Norma Waterson

Norma Waterson MBE
Waterson at a Waterson:Carthy performance in Cranleigh, Surrey, in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Norma Christine Waterson[citation needed]
Born	(1939-08-15)15 August 1939 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	30 January 2022(2022-01-30) (aged 82)
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, record producer
Labels	Hannibal Records, Topic Records
Spouse	Martin Carthy ​ (m. 1972)​
Children	Eliza Carthy
Relatives	Mike Waterson (brother) Lal Waterson (sister)

"We Poor Labouring Men"

from the 1999 album Broken Ground by Waterson:Carthy

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Norma Christine Waterson MBE (15 August 1939 – 30 January 2022) was an English singer and songwriter, best known as one of the original members of The Watersons, a celebrated English traditional folk group. Other members of the group included her brother Mike Waterson and sister Lal Waterson, a cousin John Harrison and, in later incarnations of the group, her husband Martin Carthy.

Waterson was known as the "matriarch of the royal family of British folk music".