)

  • Vertical Horizon

    Everything You Want

    • Everything You Want.
    • RCA.
    • 3.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Solsbury Hill

  • Billie Holiday

    That Ole Devil Called Love

    • Melodies Of Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Five Keys

    Close Your Eyes

    • The R&B Hits of 1955.
    • Castle Music.
    • 5.

  • The Drifters

    When My Little Girl Is Smiling

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Brown Sugar

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • k.d. lang

    Constant Craving

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Wake Owl

    Wild Country

    • CD1.
    • Vagrant.
    • 1.

  • Simone Felice

    Splendour In The Grass

    • Simon Felice.
    • Reveal Records.
    • 10.

  • Ritchie Valens

    Donna

    • (CD Single).
    • Old Gold.

  • Dobie Gray

    Drift Away

    • Soul Inspiration (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Matthews鈥� Southern Comfort

    Woodstock

    • Rediscover The 60's - With A Little H.
    • Old Gold.

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    Our House

    • Over The Years....
    • Rhino.
    • 011.

  • The Byrds

    Mr Tambourine Man

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Apr 2015 03:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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