Sandy Denny: no fear of time

Confident and self-reliant, Sandy Denny was a leading light of the 1960s folk revival. A new collection of recordings shows that she was also a great lyrical poet, argues Rob YoungIn 1969, Sandy Denny was standing on the beach at Eden Mouth in St Andrews Bay in Scotland, watching a jet fighter swoop low over the sea. She stood frozen to the spot as it silently hit the water and was consumed under the waves. She had seen this beach a few months earlier. An entry in her diary from February recor...

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