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Maggie Holland | |
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 Maggie Holland on 7 August 1983, playing in the English Country Blues Band at Goodwood Folk Festival, Sussex | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 19 December 1949 Alton, Hampshire, England |
| Genres | Folk music |
| Years active | Late 1960s–present |
| Website | www |
Maggie Holland (born 19 December 1949)[1] is an English singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Alton, Hampshire, England, and became involved in the local folk club scene in the late 1960s.[1] She has played in a number of bands and formed a number of collaborations with other artists, but has become well known in recent times as a solo artist and songwriter. She enjoys singing songs with meaningful words and has named her major influences as Bob Dylan, Al Stewart, Dave Evans, Leon Rosselson, Billy Bragg, Bruce Cockburn and Robb Johnson. Several of her own songs have entered the repertoires of notable artists, such as Martin Carthy and June Tabor and, in 2000, Holland received the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards "Best Song of 1999" for her song "A Place Called England".[2] Colin Irwin wrote of her in fRoots magazine: "The proof that outstanding contemporary songs are still being written”. She now lives in Leith, Scotland.
- ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1168. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "Radio 2 Folk Awards: PREVIOUS WINNERS". BBC. Retrieved 25 June 2016.