Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins

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Latest Release

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  • Hares On The Mountain
  • July 2025
  • 2 Songs

Top Songs

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Feel The Spin
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Beatin It
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Love Is Pleasin'
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Turpin Hero [Remastered 2019]
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Hares On The Mountain [Fast Version]

Albums

  • Silk

    Oct 2023 • 1 song

  • Beatin It

    Sep 2023 • 1 song

  • Feel The Spin

    Sep 2023 • 1 song

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Shirley Collins

Biography

A pivotal figure in Britain's early-'60s folk revival and subsequent folk-rock heyday, Shirley Collins' influence on these movements, and folk music at large, cannot be understated. With her pure, unaffected vocal tone and Sussex accent, she first launched her recording career in the late '50s, adapting the pastoral folk songs of her rural upbringing for simple banjo accompaniment before partnering with famed musicologist Alan Lomax on his song-collecting journey through the American South, a trip that produced a now-legendary collection of blues and folk field recordings. Col...
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