Real name: Diane Guggenheim

Diane Hamilton was the pseudonym of Diane Guggenheim (1924–1991), an American mining heiress who played harp and harpsichord, but was most influential as a patron of folk song. She made field recordings of folk songs and singers, founded the American label Tradition Records (3) (aka Tradition, Tradition Recordings), the Irish label Sruthán, and was also involved in the founding of Irish label Mulligan.