18th February 2017 at Barbican, London EC2.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English Folk.

Lineup: Shirley Collins (v), Ian Kearey (MD/g/mandolin/dulcimer-banjo/keyboard), Ossian Brown (hurdy gurdy/organ pipe), Dave Arthur (g/banjo/percussion), Pete Cooper (fiddle),John Watchman (concertina), Alex Neilson (d), Pip Barnes (g/compere), Glen Redman (dancer).

Shirley Collins was born in Hastings and now lives in Lewes. She was a key member of the English folk revival of the 1960s and 70s, including a duo with her sister Dolly and the Albion Country Band. Fron the late 1970s she stopped singing in pubic and releasing new recordings. Now in her 80s she has returned. The first couple of songs in public in 2014, an album "Lodestar" released in 2016 and now in 2017 a series of gigs in British cities. She was accompanied by musicians who were on the album - Ian Kearey (ex-Oyster Band), Ossian Brown (half of Cyclobe), Pete Cooper and Dave Arthur (two thirds of Rattle on the Stovepipe), Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells) John Watcham and Glen Redman (both from Brighton Morris), and Pip Barnes (with whom she has created a series of illustrated talks).
More information: www.shirleycollins.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/shirley.collins.752.

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18th February 2017 at Barbican, London EC2.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English Folk.

Lineup: Shirley Collins (v), Ian Kearey (MD/g/mandolin/dulcimer-banjo/keyboard), Ossian Brown (hurdy gurdy/organ pipe), Dave Arthur (g/banjo/percussion), Pete Cooper (fiddle),John Watchman (concertina), Alex Neilson (d), Pip Barnes (g/compere), Glen Redman (dancer).

Shirley Collins was born in Hastings and now lives in Lewes. She was a key member of the English folk revival of the 1960s and 70s, including a duo with her sister Dolly and the Albion Country Band. Fron the late 1970s she stopped singing in pubic and releasing new recordings. Now in her 80s she has returned. The first couple of songs in public in 2014, an album "Lodestar" released in 2016 and now in 2017 a series of gigs in British cities. She was accompanied by musicians who were on the album - Ian Kearey (ex-Oyster Band), Ossian Brown (half of Cyclobe), Pete Cooper and Dave Arthur (two thirds of Rattle on the Stovepipe), Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells) John Watcham and Glen Redman (both from Brighton Morris), and Pip Barnes (with whom she has created a series of illustrated talks).
More information: www.shirleycollins.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/shirley.collins.752.

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18th February 2017 at Barbican, London EC2.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English Folk.

Lineup: Shirley Collins (v), Ian Kearey (MD/g/mandolin/dulcimer-banjo/keyboard), Ossian Brown (hurdy gurdy/organ pipe), Dave Arthur (g/banjo/percussion), Pete Cooper (fiddle),John Watchman (concertina), Alex Neilson (d), Pip Barnes (g/compere), Glen Redman (dancer).

Shirley Collins was born in Hastings and now lives in Lewes. She was a key member of the English folk revival of the 1960s and 70s, including a duo with her sister Dolly and the Albion Country Band. Fron the late 1970s she stopped singing in pubic and releasing new recordings. Now in her 80s she has returned. The first couple of songs in public in 2014, an album "Lodestar" released in 2016 and now in 2017 a series of gigs in British cities. She was accompanied by musicians who were on the album - Ian Kearey (ex-Oyster Band), Ossian Brown (half of Cyclobe), Pete Cooper and Dave Arthur (two thirds of Rattle on the Stovepipe), Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells) John Watcham and Glen Redman (both from Brighton Morris), and Pip Barnes (with whom she has created a series of illustrated talks).
More information: www.shirleycollins.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/shirley.collins.752.

Tags:   Folk Music Great Britain English Folk Shirley Collins Ian Kearey Ossian Brown Barbican

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18th February 2017 at Barbican, London EC2.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English Folk.

Lineup: Shirley Collins (v), Ian Kearey (MD/g/mandolin/dulcimer-banjo/keyboard), Ossian Brown (hurdy gurdy/organ pipe), Dave Arthur (g/banjo/percussion), Pete Cooper (fiddle),John Watchman (concertina), Alex Neilson (d), Pip Barnes (g/compere), Glen Redman (dancer).

Shirley Collins was born in Hastings and now lives in Lewes. She was a key member of the English folk revival of the 1960s and 70s, including a duo with her sister Dolly and the Albion Country Band. Fron the late 1970s she stopped singing in pubic and releasing new recordings. Now in her 80s she has returned. The first couple of songs in public in 2014, an album "Lodestar" released in 2016 and now in 2017 a series of gigs in British cities. She was accompanied by musicians who were on the album - Ian Kearey (ex-Oyster Band), Ossian Brown (half of Cyclobe), Pete Cooper and Dave Arthur (two thirds of Rattle on the Stovepipe), Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells) John Watcham and Glen Redman (both from Brighton Morris), and Pip Barnes (with whom she has created a series of illustrated talks).
More information: www.shirleycollins.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/shirley.collins.752.

Tags:   Folk Music Great Britain English Folk Ian Kearey Shirley Collins Mandolin Barbican

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18th February 2017 at Barbican, London EC2.

Country: Britain. Style: Traditional English Folk.

Lineup: Shirley Collins (v), Ian Kearey (MD/g/mandolin/dulcimer-banjo/keyboard), Ossian Brown (hurdy gurdy/organ pipe), Dave Arthur (g/banjo/percussion), Pete Cooper (fiddle),John Watchman (concertina), Alex Neilson (d), Pip Barnes (g/compere), Glen Redman (dancer).

Shirley Collins was born in Hastings and now lives in Lewes. She was a key member of the English folk revival of the 1960s and 70s, including a duo with her sister Dolly and the Albion Country Band. Fron the late 1970s she stopped singing in pubic and releasing new recordings. Now in her 80s she has returned. The first couple of songs in public in 2014, an album "Lodestar" released in 2016 and now in 2017 a series of gigs in British cities. She was accompanied by musicians who were on the album - Ian Kearey (ex-Oyster Band), Ossian Brown (half of Cyclobe), Pete Cooper and Dave Arthur (two thirds of Rattle on the Stovepipe), Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells) John Watcham and Glen Redman (both from Brighton Morris), and Pip Barnes (with whom she has created a series of illustrated talks).
In this photo: Kearey plays "the instrument", a dulcimer-banjo hybrid consisting of an Appalachian mountain dulcimer with an English Victorian 5-string banjo neck attached that was made for Shirley in 1967 by John Bailey.
More information: www.shirleycollins.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/shirley.collins.752.

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