https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h-D3QCwirIdid we talk about this? matt sweeney and emily sundblad are doing an album of shirley collins songs? sounds kinda lovely in this live recording.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
once again, matt sweeney has the strangest/best career going.
He really seems to have a good time
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
omghe is trying to kill me y/ni love his face
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
what does "shirley collins songs" mean -- she almost exclusively recorded traditional tunes, albeit sometimes in new arrangements by her/dolly.
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
drawing from the shirley collins repertoire i believe
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
yeah also i have a mild beef with that as well -- that toad from the decemberists did the same thing
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
i don't have a beef. i'd probably get this album. collins was always very careful to explain where a song (or indeed different parts/aspects of a song) came from, and i hope these folks can follow suit. alasdair roberts' album of traditional tunes was also careful in this regard--and it's an amazing album IMO. (speaking of "the crook of my arm")
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
yeah but i wouldn't sing those same tunes and call it an album alasdair roberts songsthey're traditional songs
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
sort of more mysterious -- i'd never heard of sundblad, but i guess she's some kinda mixed media artist: http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2014/04/emily-sundblad-at-house-of-gaga/On Display:15 drawings made at the Santa Barbara Zoo, mounted on pleather, leather and card. 3 illustrations made in New York. adapted loosely from Rembrandt and Delacroix.A white wedding dress and a veil that mimics a cage and makes the dress suitable for both a wedding and a funeral made by Proenza Schouler, based on a concept by Emily Sundblad.One belt and one set of horse’s reins. One peep-hole into the dining room.8 old English folk songs played in the gallery and displayed each on it’s own USB stick with hardware. The songs are adapted from early recordings by Shirley Collins and performed by Emily Sundblad and Matt Sweeney. Recorded in January 2014 by Justin Smith at Pink Duck studios in Burbank. Produced by Matt Sweeney.1 Rib eye steak, frozen.1 Piece of goat meat in a ziploc bag, frozen.1 Assemblage/ visual EP consisting of a drawing titled “Lobster Dinner”, cutlery, four USB sticks with one song on each attached to various hardware, one plastic snake, a belt buckle and a glass of red wine.The show is an attempt to explore how two antiquated institutions- the zoo and marriage- and one institution that will always be a jour- death- illustrate a feeling of imprisonment by love.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
album OFoopssorry -- i'm running to a meeting and thinking about matt sweeney's teeth
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
xp
oh man that was a GREAT episode of macgyver
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
"The Teeth of Sweeney" kind of sounds like it could be song on a Shirley Collins album
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
yeah but i wouldn't sing those same tunes and call it an album alasdair roberts songsthey're traditional songs― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, April 22, 2014 2:25 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, April 22, 2014 2:25 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
we're making the same point bro
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
thanks bro
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/10253906_10152397333486410_2764838862421813363_n.jpg
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Friday, 25 April 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
love dolly's faceclearly from the "for as many as will" photo shootapparently shirley's dress is an annabelinda dress, learned that too! (http://www.annabelinda.com/about/)
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Friday, 25 April 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
Ill at Ease is on And Now the Rain, right? I need to give that more listens. Besides Scenes, my go-to Roy is the 2nd Dissolve album (about which I have also talked to LL)
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:18 (ten years ago) link
Oops rong thread
haha
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Friday, 25 April 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
podcast with shirley talking about her southern journey with alan lomax! http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/r4music
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
Southern JourneysWed, 21 May 14Duration:59 minsIt's not an exaggeration to say that without the work of Alan Lomax, American music might have sounded very different. Lomax's field recordings of the music of the poor and disposessed, made in fields, churches and prisons, made a big impression on the likes of Bob Dylan and paved the way for the 1960s Blues revival. In this programme British folk singer Shirley Collins (who was both Lomax's lover and assistant) tells the story of his trips to the Southern States and in particular one made in 1959. where the pair discovered the great bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell. This programme contains language which may offend.
nice!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:22 (ten years ago) link
oh my gosh thanks!
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
warning! moby content! (but 4 real, it is a good listen)
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
you mean TRIGGER WARNING
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
i'm glad there's moby on there - considering how much $ he (probably?) made from using those sampleshe might as well chime in
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
also i can't wait to listen to this over the weekend!
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
yeah i kid moby, but i get the feeling moby would be a nice guy.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
i'm glad there's moby on there - considering how much $ he (probably?) made from using those sampleshe might as well chime in― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, May 21, 2014 12:43 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, May 21, 2014 12:43 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
would be pretty funny if his interview was reduced to the line, "i'm moby, and i made millions of dollars sampling the music that lomax recorded."
thanks for the link btw.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
i got her book on the subject, "america over the water," it was a decent read but surprisingly un-literary i thought.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
it was a memoir! i read it on my honeymoon.
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
yeah, i guess i mean it wasn't esp. well-written or vivid. you can have "literary memoirs," in fact that's kind of a recognized genre.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
i finished it thinking that she was a bit reserved about her personal deets, but i appreciate that in a person.
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:03 (ten years ago) link
yeah, no james salter-like extended descriptions of making love to alan lomax
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
would love to read it but it's a tad pricey on amazon
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
lol, gross
i got impression that she enjoyed the experience of assisting in the field recordings way more than she enjoyed being his companion.
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
got *the* impression
what is wrong with me today!? geez.
― funch dressing (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
it's ok, when you leave out the article i just imagine you speaking in some eastern-european accent
― display name changed. (amateurist), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
This is fun to flick through and read in your best inner Shirley voice:
A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect (1875)
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 6 June 2014 09:38 (ten years ago) link
(written by a vicar so alas no saucy language)
this is superb. there is a meal called beever?! highlights from skimming through:
'bishop-barnaby' for a ladybird'blobtit' (tell-tale)'grummut' (an awkward boy)'foundle' for anything you find'january butter' (mud)'oration' for fuss'peter-grievous' (fretful)'radical' for tiresome'snudge' (walking with head down)
my favourite thing though was this idea of 'the sheeres' which is everywhere that's not kent or sussex, so hampshire & wiltshire but also china & australia.
also:
Bodger. [Corruption of Badger.]
― ogmor, Friday, 6 June 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
what a charming look!1957
https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10392318_10203046383911895_6314538899765499742_n.jpg
― La Lechera, Monday, 9 June 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
foxy
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Monday, 9 June 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Chanced upon this poster of a 1979 Irish folk festival w/Shirley and Dolly on the bill:
http://i.imgur.com/PpTIHxU.jpg
― goth colouring book (anagram), Monday, 9 June 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
so cool!!
― La Lechera, Monday, 9 June 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
looks like a good time. curious to know what tipsy sailor sounded like.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 June 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
http://mainlynorfolk.info/shirley.collins/images/largerec/heroesinlove_top95.jpg
Shirley Collins @shirleyeCollins 13m
News from @TopicRecords Coming soon - ltd edition 7” vinyl facsimile of this early recording from @shirleyeCollins
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 20 June 2014 10:09 (nine years ago) link
Shirley Collins - Heroes in Love (1963) EP Topic Records TOP95Side A 1. The False Bride (Roud 154) 2. Locks and Bolts (Roud 406 / Laws M13)Side B 3. Rambleaway (Roud 171) 4. A Blacksmith Courted Me (Roud 816)All songs Traditional
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 20 June 2014 10:11 (nine years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_o8xEQUMYkUA/TMbnLoR37ZI/AAAAAAAAEqQ/Hq2FNAfarAE/s1600/vic+smith%27s+photo+of+shirley+collins.jpg
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 20 June 2014 10:13 (nine years ago) link