Photo of Shirley by Katie Vandyck      



 


"Shirley Collins is without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures" - Billy Bragg
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Shirley's CDs and copies of 'America Over The Water' are available from this site at new LOW prices. Click on 'For Sale' above.

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Welcome to the authorised Shirley Collins website.

Here you'll find:

a complete discography
track listings for each CD/LP
the full song repertoire
biography
news of forthcoming events  
Shirley's Honours

details of Shirley's three shows:
America Over The Water
A Most Sunshiny Day
I'm A Romany Rai

CDs and books for sale   


      

Shirley has completed the next stage of Topic’s Voice of the People, compiling three CDs from the Peter Kennedy and Bob Copper collections. They are:

1) Songs of South East England
2) Gypsy Songs of South East England
3) Queen Caroline Hughes, the Dorset gypsy singer. 

 

 

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


Photograph Katie Vandyck

 

 

Belles of London City - surprise guests at Shirley's 75th birthday dinner at Pelham House in Lewes - surprise sprung by Shirley's daughter Polly Marshall

 

      

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