One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins returns withArchangel Hill, her third album for Domino. Due for release on May 26th, it showcases another peerless collection of songs chosen by Collins, most from traditional sources but others from favourite writers of hers.
The first song to be shared from Archangel Hill is “High And Away”, with words by collaborator Pip Barnes. He says of its...
Shirley Collins released the excellent Heart’s Ease last year; her second album for Domino, it showcased Collins with her confidence fully returned. An album broader & brighter in tone than 2016’s Lodestar (her first record in 38 years), it found Shirley exploring warmer themes and featured four non-traditional songs including Heart’s Ease’s closing track “Crowlink”.
Shirley Collins is pleased to announce a new EP, Crowlink, due July 30th. The...
Shirley Collins is happy to announce news of her Christmas single; taken from Collins’ recent album Heart’s Ease, “The Christmas Song” will be receiving a special signed, flexi-disc Christmas card release on November 13th.
Bringing some much-needed cheer, “The Christmas Song” is a song from the renowned Copper Family of Rottingdean in East Sussex. They lived and worked the land around there for over four centuries – the earliest Copper...
Ahead of the release of Heart’s Ease on Friday, Shirley Collins is pleased to share “Barbara Allen” from the forthcoming record. Stream “Barbara Allen” here.
The ballad “Barbara Allen” has been loved for centuries; Collins first heard it in school and has recorded it twice before, one Appalachian version and one English version for which she wrote a new tune. On Heart’s Ease, Collins returns to the traditional English...
Shirley Collins will release her second album for Domino on July 24th. Entitled Heart’s Ease, it is an enthralling new LP from a woman who is widely acknowledged as England’s greatest female folk singer. Today, Collins is pleased to share the second song from the record, “Sweet Greens and Blues”.
On the 24th July 2020, Shirley Collins will release Heart's Ease, her second album for Domino. Heart’s Ease follows 2016’s Lodestar; which on its arrival, seemed like a musical miracle - an enthralling new LP from a woman who is widely acknowledged as England’s greatest female folk singer, but who had not recorded an album for 38 years.
With Heart’s Ease, Shirley delivers a record even stronger than Lodestar having...
