She also recorded a large number of BBC Radio and Peel sessions and toured regularly on the British college and festival circuit.

[3] Blessed with a "rich cello-like"[4] vocal style, she is also an accomplished guitar player who credits John Martyn and Michael Chapman as her "musical brothers".

[citation needed] Peel and Clive Selwood formed Dandelion initially to release St John's music.

In 1970, St John recorded a vocal duet with Kevin Ayers on "The Oyster and the Flying Fish" for his Shooting at the Moon release.

[8] This album was a significant step up from her debut, and contained string arrangements mostly by Geesin himself, particularly striking on the opening track "A Day A Way" and "Seagull- Sunday.

St John's adventurous fourth album Jumblequeen, released through Chrysalis Records in 1974,[8] garnered critical praise in Spare Rib.

[11] St John released a 'come-back' album in 1996, Take The Fifth and appeared at a Nick Drake tribute concert in New York City in 1999.

[12] Aside from work under her own name, St John has recorded with Mike Oldfield on his albums Ommadawn (1975) and Amarok (1990), and with Kevin Ayers and Robin Frederick.