After Collins’ husband left her, her throat locked. Now, the 81-year-old British folk singer is back with her first album in 38 years.
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The Watersons, Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Kate Rusby, Jake Bugg, The Unthanks
Interview: Eliza Carthy
Here’s a recent audio interview with the always interesting Eliza Carthy, courtesy of M Magazine.
It’s been a quite few years since I saw Eliza Carthy perform (2002, at New Bedford Whaling Museum, along with her parents Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson). I remember young Eliza and her mom singing a beautiful “The Lowlands of Holland,” and the full clan closing with an a cappella “Stars in My Crown.” I’ve always wondered about the meaning of that traditional Methodist hymn. The singer contemplates arriving in Heaven and meeting her Saviour. She then admits, “It would sweeten my bliss in the city of gold, Should there be any stars in my crown.” So, you’re in Heaven, greeted by your Saviour, and you even have your own crown on your head. Yet, you need … just … one … more … thing. Brilliant! [ – Johnny Foreigner – ]
Folk star Eliza Carthy let us in on her PRS for Music Foundation commission for the upcoming New Music Biennial 2017…
Kate Rusby: Life in a Paper Boat
Kate demonstrates that her artistry is constantly evolving on an album that’s both refreshing and stimulating: not an easy trick to pull off.
It’s that time of the year again, and with the welcome inevitability of such things here’s a brand new Kate Rusby offering to brighten up those dark, dismal days of the encroaching winter. But let’s not get too cosy and predictable, or jump to conclusions… for I’m aware that there are listeners (even among her admirers) who’ve felt that Kate’s music has stayed contentedly still, resting on a comfortable plateau over the past few years. Time to wake up, then – for Life In A Paper Boat, which happens to be Kate’s 14th studio album, provides conclusive proof that Kate’s artistry is constantly evolving too.
READ FULL STORY AT Source: Kate Rusby: Life in a Paper Boat (Album Review) | Folk Radio UK
Shirley Collins: “I’m a conduit… I understand this music better than anybody else”
“English folk music says everything I need to say and in the most glorious way. I don’t listen to newly written stuff. There are people who call themselves folk singers and they write half their own stuff, and I think, why? When you’ve got thousands of songs from hundreds of years behind you which is real folk music, why are you writing something yourself?”
READ FULL STORY at Source: Shirley Collins: “I’m a conduit… I understand this music better than anybody else” – Uncut