https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwLrUuGT288
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:11 (three years ago) link
Not wild about the video but lovely to hear her in fine fettle.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:17 (three years ago) link
Yes, she sounds great! Looking forward to hearing her sing Canadee-i-o
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:18 (three years ago) link
love it — i think her voice sounds great now. obviously lower range, but it's still unmistakably Shirley.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
So there's at least one song on the new album about Paddington then?
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
i thought this was fantastic, apparently written in the 60s by her first husband, rediscovered on some ancient tape of her and Davy Graham and rerecorded with Nathan Salsburg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa2oIMUKIPM
― JoeStork, Friday, 3 July 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
interview / favourite albums thing in the quietus:
https://thequietus.com/articles/28545-shirley-collins-interview-favourite-music?page=1
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 12:35 (three years ago) link
Awesome.
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 12:49 (three years ago) link
One of the many awesome things about that interview is that a couple of the albums she picks have album covers so awful or generic yet I still want to hear them all right now. Can't judge a book, etc. http://s3.amazonaws.com/quietus_production/images/articles/28545/i__1594058957_resize_460x400.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:12 (three years ago) link
lol i have that cd but i never added it to my collection in discogs because my god it's ugly (just like 95% of folk cds tbh). nic jones is super great though
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
She's a treasure <3
Can vouch for Lankum's Between The Earth And Sky being really great, dark and droney. As for the rest (apart from Vaughn Williams) I've no idea but am ready to be surprised.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
her new 2020 song came up recently in Discovery and blew me away, now I forget the name of course
― sleeve, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
great interview!!! classic shirley <3 <3 <3 https://toneglow.substack.com/p/022-shirley-collins
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 13 July 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
really nice interview, still so classic. new album is great!
― tylerw, Monday, 13 July 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
i liked the part about how she and her sister used to sleep in the metal box to protect themselves from air raidspoignant and gnarly, just like a good folk song!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 13 July 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
I was just totally bowled over by Heart's Ease, and I've never really listened to much Collins before. I think I've heard No Roses and maybe one Shirley & Dolly one? -- looking forward to exploring more. I suppose I was poised to be emotionally moved by the fact that on the cover she looks quite a bit like my late grandmother, but there's definitely something special about hearing an octogenarian sing these old songs right now, or any songs maybe (I also like the new Dylan much more than I expected to). Enjoying that interview now, thanks LL!
― rob, Sunday, 26 July 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
yes this is really really nice, RIYL other recent "nu-trad-folk" releases like Lankum (unsurprising but cool to learn she's a fan), BLH or some Unthanks. it's been said but she really does sound amazing for her age.
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Monday, 27 July 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
public service announcement - she's doing a concert at the barbican next weekend, which you can watch via a paid livestream:
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/shirley-collins-the-lodestar-band-live-from-the-barbican
― building a hole (NickB), Friday, 14 May 2021 09:54 (three years ago) link
Ooooooh! Thanks for the alert!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 14 May 2021 12:51 (three years ago) link
Wowza
― tylerw, Friday, 14 May 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
been rinsing this one lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sn3ZgtIsFw
― rob, Sunday, 13 March 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
Usual stab of anxiety whenever this thread gets bumped? CHECK!
But aye, what a glorious album.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 13 March 2022 15:29 (two years ago) link
sorry Chinaski, but she has a new album coming out in May!
https://shirleycollins.bandcamp.com/album/archangel-hill
One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins returns with Archangel Hill, her third album for Domino. Due for release on May 26th, it showcases another peerless collection of songs chosen by Collins, some from traditional sources but others from favourite writers of hers.Produced by Ian Kearey - Shirley Collins’ musical director - the arrangements were shared between Collins, Kearey, Pip Barnes, as well as Dave Arthur and Pete Cooper, players from The Lodestar Band.All of the songs on Archangel Hill were recorded last year except for “Hand And Heart”, which was taken from a live performance at the Sydney Opera House in 1980 and features an arrangement by Shirley’s beloved and talented sister Dolly Collins.
Produced by Ian Kearey - Shirley Collins’ musical director - the arrangements were shared between Collins, Kearey, Pip Barnes, as well as Dave Arthur and Pete Cooper, players from The Lodestar Band.
All of the songs on Archangel Hill were recorded last year except for “Hand And Heart”, which was taken from a live performance at the Sydney Opera House in 1980 and features an arrangement by Shirley’s beloved and talented sister Dolly Collins.
― rob, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 12:41 (one year ago) link
Hooray! Go Shirley!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 13:19 (one year ago) link
yay. had somehow not noticed dave arthur played on the last two albums.
also just learned that there's been a new & updated iteration of the electric muse book/comp including the circa folk roots/new routes track that i think only came as a bonus on the deluxe version of heart's ease.
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 14:00 (one year ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/release/19452991-Various-The-Electric-Muse-Revisited-The-Story-Of-Folk-Into-Rock-And-Beyond
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 14:01 (one year ago) link
Yaaaaay get it Shirley!!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 14:07 (one year ago) link
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Friday, 26 May 2023 17:48 (eleven months ago) link
nobody? very good record imho
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 30 July 2023 19:59 (nine months ago) link