Go & Leave Me - Music

Norma Waterson Born Norma Christine Waterson On 15 August 1939 Died 30 January 2022 Was An English Singer Remembered As One Of The Original Members Of The Watersons An English Traditional Music Group. Other Members Of The Group Included Her Brother Mike Waterson 1941 – 2011 And Sister Lal Waterson 1943 – 1998 And In A Later Incarnation Of The Group Her Husband Martin Carthy. In 2016 Waterson Received The Lifetime Achievement Award At The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Waterson Was Born In Hull East Riding Of Yorkshire. Her Solo Debut Album Norma Waterson Was Produced By John Chelew And Released By Hannibal Records In 1996 And Was Well-Received Being Nominated 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 . Her Follow-Up Bright Shiny Morning Was Released In 2001. She Was A Member Of Waterson Carthy With Martin Carthy And Eliza Carthy And Of The Supergroup Blue Murder. She Has Appeared On A Variety Of Collective Recordings Notably Peter Bellamy's The Transports. In 2016 Waterson Received The Lifetime Achievement Award At The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Waterson Continued To Sing Well In Her 70s. Her Final Album Released In 2018 Was Anchor The Second Recorded With Her Daughter Eliza Carthy. It Included Waterson Singing Lead On A Dramatic Jazz-Edged Treatment Of The Tom Waits Song "Strange Weather" And On A Version Of Nick Lowe's "The Beast In Me". read less