Shirley Collins - Lodestar - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

JP Soars has spent over two decades building his reputation the way roots music was meant to be built onstage, night after night, delivering a high-energy, blend of roots music that moves effortlessly through blues, rock & roll, Latin grooves, country, and gypsy jazz-never confined by genre, always guided by feel.That musical vision comes fully into focus on Gypsy Blue Revue, a collaborative project with acclaimed violinist, vocalist, and songwriter Anne Harris (Keb Mo & Taj Mahal, Otis Taylor, Cracker) a blend of songwriting styles and instrumental chops, set to a backdrop of Southern soul, roadhouse blues and rock, and eclectic folk music, recorded Inchall in one room, playing together. We just wanted it to sound like we do live.Inch

Few singers of the English folk revival have attempted as much on record as Collins - an extraordinary combination of fragility and power. InchI like music to be fairly straightforward, simply embellished - the performance without histrionics allowing you to think about the song rather than telling you what to think.Inch Through an impressive series of experimental recordings Shirley established an extraordinarily sympathetic marriage of traditional songs handed down through generations of rural labouring people with ground breaking contemporary arrangements - recordings that have scarcely been equalled in subsequent decades. This collection of songs draws together some of her most iconic recordings and will serve as an Introduction to her very special catalogue of music.

The Original LP plus tracks from the Heros Of Love E. P. / Sleeve notes by Colin Irwin/ Photos by Brian Shuel / Deluxe packaging / O Card with alternative front cover. / Original LP artwork. Topic Records are proud to present the Shirley Collins album The Sweet Primeroses plus bonus material by way of the Heros Of Love Topic E. P. With sleeve notes by Colin Irwin and photos by Brian Shuel and packaged with the original album artwork. During the 1960s and 70s Shirley Collins was regarded by many as the first lady of folk music, the subsequent decades have only served to enhance that reputation. Between 1955 and 1978 she recorded for the Folkways, Argo, Harvest and Topic labels. After the of For As Many As Will in 1978 she withdrew from performing and the music world after developing dysphonia. Shirley recently returned to recording after a very long hiatus and is still widely acknowledged as one of the finest singers and ambassadors to have emerged during the Folksong Revival.