Heather Heywood

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]

Heather Heywood
Birth nameHeather Williamson
Born (1950-12-26) 26 December 1950
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
GenresFolk
Years active1968-present
LabelsGreentrax
Associated actsQuadrille, The Clutha

Career

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."[4]

Personal life

In 1970, Williamson married Peter Heywood, a folk music activist and publisher of The Living Tradition magazine. They have three daughters.[4]

Discography
  • Some Kind of Love (1987)
  • By Yon Castle Wa' (1993)
  • Lassies Fair and Laddies Braw (2011)
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References
  1. "Heather Heywood | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  2. "Heather Heywood - feature article in the Living Tradition magazine". www.folkmusic.net. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  3. "Heather Heywood traditional folk singer from Scotland". The Tradition Bearers. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. "Folkmusic.net".
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