152:, Australia, to an air force family which moved frequently with her father's job, resulting in her attending 13 schools. Her first musical instrument was piano, which she played by ear in her early teens. From age 18 she commenced singing jazz (frequently with rock-and-roll bands) and then gravitated towards folk music, learning the guitar with which to accompany her own singing in the style of other popular performers of the early 1960s.
140:(16 April 1937 – 21 May 2015) was an Australian folk and jazz singer later referred to as "the queen of the (Australian) 1960s folk revival". She worked extensively in Australian folk and jazz clubs during the 1960s and 1970s and appeared on television and a number of Australian folk music recordings, though recorded only one album under her own name.
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Marian was there at the beginning of the so-called folk revival. She made several recordings (never enough), appeared at countless concerts and was ever-present at peace marches and other demonstrations for a better world. ... Her singing was exceptional. Wonderful breathy phrasing and clear
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Henderson lived quietly in an artistic environment, enjoying camping, the beach, and creating a beautiful garden. She died in 2015 aged 78, after suffering from cancer from several years; her ashes were scattered at the small New South Wales coastal town of
276:(Music for Pleasure 1964). Henderson sings on Adieu to Ye Judges and Juries (with John Currie); The Convict Maid; Van Dieman's Land; Girl with the Black Velvet Band (with John Currie); Moreton Bay; Bold Jack O'Donohue (John Currie with Marian Henderson)
337:(MCA 1970). Tracks: Antique Annie's Magic Lantern Show; Miss Otis Regrets; Stranger Song; Lady of Carlisle; Fotheringay; Streets of Forbes; First Boy I Loved; Country Girl; Guess Who I Saw Today; Bald Mountain; Convict Maid; Sprig of Thyme
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From 1963 onwards she was featured as a solo performer at popular Sydney folk music club "the
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An interview with Marian
Henderson, retired jazz, blues and folk singer by Alex Hood and Annette Hood (2002). Includes "Ben's Waltz" (played during the interview by Marian on her piano at home)
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358:(Music Farm Studios MFS 0002, 1978). A progressive jazz rock album featuring Marian Henderson on vocals, with Ron Carpenter, Harry Freeman, John Gray, Graham Jesse, Alan Freeman and others.
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enunciation married a husky, beautiful voice that was as comfortable with jazz as folk music. She wrote songs but in my mind is best remembered for her singing of traditional songs.
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and international jazz guitarist/commercial artist Chris Daw, recently arrived in Sydney, in the trio "Daw, Hood And
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was released in 2016 on the Stoned Circle label, incorporating all known additional tracks from her hard-to-find earlier EPs plus other material.
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Musgrove, Nan, 1974. "ABC presents a with-it program for all ages". Australian Women's Weekly, 28 August 1974; digitised version accessible at
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297:(Pix Records PX-008, 1964: EP). Tracks: Down By The River Side; Lolly Too Dum; Kisses Sweeter Than Wine; This Old Town
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magazine to record a series of EPs of folk songs for its readers. She performed on ABC Television show including "
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She married twice, first to Don
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