Tonight, 83-year old Shirley Collins will travel from her home in Lewes to BBC Broadcasting House for a rare, live interview with Cerys Matthews on her Radio 2 Blues Show ahead of her performance at London’s Roundhouse on 31 January.
The Ballad of Shirley Collins soundtrack is a great springboard to find out more. It is also an anthology, or a miscellany, that whilst having a foot back in time – sixty years ago and even before that – it also has a foot in the present.
Earth Recordings announces ‘The Ballad Of Shirley Collins’ Original Soundtrack. Out on 23rd March 2018, Limited edition pink vinyl & Deluxe ‘bookback’ inc DVD & CD. Listen to Ruby Vas ‘Single Girl, Married Girl’ from the album.
Next month, Vinyl180 will release two very special albums in their Topic Records Introduction series – A double LP Real Sound Of Folk Compilation and Shirley Collins – An Introduction To. We have copies to giveaway and a special discount offer for all Folk Radio UK readers.
Topic Records announce two new CD releases on 20th October 2017. A double-CD 28 track compilation (Topic Records: The Real Sound of Folk Music) featuring some of the most remarkable singers, songs and tunes and An Introduction to Shirley Collins.
Preview tickets for the first screening of The Ballad of Shirley Collins have gone on sale. Shirley Collins herself will be in attendance for a post-screening talk, to be hosted by the comedian and critic Stewart Lee.
We talk to Shirley Collins about her amazing comeback, new found confidence, her upcoming new autobiography and whether there’s a possibility of another album….
Shirley Collins’ Lodestar performance at the Barbican is fresh and contemporary and avant-garde at times. The assembled musicians are nothing short of brilliant, the arrangements are in turns atmospheric, joyous, stirring and thrilling.
We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to see Shirley Collins performing Lodestar live at The Barbican on 18 February, an album that marked her return to recording after 38 years.
Those people, whom she honours and sings for, represent the “past generations who have sung those songs to us and carried them through”. And in doing so, Shirley has produced an album of true stature, and one that’s destined to remain in your affections.
To celebrate her return to recording after 38 Years with the release of Lodestar, Shirley Collins, one of the most respected and legendary folk song collectors and singers, shares her fifteen favourite songs with Folk Radio UK.
Shirley Collins has shared her new music video for Pretty Polly from her new album Lodestar. This version is one she recorded from Mrs Ollie Gilbert in Timbo, Arkansas, in 1959 when she was travelling with Alan Lomax. Two live album launch dates have also been announced.
Watch the first official music video from Shirley Collins new album Lodestar. Watch ‘Death And The Lady’ which was filmed at St Leonards Church where rests the best-preserved collection of ancient human bones and skulls in Britain.
Shirley Collins returns to recording after 38 years with a new album on Domino Records titled Lodestar. Listen the first track to be shared – ‘Cruel Lincoln’, an ancient ballad. Lodestar is released on November 4th.
Listen to Martin Simpson , Andy Cutting and Tom A. Wright performing a storming version of classic Booker T. instrumental ‘Green Onions’! This, along with a newly-remastered vinyl version of Shirley Collins’ English Songs Volume 2 are two Record Store Day releases we’re excited about.
Trembling Bells announce new mini-album ‘Wide Majestic Aire’ and reveal some exciting plans for 2016 which include Alex playing drums on the forthcoming new Shirley Collins album! Life is never dull with the Trembling Bells!
Shirley Collins celebrates her 80th Birthday in style at Cecil Sharp House including a tribute concert with guests including Eliza Carthy, Billy Bragg, Jackie Oates , Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker, Martin Wyndham Read, The Askew Sisters and more. Read our live review here.
Ryan Boldt’s ‘Broadside Ballads’ is a love letter to his record collection. Now reissued, this understated and haunting album is – no more, no less – a collection of Boldt’s renditions of some of the traditional North American and British folk songs he holds so dear.
