Ray Fisher obituary

One of Britain's great interpreters of traditional songRay Fisher, who has died of cancer aged 70, was one of Britain's great singers of traditional songs. Martin Carthy, another widely known folk musician, once referred to her and Norma Waterson as the country's leading performers in their field.Ray was born in Glasgow into a musical family of seven children in which everyone sang. Her father was a soloist with the City of Glasgow police choir; her mother sang in Scots Gaelic. Her brother, Arch...

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