Tia Blake

Folk Singer

Birthday April 13, 1952

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Columbus, GA

DEATH DATE Jun 17, 2015 (63)

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About

American writer and singer who released her debut album, "Folk Songs and Ballads: Tia Blake and Her Folk-group" in February 1972.

Before Fame

After spending half a year employed at Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in New York in 1970, she relocated to Paris. In 1971 she ventured to Paris to record folk songs at Ossian Studio, which led to her first album.

Trivia

Following her graduation from Smith College in 1989, she became a freelance writer and editor based in North Carolina. 

Family Life

She was born in Columbus, Georgia. She died in Pinehurst, North Carolina. She was buried next to her two brothers, Chris and Peter, in North Hatley, Quebec, Canada.

Associated With

Similar to Joni Mitchell, she is a celebrated folk singer-songwriter.