Jill Pidd

A native of Hull, Jill was a founder member of the famous Rugby Hotel Folk club whose residents also included Ian Manuel, Mike Waterson and Jim Eldon. A deeply meaningful, sensitive and heartfelt singer singer of the tradition, her powerful voice has an intense and uncompromising delivery coupled with a passionate respect of the ballad and story, she is regarded as one of the “best kept secrets of the folk world” Jill is also known to have been Fred Jordan’s favourite woman singer and it was perhaps the most memorable, and emotional performance of her life to sing at his funeral in 2002. Additionally, she was proud to have toured as one of the Watersons In the first half of the 1990s – particularly on their USA tours. Performing with Mike and Ann Waterson as a trio, ‘MichaelAnnJillo’ and with Mike as a duo, rare and unheard recordings of the trio were issued on a CD in 2023 as a fundraiser for MacMillan Cancer Support.