gcoover Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) Thought you all might enjoy this video recently posted to YouTube - Shirley Collins singing a May Carol accompanied by John Watcham on concertina and Glen Redman (drummer and dancer from Brighton Morris), followed by the tune and solo Morris jig "Southover" composed by Glen Redman: https://youtu.be/v-hHYGLUHtw It's a live version of one of the tracks from Shirley's new album "Lodestar". Enjoy! Gary Edited December 6, 2016 by gcoover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 And here is a very recent interview with Shirley Collins on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) radio: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/schedule-for-tuesday-november-29-2016-1.3870780/i-feel-like-shirley-collins-the-english-folk-singer-returns-to-music-1.3870784 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Harrison Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Nice .................don't know the carol but it's very Idbury Hill ( or London Pride) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian brown Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Thanks for posting this Gary - I've always found John's playing so magical ever since I first saw him play, close on 40 years ago now! I think it's the way he sits on the beat, never pushes the tune unnecessarily forward and gives so much space to the others. The whole effect is so calming - The Art of Zen and The Concertina...?Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes williams Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 And here is a very recent interview with Shirley Collins on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) radio: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/schedule-for-tuesday-november-29-2016-1.3870780/i-feel-like-shirley-collins-the-english-folk-singer-returns-to-music-1.3870784 And here's a similar on BBC radio - but only available in the UK it says http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06yjk03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Wes Thanks. Depite being in Canada, I was able to download the mp3 of the interview even though it said UK only. It was interesting to contrast the two interviews which might have been made on the same day from the same BBC studio. The 'posh' (Shirley's words) British version by a guy clearly more interested in European art music than Shirley's traditional music, and the Canadian interview by a singer from Newfoundland who really wanted to hear Shirley's music and wanted to swap songs with her live on air. I thought that kind of British (well, English really) pretentiousness was a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Harrison Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 The 'posh' (Shirley's words) British version by a guy clearly more interested in European art music than Shirley's traditional music Hi Don....... I'd like to very mildly take issue with you. I listened to it......it's over an hour long and full of complete pieces of music, not snippets, so it's satisfying for the musical content as well as the interview. If there was a bias towards the music played, it was Shirley's choice not the presenters. So her bias not his. I thought that kind of British (well, English really) pretentiousness was a thing of the past. He has a rich, plummy Oxbridge voice that may well sound pretentious but he was deeply respectful of Shirley and her music (our music). If trad. English music is interesting to you, totally worth an hour of your time esp. if you like baroque music. Included is a successful version ( I think ) of Barry Dransfield singing Handels "Silent Worship) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) deleted. Edited December 14, 2016 by Don Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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