Tag: Shirley Collins
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RC 323: Dark & Lonely Folk Horror with Ian of The Lloydbrary
Sumer is Icumen in, Loudly sing, cuckoo! Grows the seed and blows the mead, And springs the wood anew. Happy May Day! It’s sunrise on May the 1st and here’s a witchy folk horror & Black Aquarius edition of Radio Clash with Ian of The Lloydbrary blog and podcast. We stumble into the sleepy pastoral…
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The Ballad of Shirley Collins
Beautiful and moving documentary about the folk singer Shirley Collins by Tim Plester & Rob Curry, currently available to stream for free at Lush. Amazingly David Tibet and Stewart Lee also feature, as she says her fan base is now quite diverse compared to the old folkie days. It details her history recording songs in…
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Shirley Collins and the Poor Murdered Woman
I love the fact that Alan Moore has made a video on the importance of Shirley Collins and the Kickstarter to make a film about her. I dug through my collection and the sole track I had on my computer was ‘Poor Murdered Woman’, but 5-star rated and a track I love. The story of…