Shelagh McDonald (born 1948, Edinburgh)[1] is a Scottish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist who released two albums before her abrupt disappearance in 1971.
[1] On her first two albums, McDonald was backed up by many notables within the English folk-rock scene, including Richard Thompson, Dave Mattacks, Danny Thompson, Keith Tippett, Keith Christmas, the Fotheringay rhythm section, as well as Ian Whitman, Roger Powell and Michael Evans, then members of Mighty Baby.
In the new interview she revealed that, since her partner's death earlier in the year, she had resumed contact with other folk musicians and was cautiously planning low-key live appearances and hoping to record new material.
On 16 January 2013, McDonald made her first official public appearance, after more than 40 years away, as a guest of The False Beards at the Green Note, Camden, London.
Among her half-hour set of previously unrecorded material, she also played her version of the traditional song "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme" from her first album.