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Heather Heywood

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Heather Heywood
Birth nameHeather Williamson
Born (1950-12-26) 26 December 1950 (age 73)
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
GenresFolk
Years active1968-present
LabelsGreentrax

Heather Heywood (born Heather Williamson on 26 December 1950), is a Scottish folk singer from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. She was voted "Artist of the Year" by Glasgow’s Star Club in 1993.[1]

Career

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Heywood's first performance took place around 1968 in the Eglinton Folk Club in Irvine, Scotland. Inspired by Martin Carthy, Lizzie Higgins and Jeannie Robertson among others, she progressed to bookings as a solo artist for a number of Scottish clubs. She remained a solo artist for most of her career except for one tour of Brittany with the band The Clutha during the absence of their singer Gordeanna McCulloch.[2][3]

Heather Heywood is best known for ballads and is quoted to be "not so taken with lighter numbers."[2]

Personal life

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In 1970, Williamson married Peter Heywood, a folk music activist and publisher of The Living Tradition magazine. They have three daughters.[2]

Discography

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  • Some Kind of Love (1987)
  • By Yon Castle Wa' (1993)
  • Lassies Fair and Laddies Braw (2011)

References

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  1. ^ "Heather Heywood". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c McGrail, Steve (2000). "Heather Heywood". The Living Tradition. No. 39. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Heather Heywood". The Tradition Bearers. Retrieved 12 December 2020.