Cover images for Fay Hield's and Shirley Collins's new albums Photo: Soundpost Records, Domino Records
William has always been a sucker for earthy British folk music and Shirley Collins has been one of his favourites. At 81, she has just released her first new album in 38 years. And the younger Fay Hield brings one out after a gap of only four.
Playlist
'Song title' (Composer) – Performers
Album title
(Label)
'Higher Germany' (Trad) – Phoebe Smith
Three Score and Ten – a Voice to the People
(Topic)
'Four Loom Weaver' (Trad) – Maddie Prior, June Tabor
Silly Sisters
(Island)
'Bottle' (Trad) – Eliza Carthy, Tim Eriksen
Bottle
(Navigator)
'A Song Story' (Trad) – Shirley Collins, Early Music Consort
Anthems in Eden
(EMI)
'Wicked Serpent' (Trad) – Fay Hield
Orfeo
(Topic)
'The Hornet and the Beetle' (Trad) – Fay Hield
Old Adam
(Soundpost)
'Jack Orion' (Trad) – Fay Hield
Old Adam
(Soundpost)
'The Briar and the Rose' (Waits) – Tom Waits
The Black Rider
(Island)
'The Briar and the Rose' (Waits) – Fay Hield
Old Adam
(Soundpost)
'Cruel Lincoln' (Trad) – Shirley Collins
Lodestar
(Domino)
'The Silver Swan' (Gibbons) – Shirley Collins
Lodestar
(Domino)
