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Shirley Collins
' return to recording has been as rewarding as it is surprising. Nearly 40 years after one of the giants of British folk stepped away from her career in music, she made an unexpected and satisfying comeback album with 2016's
Lodestar
; 2020's
Heart's Ease
proved to be even better. It was the work of a singer whose instrument was weathered by time, but whose skill as an interpreter and a storyteller was as keen as ever. 2023's
Archangel Hill
offers a brief taste of what
Collins
was like as a performer shortly before her retirement, with a live recording of "Hand and Heart" recorded in Sydney, Australia in 1980, but the other 12 tracks came from sessions recorded in 2022. If her voice is lower and wavers a bit, she absolutely knows how to inhabit a character and make it come to life, a priceless gift in a musical form dominated by first-person narratives. As on
,
was produced and arranged by
Ian Kearey
of
Oysterband
, who is also
' musical director. His accompaniment is elegant and evocative without ever taking the focus away from
, and she gives these tales of love, misfortune, and adventure a vivid reality and no small amount of grit. (Discreet yet unapologetic details of seduction pop up in several tracks.)
and her accompanists approach these songs with an eye toward historical accuracy, but without treating them as museum pieces; the electric guitar and sound effects on "High and Away" and the title track absolutely serve the songs, giving them an atmosphere that's a fine match for the lyrics and
' voice while delicately nudging the music into the 21st century.
has said that what drew her to traditional folk music were the songs telling tales of working people, and a listen to
bears this out, and if our culture has changed, the emotions she expresses here have not.
has suggested
may be her final album, and it would be a shame if that were true, but her late period work has arguably made a better case for her talents and lasting importance than her last LPs of the 1970s.
documents a singular artist with a tremendous command of her gifts -- no small accomplishment for someone who was 87 when this was released. ~ Mark Deming
' return to recording has been as rewarding as it is surprising. Nearly 40 years after one of the giants of British folk stepped away from her career in music, she made an unexpected and satisfying comeback album with 2016's
Lodestar
; 2020's
Heart's Ease
proved to be even better. It was the work of a singer whose instrument was weathered by time, but whose skill as an interpreter and a storyteller was as keen as ever. 2023's
Archangel Hill
offers a brief taste of what
Collins
was like as a performer shortly before her retirement, with a live recording of "Hand and Heart" recorded in Sydney, Australia in 1980, but the other 12 tracks came from sessions recorded in 2022. If her voice is lower and wavers a bit, she absolutely knows how to inhabit a character and make it come to life, a priceless gift in a musical form dominated by first-person narratives. As on
,
was produced and arranged by
Ian Kearey
of
Oysterband
, who is also
' musical director. His accompaniment is elegant and evocative without ever taking the focus away from
, and she gives these tales of love, misfortune, and adventure a vivid reality and no small amount of grit. (Discreet yet unapologetic details of seduction pop up in several tracks.)
and her accompanists approach these songs with an eye toward historical accuracy, but without treating them as museum pieces; the electric guitar and sound effects on "High and Away" and the title track absolutely serve the songs, giving them an atmosphere that's a fine match for the lyrics and
' voice while delicately nudging the music into the 21st century.
has said that what drew her to traditional folk music were the songs telling tales of working people, and a listen to
bears this out, and if our culture has changed, the emotions she expresses here have not.
has suggested
may be her final album, and it would be a shame if that were true, but her late period work has arguably made a better case for her talents and lasting importance than her last LPs of the 1970s.
documents a singular artist with a tremendous command of her gifts -- no small accomplishment for someone who was 87 when this was released. ~ Mark Deming
Shirley Collins
' return to recording has been as rewarding as it is surprising. Nearly 40 years after one of the giants of British folk stepped away from her career in music, she made an unexpected and satisfying comeback album with 2016's
Lodestar
; 2020's
Heart's Ease
proved to be even better. It was the work of a singer whose instrument was weathered by time, but whose skill as an interpreter and a storyteller was as keen as ever. 2023's
Archangel Hill
offers a brief taste of what
Collins
was like as a performer shortly before her retirement, with a live recording of "Hand and Heart" recorded in Sydney, Australia in 1980, but the other 12 tracks came from sessions recorded in 2022. If her voice is lower and wavers a bit, she absolutely knows how to inhabit a character and make it come to life, a priceless gift in a musical form dominated by first-person narratives. As on
,
was produced and arranged by
Ian Kearey
of
Oysterband
, who is also
' musical director. His accompaniment is elegant and evocative without ever taking the focus away from
, and she gives these tales of love, misfortune, and adventure a vivid reality and no small amount of grit. (Discreet yet unapologetic details of seduction pop up in several tracks.)
and her accompanists approach these songs with an eye toward historical accuracy, but without treating them as museum pieces; the electric guitar and sound effects on "High and Away" and the title track absolutely serve the songs, giving them an atmosphere that's a fine match for the lyrics and
' voice while delicately nudging the music into the 21st century.
has said that what drew her to traditional folk music were the songs telling tales of working people, and a listen to
bears this out, and if our culture has changed, the emotions she expresses here have not.
has suggested
may be her final album, and it would be a shame if that were true, but her late period work has arguably made a better case for her talents and lasting importance than her last LPs of the 1970s.
documents a singular artist with a tremendous command of her gifts -- no small accomplishment for someone who was 87 when this was released. ~ Mark Deming
' return to recording has been as rewarding as it is surprising. Nearly 40 years after one of the giants of British folk stepped away from her career in music, she made an unexpected and satisfying comeback album with 2016's
Lodestar
; 2020's
Heart's Ease
proved to be even better. It was the work of a singer whose instrument was weathered by time, but whose skill as an interpreter and a storyteller was as keen as ever. 2023's
Archangel Hill
offers a brief taste of what
Collins
was like as a performer shortly before her retirement, with a live recording of "Hand and Heart" recorded in Sydney, Australia in 1980, but the other 12 tracks came from sessions recorded in 2022. If her voice is lower and wavers a bit, she absolutely knows how to inhabit a character and make it come to life, a priceless gift in a musical form dominated by first-person narratives. As on
,
was produced and arranged by
Ian Kearey
of
Oysterband
, who is also
' musical director. His accompaniment is elegant and evocative without ever taking the focus away from
, and she gives these tales of love, misfortune, and adventure a vivid reality and no small amount of grit. (Discreet yet unapologetic details of seduction pop up in several tracks.)
and her accompanists approach these songs with an eye toward historical accuracy, but without treating them as museum pieces; the electric guitar and sound effects on "High and Away" and the title track absolutely serve the songs, giving them an atmosphere that's a fine match for the lyrics and
' voice while delicately nudging the music into the 21st century.
has said that what drew her to traditional folk music were the songs telling tales of working people, and a listen to
bears this out, and if our culture has changed, the emotions she expresses here have not.
has suggested
may be her final album, and it would be a shame if that were true, but her late period work has arguably made a better case for her talents and lasting importance than her last LPs of the 1970s.
documents a singular artist with a tremendous command of her gifts -- no small accomplishment for someone who was 87 when this was released. ~ Mark Deming
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