Sandy Denny was just another relatively obscure folk singer in London when a song she wrote, “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” showed up on the American pop charts as the title track of a top-30 album ...
After adding her inimitable alto to great folk-rock records of the late 1960s, Denny released her debut album as a solo artist in 1971. It... This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving ...
Born Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny on January 6, 1947, into a comfortably-off household in Wimbledon, South London, Sandy’s roots on her father’s side were Scottish. Her father, a civil servant, ...
Young compere Andrew Batt is clearly a dedicated Denny fan, having himself compiled the 19-CD box set (including 100 previously unreleased tracks). But with his trendily rolled jacket sleeves, ...
The other day, this song written by Sandy Denny (and performed by Fairport Convention) played randomly on my speakers. It gave me the chills. How can a song I've heard hundreds of times still do that?
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Sandy Denny has that "thing" I love in a songwriter who sings her own songs. She sings to soothe her own sorrow, that blank space inside her, and in doing so, brings the listener great comfort. Our ...