British folk legend Norma Waterson has died aged 82

nme.com:

Hello all. Not much to say about such monumental sadness, but mam passed away yesterday afternoon, January 30th 2022. …Posted by Eliza Carthy on Monday, January 31, 2022Carthy’s message also featured a link to a fundraiser set up by the family in recent weeks, aiming to raise funds for Martin and Norma after their income “dried up” due to a lack of live performance revenue during the pandemic.“Right now the Carthy family, as many others, is struggling to survive the pandemic,” Eliza wrote in the fundraising page on website Ko-Fi, with Waterson having been unable to tour for years due to illness.“They urgently need funds to tide them over until the pandemic lifts and Martin and Eliza can return to touring and become self sufficient,” the message added.“During the pandemic Eliza recorded a new album.

Once touring resumes there will be that extra income stream plus the small income derived from the limited releases of the Waterson Family Archive.

Until then the family is hard-pressed, and any donations you can make will be greatly appreciated.”Donations to Martin and Eliza Carthy are able to be made here.In the wake of the news of Waterson’s death, tributes have been pouring in online.

Billy Bragg took to Twitter to pay his respects, writing: “Very sorry to hear that Norma Waterson, the last of the singing Watersons from Hull, has passed away.“She started out as a skiffler and went on to become one of the defining voices of English traditional music.