Frankie Archer: Giving Up The Ghosts | Songlines
Thursday, October 3, 2024

Frankie Archer: Giving Up The Ghosts

By Fred Waine

Violence and bigotry towards women are at the root of Frankie Archer’s folk songs. “Some of the shit that women in these 300-year-old songs went through is the same shit women are going through now,” she tells Fred Waine

Frankie Archer

Frankie Archer (photo: Rob Irish)

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