Background
Waterson was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and brought up there by her grandmother, who was half-Gypsy.
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Norma Waterson
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In 2001, she released her first solo traditional folk album, Bright Shiny Morning, on Topic Records. She has appeared on a variety of collective recordings, notably Peter Bellamy"s The Transports. In 2009 the accompanying book to the Topic Records 70 year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten lists two Watersons albums and one Waterson:Carthy album as classic albums.
These are Frost and Fire, Foreign Pence and Spiced Ale and Waterson:Carthy.
The tracks that Norma performs on are Hal-An-Tow track eleven on the second Civil Defense, Three Score and Ten track seventeen and We Poor Labouring Men with Waterson:Carthy track twenty one both on the sixth Civil Defense and with Blue Murder on Number One Stands Alone on track twenty two of the seventh Civil Defense. Long may the dynasty flourish.".
Achievements
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Her eponymously titled solo debut Norma Waterson was produced by John Chelew and released by Hannibal Records in 1996, and was well received in the scene (including a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize), featuring collaborations with her daughter, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy and other members of The Watersons, as well as Danny Thompson (Pentangle), Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention) and Roger Swallow (Albion Country Band).
Membership
She is a member of Waterson:Carthy with Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy, and of the "supergroup" Blue Murder.
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United Kingdom