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Louisa Jo Killen

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Louisa "Lou" Jo Killen (born Louis Killen; 10 January 1934 – 9 August 2013) was an English folk singer from Gateshead, Tyneside, who also played the English concertina.

Killen formed one of Britain's first folk clubs in 1958 in Newcastle upon Tyne, and became a professional folk singer in 1961. In the 1970s Killen recalled: "When I started Folk Song and Ballad in Newcastle in 1958 there weren't…

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Type: Person
Area: United Kingdom
Born: January 10th, 1934
Died: August 9th, 2013
Labels: ESP-Disk’

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Folkways Records

Argo

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Last updated: July 29th, 2022