Obituaries
Scots folk singer Leven dies at 61
- Publication
- The Herald (Herald Scotland)
- Author
- Victoria Weldon
- Date
- 16 November 2011
- Language
- English
- Access
- Online
News item in the Herald: Leven died “on Monday evening” after a long battle with cancer. An unnamed music critic is quoted with the formula of the most talented songwriter who never became a household name, along with tweets from Ian Rankin and Eddi Reader. Short biography: began in the late 1960s as John St Field, 1983 assault and two years without a voice, heroin addiction, over 400 songs, co-founding of the CORE Trust.
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the most talented singer- songwriter never to have become a household name