Familiar face for fans of folk
JILL has been hailed as one of the best kept secrets of the folk world.
Formerly of Hull she now lives between Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby was a founder member of Hull's famous Rugby Hotel Folk club whose residents also included Ian Manuel, Jim Eldon and Mike Waterson.
In the early 90s she toured for four years as one of the Watersons, and there was also a short period of performing with Mike and Ann Waterson as MichaelAnnJillo.
She is a regular at Whitby Folk Week, The National, Holmfirth, Forkhill, Innishowen and Cullerlie and is known to have been English folk singer, Fred Jordan's favourite woman singer, performing at his funeral in 2002.
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