Lizzie Higgins

b. Elizabeth Ann Youlden, 20 Sept 1929, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 20 Feb 1993, Aberdeen, Scotland. Higgins was the only real girl of Scottish ballad vocalist Jeannie Robertson and piper Donald Higgins. She remaining school at age 15 and worked well for some time as a seafood filleter. Following the ‘finding’ of her mom by the music collector Hamish Henderson, she sometimes accompanied Robertson on her behalf moves around Scotland and Britain, collecting and carrying out songs. Within the wake of the growing popularity, she used singing full-time. It had been just after her mom’s loss of life in 1975 that she began to perform with regularity. Her technique included what she herself known as ‘the pipe performing’. Within this she’d embellish a listen in quite similar method a piper might. She actually is often remembered on her behalf contribution towards the dual record of ballad recordings created by the institution of Scottish Research, The Muckle Sangs, and it is widely thought to be one of the biggest Scottish traditional performers. Although Higgins made an appearance on several recordings, she just produced two albums in her very own right. She passed away of cancers in 1993.