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Downs, But Not Out: Heart’s Ease By Shirley Collins

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Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… Shirley Collins

Jude Rogers speaks to Shirley Collins, owner of the most vital voice in English folk music, and offers ten points of entry into a body of work that spans half a century. Portrait by Grant Gee
Books

In The Field: The Transatlantic Folkways of Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins’ reminiscences of a journey through America with Alan Lomax provide an education in folk music for Jim Hilton
Low Culture Podcast

Low Culture Podcast 3: Shirley Collins On O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The third in our subscriber only series of podcasts features folk singer and author Shirley Collins talking about her favourite film with John and Luke
Film

Southern Journey, Revisited: An Interview With Rob Curry And Tim Plester

From the minds behind The Ballad of Shirley Collins comes a new journey into the sounds and history of the Southern States of the US. Neil Fox sits down with the filmmakers behind the docu-road movie hybrid
Baker's Dozen

Lodestars: Shirley Collins’ Favourite Albums

The return of Shirley Collins to song has been one of the most joyous music stories in recent times. Ahead of the release of her new album, the singer sits down with Jude Rogers to discus her 13 favourite records
Anniversary

In Fair England: Fairport Convention’s Liege & Lief At 50

Yes they probably invented folk rock but also, on their landmark third album, Fairport Convention, presented a view of England that has now been lost... one of violent division along lines of class and gender but one that was also positive and questing, says Michael Hann
Books

100 Years: Shirley Collins Reflects On The First World War

Ahead of her appearance at a series of events marking the end of the First World War, we've an extract from Shirley Collins' memoir on the conflict's impact on her family
Black Sky Thinking

What Is New Weird Britain? A Guide To The UK Underground In 2018

As we get ready for this year's Supersonic Festival, Noel Gardner, John Doran and Luke Turner present their takes on what the underground we're calling New Weird Britain constitutes, from anti-corporate defiance, performance art, and a bold new exploration of landscape and place
Music of the Month

Albums Of The Month: Music We’ve Loved This March

Spring is here, we've puked up seven Lindt eggs, and loads of great music is still being released every single day. Here’s some of our favourites - a few we covered, a few we missed - plus some ace Tracks Of The Month
Film

For Everyone That Follows: The Ballad of Shirley Collins Reviewed

Jude Rogers looks at a recently released documentary on the legendary folk singer and archivist Shirley Collins
Black Sky Thinking

Songs Of Discomposure: Quietus Writers Pick Their Most Disturbing Pieces Of Music

We asked our contributors to write about the songs that most disturbed them. From Carl Orff to Leonard Cohen, via Tom Jones and The Beatles, disturbance manifests itself in many forms
Music of the Month

The Best New Music You Missed In October

Better late than never, in a month that could use more than a little good news, we've collected all of the best new music that might have slipped under your radar this October — and right some wrongs with the one's we missed ourselves
Strange World Of...

Don’t You Be Afraid To Lie By Me: The Strange World Of… Bert Jansch

Folk at its rawest is often bloody, uncompromising stuff, and Bert Jansch was one of its magical practitioners. Add fiery guitar-playing, a voice hewn from Edinburgh stone, original songs full of lyrics fabout the darkest sides of life, and you get one of music's most fascinating characters, argues Jude Rogers
A Quietus Interview

Let The Song Speak For Itself: Shirley Collins Interviewed

Ben Graham speaks to one of the true living heroes of English folk music, Shirley Collins. Pictures at Cafe Oto taken by Steve Hopper

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Baker's Dozen

Arcane Lore: Alasdair Roberts’ Favourite Albums

The Scottish folk artist picks out his top LPs, going from Bach to Kraftwerk by way of Bahamian field recordings and 14th-century French polyphonic classical music

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