Home Musical artists Maddy Prior Maddy Prior Musical artist Madelaine Edith "Maddy" Prior, MBE (born 14 August 1947) is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. Personal facts Birth dateAugust 14, 1947 Birth placeLancashire , Blackpool HometownLancashireBlackpool facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Musical artist Career started1967 associated musical artistMaddy PriorSteeleye SpanBrass Monkey (band)Rose KempJune TaborSilly Sisters (band)The Carnival Band (folk group)Abbie Lathe BackgroundSolo singer genreFolk musicFolk rockElectric folk instrumentSinging record labelPark Records Topical connections Ashley HutchingsMusical artist Alfie BoeMusical artist Alisha SufitMusical artist Acker BilkMusical artist A. L. LloydMusical artist Andy Roberts Musical artist Maddy Prior on Wikipedia Maddy Prior External resources http://www.carnivalband.com http://www.maddyprior.co.uk http://www.maddyprior.co.uk/stonesbarn http://www.parkrecords.com