Sandra Kerr
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Sandra Kerr (born February 14, 1942) is an English folk musician.
Sandra Kerr was born in Plaistow, Newham, London. She was a member of The Critics Group from 1963 to 1972. She sings and plays English concertina, guitar, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp.
Together with John Faulkner she wrote the music for the TV series Bagpuss in which she was the voice of Madeleine Remnant (the rag doll) and was involved in many programmes for BBC Children's Radio , including The Music Box and The Listening Corner.
More recently she has been singing with her daughter Nancy Kerr, and in the groups Sisters Unlimited and Voice Union. Her work has developed to include teaching and leading workshops and directs two folk choirs, Wercasfolk and VoiceMale.
[edit] Discography
- 'Bagpuss: the Songs & Music' with John Falkner (Fellside)
- 'Yellow Red and Gold' (Fellside)
- 'My Song is My Own' Plane Label TPL 0001 (1980) - with Frankie Armstrong, Alison McMorland and Kathy Henderson
- 'Nuclear Power No Thanks', Plane Label IMP2, LP (1981) - with Roy Bailey, Martin Carthy, Ron Elliott, Howard Evans, Chris Foster, Frankie Armstrong, John Kirkpatrick, Alison MacMorland, Brian Pearson, Geoff Pearson, Leon Rosselson, & Roger Williams
- 'Scalene' with Nancy Kerr & James Fagan (Fellside)
- 'Supermum' children's songs by Sandra Kerr
- 'We Were There' (1987 Pukka) with the Oysterband
- 'No Limits' Sisters Unlimited (1991 Harbour Town) with Janet Russell, Peta Webb and Rosie Davis
- 'No Bed of Roses' Sisters Unlimited with Janet Russell, Peta Webb and Rosie Davis
- 'Neat and Complete' (1996 Fellside) with Nancy Kerr
- 'Guess What They're Selling' with Leon Rosselson
- 'Five Little Frogs' with Nancy Kerr, Leon Rosselson, and Kevin Graal
- 'Five Little Owls' with Nancy Kerr, Leon Rosselson, and Kevin Graal
- 'Voice Union' with Evelyne Girardon and Liliana Bertolo, Fellside FECD119
As a guest:
- 'Lost Love Found' - Jim Causley 2007 WildGoose Records
[edit] Books
Kathy Henderson, Frankie Armstrong and Sandra Kerr. My Song is My Own. London: Pluto Press, 1979.
- (One hundred traditional and composed women's songs from the British Isles, with select bibliography and discography.)
