Today, on July 12th, the great Judy Dyble passed away after courageous fight with cancer. She was 71, yet age and time were the concepts which the English singer perceived from a different, deeply personal, poetical and philosophical perspective, seeing it all as an opportunity to fill the world with wondrous images and sounds, which is why fame didn’t mean anything to her. Judy always found it surprising that she became part of folk-rock narrative.
“I don’t have a huge amount of confidence, so I’m always pleased and delighted, when people say, ‘Oh yes, you were in that band, and you did this and you did that.’ And I think, ‘Gosh, they remember!'” – said Dyble during our longest conversation How can’t they, though, given she was the original vocalist with FAIRPORT CONVENTION, the voice of GILES, GILES AND FRIPP, and a half of TRADER HORNE? Still, these legendary collectives figured prominently on the veteran’s résumé, Judy’s latter-day reinvention of herself mattered much more to those who knew the lady. Having emerged from self-imposed obscurity at the onset of 2000’s – she walked away from music three decades earlier to focus on family – Dyble created an enviable, enchanting body of work as a solo artist, and also lent her voice to a variety of interesting projects.
