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Hutchings. "My voice got damaged, my ego got damaged, and my heart and everything", she said, years later. "And I stopped
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English folk revival have attempted as much on record as Collins – an extraordinary combination of fragility and power. "I like music to be fairly straightforward, simply embellished – the performance without histrionics allowing you to think about the song rather than telling you
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Southern States of America with Alan Lomax), "A Most Sunshiny Day" (about the traditional music of England and Sussex in particular), and "I'm a Romany Rai" (about the Gypsy
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Contraphonic Sound Series. On 8 February 2014, at Union Chapel in Islington, London, Collins sang for the first time for many years, performing two songs;
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on the CD release). It was after that, in a series of influential albums, that she helped to introduce many innovations into the
English folk revival. In 1964, she recorded the landmark jazz-folk fusion of
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productions. It was during this period that
Hutchings left Collins. The painful divorce was followed by loss of her voice and "the ability to sing entirely," leading to her retirement from music.
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was the last studio album recorded by
Shirley and Dolly Collins, although live recordings from 1979 have been issued since, and in 1979 she released a single, "The Mariner's Farewell", with
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nominations for the work, considered her best by some, she found this late success highly improbable, saying: "I never believed it could happen. It's a bit of a miracle, really".
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and a BBC session in 1976, with a single ("Hopping Down in Kent") released that year and the album following in 1977. Live recordings from this period were released on the CD
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was released in 1969, the first album to be credited to
Shirley and Dolly Collins. It featured a suite of songs centred on the changes in rural England brought about by the
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731:, was released in October 2017. She was not sure such attention was warranted, saying: "When they first asked me I was nonplussed. I thought, 'is this a wind-up?’”
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Carson, Sarah (19 February 2017). "Shirley
Collins, the rediscovered voice of storytelling, charms at the Barbican – review".
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Collins garnered two BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominations for her seventh studio album,
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singers and songs of Southern England). She also edited a CD entitled
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in 1960. Collins also recorded a series of EPs in 1958 and 1959 with
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that year and he and Collins assembled the first incarnation of the
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created unique settings for Shirley's plain, austere singing style.
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SC: Yes. I recorded those in '58. Lomax and Kennedy recorded those.
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1735:"Shirley Collins: Heart's Ease review – unerring brilliance"
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1967 saw the essentially southern English song collection,
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All in the Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape, and Song
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1963:
Fledg'ling records biography of Shirley and Dolly Collins
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Shirley Collins (left) with Dolly Collins on stage, 1978
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with Terry Potter, Ian Holder and Vic Gammon, in 1974.
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Shirley Collins with Ashley Hutchings/The Albion Band
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1016:, by Ashley Hutchings and others – Harvest (1976)
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1969:Shirley Collins – My Sailor Boy (Official Video)
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1200:"Shirley Collins | Biography & History"
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1024:, by The Albion Dance Band – Harvest (1977)
979:Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band
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278:. Recordings from this trip were issued by
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1958:Mainly Norfolk Shirley Collins page
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1307:"Various Artists: Folk Song Today"
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711:Another album of new recordings,
148:(born 5 July 1935) is an English
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2193:(with Dolly Collins, live, 1998)
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101:Vocals, guitar, banjo, dulcimer
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1733:Neil Spencer (25 July 2020).
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792:The Ballad of Shirley Collins
735:Honours, awards, distinctions
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720:The Ballad of Shirley Collins
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323:, in 1963 (now included with
303:Back in Britain, Collins met
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1759:Neil Spencer (20 May 2023).
1714:Dave Simpson (18 May 2023).
803:The American folk-rock band
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669:All the Pretty Little Horses
348:were both released in 1964.
185:Shirley Collins was born in
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2191:Harking Back – Durtro
2165:(with Dolly Collins, 1978)
2127:(with Dolly Collins, 1970)
702:". In a five-star review,
480:The couple were living in
372:The Holly Bears the Crown,
289:O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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1953:Shirley Collins web site
1801:The University of Sussex
1278:Shirley Collins (2004).
1250:. brightonmuseums.org.uk
1154:, SAF Publishing, 2004.
953:Love, Death and the Lady
911:Domino Recording Company
434:Love, Death and the Lady
259:being released in 1959.
19:For the former MPP, see
2648:Harvest Records artists
2613:Musicians from Hastings
2199:(The Albion Band, 1998)
2171:(The Albion Band, 1980)
2169:Lark Rise To Candleford
1795:Sussex, University of.
1670:"Fourth River on Vimeo"
1028:Lark Rise To Candleford
901:– EMI Harvest (1976) –
790:A film about her life,
775:BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
753:New Year's Honours List
725:A film about her life,
661:The Voice of the People
634:Black Ships Ate the Sky
583:Lark Rise to Candleford
111:1955–1979, 2014–present
2628:English folk musicians
2485:The Prospect Before Us
2156:The Prospect Before Us
2104:Folk Roots, New Routes
1281:America Over the Water
1152:America Over the Water
1118:The Classic Collection
1069:Folk Roots, New Routes
1021:The Prospect Before Us
686:BBC Radio 2 Folk Award
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536:The Prospect Before Us
525:). The involvement of
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331:Folk Roots, New Routes
319:) in 1960 and an EP,
298:America Over the Water
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2663:Topic Records artists
2653:Deram Records artists
2643:Decca Records artists
2577:Etchingham Steam Band
2437:Lal and Mike Waterson
2176:Etchingham Steam Band
1519:JJK: ...You met John.
1506:Perfect Sound Forever
1435:Perfect Sound Forever
1338:Perfect Sound Forever
1198:Unterberger, Richie.
1120:– Highpoint (2004) –
1088:Etchingham Steam Band
966:Harking Back – Durtro
659:(2012) in the series
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475:Etchingham Steam Band
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2493:Rise Up Like the Sun
2056:Adieu to Old England
2042:The Sweet Primeroses
1853:shirleycollins.co.uk
1628:being able to sing".
956:– EMI Harvest (1970)
893:Adieu to Old England
875:The Sweet Primeroses
764:University of Sussex
747:She was awarded the
649:The Sweet Primeroses
561:Rise Up Like the Sun
502:Adieu to Old England
360:The Sweet Primeroses
353:The Sweet Primeroses
305:Austin John Marshall
264:Southern U.S. states
154:English Folk Revival
2562:Fairport Convention
2477:Battle of the Field
2163:For as Many as Will
1102:A Favourite Garland
960:For as Many as Will
787:, released in 2016.
644:Three Score and Ten
585:(the soundtrack of
553:For As Many As Will
490:A Favourite Garland
471:Battle of the Field
455:Albion Country Band
407:Early Music Consort
376:The Young Tradition
346:Shirley Sings Irish
221:McCarthy witch-hunt
16:British folk singer
1784:. Open University.
1680:– via Vimeo.
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2030:False True Lovers
1828:on 22 August 2010
1643:Reinhard Zierke.
1584:Reinhard Zierke.
1533:Reinhard Zierke.
1499:Johan Kugelberg.
1473:Reinhard Zierke.
1450:False True Lovers
1428:Johan Kugelberg.
1365:Reinhard Zierke.
1331:Johan Kugelberg.
1305:Reinhard Zierke.
1291:978-0-946719-66-2
1222:"Shirley Collins"
1164:Shirley Collins,
1150:Shirley Collins,
1134:The Harvest Years
855:False True Lovers
449:in 1971. He left
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494:Simon Nicol
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