Subsequently I saw and heard her sing fairly frequently until the late 70s. This in the context of a burgeoning club scene full of Joan Baez clones). Shirley Collins No Roses Rar Full Of Joan My first and abiding impression was Oh, then its alright to sing in the same way that you speak. She also worked with the Albion Band in the National Theatre in The Passion and Lark Rise. He had, I think the widest knowledge of English literature of anyone Ive ever met, untutored and self-taught as he was.ĭuring the early 70s she became involved with Ashley Hutchings and hence with electric folk music, or folkrock as it was then called. The line-up is according to the folk database Mainly Norfolk. Hal-An-Tow features members of the two acclaimed folk vocal groups The Watersons (Lal and Mike Waterson) and The Young Tradition (Royston Wood).īoth drummer Roger Powell and pianist Ian Whiteman previously played together in the band Mighty Baby. In fact, Fairport Convention member Ashley Hutchings appears on all, Simon Nicol and Richard Thompson on eight, and Dave Mattacks on three of the nine songs on this album. Shirley Collins had used a similar technique on One Night As I Lay on My Bed on Adieu To Old England. The Murder of Maria Marten, a lengthy song about the Red Barn Murder, is broken into segments, with parts of British folk rock alternating with more traditional parts featuring Shirley Collins voice and a hurdy-gurdy drone.
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