Beryl Marriott obituary

Pianist with an enduring influence on the British folk sceneOn 30 July, just as the 56th Sidmouth folk festival in Devon was getting under way, Beryl Marriott, the festival's former music director, died aged 81. One member of Beryl's band at the seventh and eighth festivals, in the early 1960s, was Dave Swarbrick, whom Beryl had heard at a skiffle competition. Impressed by his natural talent, Beryl had steered him away from the guitar to the fiddle. With her continued mentoring, Swarbrick became...

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