"Shirley Collins is without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures" - Billy Bragg

       

       Shirley's CDs and prints of Austin John Marshall's original Anthems in Eden poster are available from this site. Click on 'For Sale' above.

NEWS

Topic Records presents a very special evening on Thursday March 15th at Cecil Sharp House to celebrate the release of four additional volumes in the widely acclaimed The Voice of the People series.

The first half of this event sees Shirley present a shortened version of her illustrated talk 'You Never Heard So Sweet'.

More details here.

Recently come to light - an extract from a BBC film of the Cottesloe "Lark Rise" production with Shirley and Martin Carthy singing The Bonny Labouring Boy   

   
Fledg'ling Records have released a re-mastered Sweet England on CD. Available now from this site.

Click here to read recent reviews of 'Sweet England'.

MORE NEWS

The artist Thomas Shahan is working on an Alphonse Mucha inspired print of Shirley, and has given permission for this sneak preview:

Prints available for sale - Visit Thomas's website: www.ThomasShahan.com 

or email him at: opoterser@hotmail.com

For As Many As Will has been re-issued on Fledg’ling Records, and copies are available now from this site.

LATEST!

The Sacred Harp recordings from 1959 - recorded By Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins - are among the 25 recordings named today to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.

Click here to read Don Fleming's (Lomax Foundation) letter to Shirley, and follow the link through to the Library of Congress press release.

A portrait of Shirley by the artist Julian Bell was included in his exhibition of paintings, Rook Eggs, at St Anne's Galleries in Lewes. 

Shirley is named as one of about.com's 10 Trailblazing Female Musicians. Click here to follow up.

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