Various – Shirley Inspired - New Vinyl 2015 Earth Recordings Limited Edition 3 Lp Compilation Pressing with Tri-Fold Jacket - Folk / Covers
An album of Shirley Collins covers featuring contributions from Graham Coxon, Lee Ranaldo, Bitchin Bonnie Billy Bajas (Bonnie Prince Billy), Stewart Lee, Eric Chenaux, Josephine Foster, Johnny Flynn, Stuart Estell, Trembling Bells and many more..
Earth Recordings are extremely proud to announce the release of ‘Shirley Inspired’. July 2015 will see Shirley Collins celebrate her 80th year – an age that would seem frankly ridiculous for a woman as spritely as her, had it not been for all she’s achieved. From her seminal field-recording trip to America to her lauded musical career; from her role as historian and protector of the folk tradition, to the very fact that this record can exist – more than half a century after her career began – all of these things are testament to the breadth of her influence.And so we arrive at ‘Shirley Inspired’. It would be almost lazy to the talk about the resurgence of folk music or the ‘new folk’ sound – the recordings found here are so much more than that. This is the very essence of folk – songs handed down from person to person, interpreted by modern musicians – as a way of keeping these songs alive.Make no mistake these are modern versions; we’ve the soulful dirge of Bitchin Bonnie Billy Bajas’ ‘Pretty Saro’; the rabble-rousing minimalism of Stewart Lee (yes him) and Stuart Estell’s ‘Polly On The Shore’; the prism-like vocals of Ela Stiles’ ‘Murder of Maria Marten’… even Graham Coxon’s traditional affair evokes something altogether more rebellious, his clawing, feral style is much in evidence here. This compilation was an inheritance of sorts: borne to us from the kickstarter appeal that funded ‘The Ballad of Shirley Collins’ – a film that is currently being made about the First Lady of Folk Music’s life. We here at Earth now have the privilege of giving these songs a tangible existence in the shape of this special recording.
The woman herself had this to say: “I’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of the singers and musicians who responded to the invitation to be part of the Shirley Inspired collection. Their choice of songs is fascinating, the interpretations of them fresh and various, beautiful and sometimes challenging! Listening to these recreations shows me again that English folk music has timeless power and significance.”
Tracklist
A1 | –Bitchin Bonnie Billy Bajas | Pretty Saro | |
A2 | –Trembling Bells | Richie's Story | |
A3 | –Stewart Lee & Stuart Estell | Polly On The Shore | |
A4 | –Johnny Flynn | Rambleaway | |
A5 | –Lee Ranaldo | The Plains Of Waterloo | |
B1 | –Alasdair Roberts & David McGuinness | A Blacksmith Courted Me | |
B2 | –Graham Coxon | Cruel Mother | |
B3 | –Meg Baird | Locks And Bolts | |
B4 | –Angel Olsen | The Blacksmith | |
B5 | –Ela Stiles | The Murder Of Maria Marten | |
C1 | –Stuart Estell | Just As The Tide Was Flowing | |
C2 | –Bonnie Dobson And Lords Of Thyme | Hares On The Mountain | |
C3 | –Rachael Dadd | Polly Vaughan | |
C4 | –Josephine Foster | Love Is Pleasing | |
C5 | –The Owl Service And Laura Cannell | Edi Beo | |
C6 | –Jackie Oates | Banks Of The Bann | |
D1 | –Crying Lion* | Shepherd's Arise | |
D2 | –Ned Oldham | The Blacksmith | |
D3 | –Ulver | Poor Murdered Woman | |
D4 | –Sally Timms With The Mini Mekons* | Go From My Window | |
D5 | –C Joynes | It Was Pleasant And Delightful | |
D6 | –Sharron Kraus | Gilderoy (Heart's Delight) | |
E1 | –Joe Murphy (3) | Adieu To All Judges And Juries | |
E2 | –Slate Islands | Proud Maisrie | |
E3 | –Sophie Williams | Charlie | |
E4 | –Rozi Plain | Long Years Ago | |
E5 | –Paul Smith (6) | Geordie | |
E6 | –Olivia Chaney | Oxford Girl | |
F1 | –Orlando (32) And Tom Furse | My False True Love | |
F2 | –Barbarossa (3) | Dearest Dear | |
F3 | –Belbury Poly | Cambridgeshire May Carol | |
F4 | –Eric Chenaux | Just As The Tide Was Flowing | |
F5 | –Tunng And Farao | Never Again | |
F6 | –Findlay Brown | Sweet England |
Notes
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