Bridget St. John is one of the treasures of the British folk revival. Her early recordings on John Peel's Dandelion label in the late '60s and early '70s - delicate and delightful as they are - continue to inspire a growing cadre of songwriters, singers, and alternate-tuned guitar-wielders. Fifty years since her debut Ask Me No Questions, St. John continues to perform, criss-crossing between Europe, Japan, and her adopted home state, New York. And she's still enrapturing audiences of longtime
Early in 2015, Cherry Red Records released the 4-CD box set The Dandelion Albums and BBC Collection from Bridget St. John, collecting all three of the singer-songwriter's exquisite albums for John Peel's Dandelion Records label as well as a disc of BBC sessions. Now, the label has returned to St. John's discography for a new career overview. Fly High is a late-2016, 2-CD anthology that paints a full portrait of the artist via album tracks, singles, demos, live recordings, BBC sessions, and
Venerated BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel once called Bridget St. John “the best lady singer-songwriter in the country.” So when Peel formed Dandelion Records in 1969, the label’s first signing was St. John; in fact, Peel once commented that “the main reason why we started the label [was] ‘cos nobody else was going to record her stuff.” Cherry Red Records has just reissued all three of St. John’s moody, evocative Dandelion albums (individually released in 2005 on CD) recorded between 1969 and 1972,