Isla Cameron

Isla Cameron

Isla Cameron

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Top Songs

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The Fireman's Not For Me
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Keel Row
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Croodin Doo
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The Cherry Tree Carol
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The Lowlands of Holland

Albums

  • Through Bushes and Briars and Other Songs of the British Isles (Remastered)

    Aug 2016 • 19 songs

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Isla Cameron

Biography

Isla Cameron was one of a quartet of key figures in England's postwar folk song revival -- and to give a measure of her importance, the other three were Ewan MacColl, A.L. Lloyd, and Alan Lomax. Her public singing career began quite by accident; she was a member of a theater workshop run by Joan Littlewood, who was then the wife of Ewan MacColl (1915-1989), when she and MacColl met backstage. They began a long friendship and professional relationship, and MacColl helped secure Cameron's first recording, an unusual unaccompanied performance of "The Fair Flower of Northumberland...
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