One of those names that recurs, and it's been stuck firmly in my head since Neko Case's The Tigers Have Spoken and its inclusion of what turns out to be a faithfully joyous cover of "Soulful Shade of Blue".
A Canadian folkie who was most active at a time (the 60s - indeed this best of came out in 1970, even though she's continued making music and other forms of art to today) when there were one or two others also going around, she's very listenable, with a bunch of good songs, a singing style that has a bit of personality but isn't overly precious or laboured, and lyrics - like on "Universal Soldier" - that sometimes punch through to good effect.
A Canadian folkie who was most active at a time (the 60s - indeed this best of came out in 1970, even though she's continued making music and other forms of art to today) when there were one or two others also going around, she's very listenable, with a bunch of good songs, a singing style that has a bit of personality but isn't overly precious or laboured, and lyrics - like on "Universal Soldier" - that sometimes punch through to good effect.
