Shirley Collins. Classic. Dud is not an option here, I'm afraid.

Sorry to rain on this parade but I heard her sing at a folk club in Lewes around 2000 or so, she only sang one song though

Great post

I was there nick! That was amazing aye. She said she wouldn't have done it for anyone except Tibet.

No rain on my parade -- I hope maybe he can convince her to record again.

Mine neither, just saw a picture of her with Davy Graham in Electric Eden, which is almost as good, no?

I was there nick! That was amazing aye. She said she wouldn't have done it for anyone except Tibet.

wins! seemed to me like everyone in the place did this simultaneous collective gasp when she was introduced.

another picture: https://twitter.com/Neodop/status/432296281290342400/photo/1

hey anagram, maybe send this person a tweet? >>>

https://twitter.com/PollyTaplin/status/432514023519571969/photo/1

i would imagine there was a collective gasp! this news has made me so happy. do you think there's a chance that she'll record again?!

it's a nice thought but i would be amazed. stranger things have happened though!

la lechera i did think of you last night btw and wished i could have emergency teleported you into the building :(

if i was considered in absentia, that's the best i could've realistically hoped for. i know that even if she performs again, i will probably not get a chance to hear it, which is why i am very interested in the possibility of future recordings. also i really liked the way her voice aged from her early recordings/youth to the later death and the lady era, AND since i believe that singers are interpreters of song (rather than people with "beautiful voices") she could really make an interesting record at this point in her life. imagine that life experiences that would come through her voice -- it would be so beautiful! anyway, i'm also thrilled that she could experience a room full of love like that.

anyway, i'm also thrilled that she could experience a room full of love like that.

^ this was the best bit! i was quite far back but she was visibly moved.

oh look here's a review:

http://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/performance/7324

important twitter feed - ShirleyCollins Movie(!):

https://twitter.com/ShirleyCMovie

whoa
are those filmmakers a known entity?

they're the same people who did this thing:
http://www.wayofthemorris.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRV1mW35FlI

wonder how much the fact that they were shooting a film influenced shirley's decision to perform?

oh man that looks totally like the kind of movie i would like to see. (i also like morris dancing -- will try to find a way to watch it!) looks like she's in good hands?!
i was wondering the same thing about the possibility of influence, which is why my first question was "filmmakers are clowns y/n" and it looks like the answer is n, fortunately.

I have that Morris film, but haven't got round to watching it yet.

thought it might be along the same lines as the recent nic jones documentary which ended with him doing his first live performance for something like 32 years, but the style of that morris trailer seems to be a little more dreamlike and fantastical.

xp now's yr cue!

same director also did this which sounds pretty interesting:
Epilogue - 2012 sci-fi TV series

talking of nic jones:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/efdss/8029993946/in/photostream/

damn ur eyes flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/efdss/8029993946/in/photostream/

^ nic'n'shirl

oops: http://www.flickr.com/photos/efdss/8029993454/in/photostream/

TONY FUCKING MCPHEE from the Groundhogs...

... blimey. I often approach revived threads of, ahem, more senior artists with some dread in case they're dead (Holger Czukay has given me a couple of near heart attacks) so I'm glad to see Shirl alive and kicking it.

The one sad thing about Tony McPhee's appearance was that he was so low in the mix you could hardly hear what he was doing. They did finish the performance with a version of Sad Go Round though.

let's see if this shows up…

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/1009961_10152214704407139_263710273_n.jpg

can we be shown weirdos + Shirley Collins?

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2707/4053921604_1bf5b1a28e_z.jpg

Did anyone link to the following before? It's a talk that Shirley gave last year at the Southbank...

https://soundcloud.com/southbankcentre/shirley-collins-on-the

Alasdair Roberts on the right I think, but who's on the left?

guy on the left is ned oldham, will's brother

i was wondering the same thing
their expressions are priceless

zomg http://twitter.com/shirleyecollins

Oh geez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2rx9mmzLXA

^ London performance on Youtube at last

wow super intense! i started crying during all the pretty horses, and then felt an actual chill in my bones when she sang in death's voice (lords, dukes, and ladies bow down to me). amazing!!
amaaaaaaaazzzzziiiiiiinnnnnnnggggggg

ty for posting

not the jolliest choice of song eh?

oh that's true but i loved it!

double thanks for posting that, just knowing it happened makes me glad and seeing shirley's face always makes me smile :-)

wow that was great

vid's gone already!

shirley collins google alert

http://olatheedge.com/news/2014/02/20/7781-overland-park-therapist-safehome-organization-volunteer-receive-statewide-honors

TOPEKA, KAN. — An Overland Park, Kan., therapist and volunteer with an organization working on behalf of victims of domestic violence have been recognized by the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (KCSDV).

Shirley Collins was presented with the Outstanding Advocate of the Year Award and Helen LaValley was presented with the Volunteer of the Year Award during KCSDV’s 11th Annual Safe Homes, Safe Streets Awareness Day and Sunflower Safety Breakfast event in Topeka in February.

Since 1995, KCSDV has been recognizing outstanding advocates and allies who are working to enhance victim safety, to increase perpetrator accountability, and to prevent and eliminate sexual and domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in Kansas.

“We honor both Shirley Collins and Helen LaValley for their tireless efforts on behalf of victims of sexual and domestic violence,” said Joyce Grover, executive director of KCSDV. “Their work is transformative and life-saving in many cases.”

Collins has been in the violence against women movement for almost three decades. She has worked one-on-one with victims and for ten years led SAFEHOME’s Clinical Counseling Program which, in 2013, served over 1,000 women, children and men.

“Shirley Collins has dedicated her life to supporting and improving the lives of victims of domestic violence. From her early service as the director of a domestic violence agency, to providing state of the art therapy to victims and their children, she never stops looking for new ways to help survivors find the strength, faith, courage, and hope that they don’t even realize they have,” said Janee’ Hanzlick, executive director of SAFEHOME, Inc., an agency serving victims of domestic violence in Johnson and Miami Counties. SAFEHOME nominated Collins and LaValley for the awards.

“Shirley Collins represents everything that the Juliene Maska Advocate of the Year is intended to be: victim-centered, compassionate, and caring,” says Joyce Grover, executive director of KCSDV. Collins has also championed efforts to train and mentor counseling staff and interns, advancing their skills through training on modalities that are particularly successful for working with trauma survivors. As a result, there are at least 50 therapists in Johnson County who are well-trained on working with victims of domestic violence and trauma.

Sounds like at least two great women share the same name. It's nice to hear an inspiring story about a non-famous person making the world a better place, even if it is because of a random internet coincidence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h-D3QCwirI
did we talk about this? matt sweeney and emily sundblad are doing an album of shirley collins songs? sounds kinda lovely in this live recording.

once again, matt sweeney has the strangest/best career going.

He really seems to have a good time

omg
he is trying to kill me y/n
i love his face

what does "shirley collins songs" mean -- she almost exclusively recorded traditional tunes, albeit sometimes in new arrangements by her/dolly.