Margaret Barry and The Bedford Arms: “Standing with her banjo slung around her, head thrown back and emitting a sound so loud and clear” | Songlines
Thursday, January 30, 2025

Margaret Barry and The Bedford Arms: “Standing with her banjo slung around her, head thrown back and emitting a sound so loud and clear”

By Alan Woods

Alan Woods takes a look at the legendary Irish singer’s music and the London pub in which she gained much of her reputation

Margaret Barry And The Bedford Arms

L-R: unidentified, Eddie Pearce, Margaret Barry and Michael Gorman in The Bedford Arms, circa 1957-58

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