One of the most influential vocalists in the history of British folk, both solo and via her work with the Strawbs, Fairport Convention, and Fotheringay.
Tragically silenced at 31, she only had a decade to demonstrate her talents – but her persona and performances remain indelible after more than 40 years
With one of the most captivating voices of her era, Sandy Denny seemed assured of major success. But insecurity, mistakes and finally tragedy meant she never fulfilled her potential
“Who knows where the time goes?” asked Sandy Denny, though as good a question is where it came from in the first place. According to the standard picture of modern cosmology, we are encouraged to think that the Big Bang, roughly 13.7 billion years ago, created time itself along with space, so that it is meaningless to talk of what came before it. In this sense, time is like a compass direction. Once you are at the South Pole, you cannot walk any further south. Similarly, once you’ve journeyed ba