The Silent Thread: Anne Briggs (Article and Playlist)

A deep dive into the music and influence of Anne Briggs with rare live footage, interview, and an extensive four-hour playlist featuring both her music and those she has influenced

Enjoy this special deep dive into the music and influence of Anne Briggs.

Introduction

Richard Thompson famously sang of a woman “fine as a beeswing,” a lyric widely understood to be an elegy for Anne Briggs. While the song carries a tone suggesting its subject has passed into the ether, Briggs remains very much with us—though her decision to withdraw fro…