Dansaul. @
Dan Plews (vocals, guitar, mandolas, harmonium, dulcimer, e bass), Saul
Rose (melodeon, one row accordion), Guy Fletcher (fiddle, mandolin, kit
drums, snare, e bass), Mark Woolley (bodhran, whistle) and Steafan Hannigan
(Djembe, udu, darabuka, gambling aid, whistle, sax).
Daphne's Flight - Christine Collister, Helen Watson, Melanie Harrold, Chris While and Julie Matthews.
Davidson, Fiona. @ - Scotish harper, singer and story teller. Celtic/gaelic myth, song and other traditional material. She has been described as a modern interpretation of the 'Celtic Bard', a Bard being required to play the clarsach (harp), compose and perform songs and poetry, as well as reciting legends from mythology. Picture Revue.
Dengate, Paul. Guitarist with Better Days also a record producer. Has now started his own Record Label PDCS.
Denny, Sandy. @ b.Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny, 6 January 1947. She grew up in Wimbledon, began playing piano and guitar at an early age and sang in her school choir, although she didn't originally intend to be a singer.
Sandy studied nursing for a year, leaving to be a folk singer, singing in pubs and clubs around England in the mid 1960's. She was invited to sing on a BBC radio broadcast and this led to a record deal with Saga Records ( The Original Sandy Denny). Soon afterwards, she met Dave Cousins, who asked her to join the Strawbs for their first LP, 'All Our Own Work' (recorded in Copenhagen).
In 1968, before the release of the Strawbs' record, Sandy was invited to replace Judy Dyble in Fairport Convention. Her lively and boisterous personality had an immediate effect on the quiet Fairports; her singing and songwriting added a new dimension to their sound and she spurred particularly Richard Thompson into a more adventurous and unique style of playing and writing. Sandy recorded three albums with Fairport at this time: 'What We Did On Our Holidays', 'Unhalfbricking' and 'Liege and Lief' , a further album 'Heyday' was later compiled from BBC radio broadcasts.
Late in 1969, Sandy left Fairport and formed Fotheringay including Trevor Lucas (whom she later married). After only one LP 'Fotheringay', the group broke up at the end of 1970.
Sandy then spent the next three years as a solo artist. Three albums were released, 'The North Star Grassman & The Ravens', 'Sandy' and 'Like An Old-Fashioned Waltz'. She was voted Britain's best female singer by "Melody Maker", in 1971 and 1972..
In 1974, Sandy rejoined Fairport Convention, which
now also included Trevor Lucas. 'Live Convention' and 'Rising For The Moon'
(1975) feature Sandy. She then left Fairport again recording another solo
album, 'Rendezvous', in 1977. Sandy & Trevor's daughter, Georgia, was
born in July 1977.Sandy was planning to move to America with Trevor &
Georgia when on 17 April 1978, whilst at a friend's house, Sandy fell down
a flight of stairs, suffered a brain haemorrhage and went immediately into
a coma, from which she never recovered. She died on 21 April 1978, aged
31. 
Dervish. Irish Folk Group
Downes, Paul. @ - Ex Arizona Smoke Review, Downes & Beer. Excellent solo performer, playing guitar, mando-cello, mandolin and banjo (and singing).
Drake, Nick.
http://www.algonet.se/~renvall/IGUANA/DRAKE/DRAKE.html
Dransfield, Barry. Born in Yorkshire, now living in Hastings. Performed with brother Robin in 60's/70's, recently recording and performing solo. Plays cello, violin and though he professes to dislike playing the guitar still manages to play at a level to make many aspiring guitarists green. He can also use the pen!
Duellists, The. @
Nigel Eaton (hurdy-gurdy), Cliff Stapleton (hurdy-gurdy) and Chris Walshawe
(piper)
Duke, Will.@ . Anglo-concertina player from Sussex.
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