Once heard, never forgotten, Frankie has been a pivotal figurehead for many, whose passionate singing on stage is matched every inch of the way off it by an uncompromising attitude that's long won her the admiration of the entire scene. Training as a social worker, she recognised early on the political and social relevance of folk song. She has worked closely with traditional singers like Louis Killen, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger yet she has pioneered innovation and improvisation. She is popular figure at festivals all over the world, not merely as a concert performer, but holding vocal workshops and giving talks on traditional song and womens issues. Despite a serious long-term impaired vision, Frankie Armstrong has been one of British folk song's most energetic, consistent and uncompromising artists.

"I hold it to be true that part of our essence as human beings is to sing... if we allow ourselves to be robbed of that we are allowing ourselves to be robbed of our full humanity. I don't think that it's an accident that we talk about people 'finding their voice' in that metaphoric and political sense...I think it's important, politically, that each and every one of us say we have the right to our own voice, we have the right to our own musicality, we have the right to express ourselves."

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