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- Summary: The 45-track tribute album to Shirley Collins features songs sung by such artists as Meg Baird, Eric Chenaux, Graham Coxon, Stuart Estell, Johnny Flynn, Josephine Foster, Stewart Lee, Jackie Oates, Lee Ranaldo, Alasdair Roberts, Paul Smith, and Trembling Bells.
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- Record Label: Earth Records
- Genre(s): Folk
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Jul 17, 2015It's the great triumph of this collection, one that goes beyond whether it hangs together as a body of work. In bringing together artists from around the world Shirley Inspired should help to ensure that these tales are not forgotten.
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UncutJul 17, 2015Perhaps inevitably, it's female voices that fare best. [Aug 2015, p.81]
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Jul 17, 2015It’s a wonderful soul inspiring, mournfully imbued compendium of her songs that will hopefully continue to inspire an even younger crop of musicians on into the future.
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MojoJul 17, 2015Shirley Inspired and Unheard Songs both bear rich testament to the fact that posterity is barely getting started in these two. [Jul 2015, p.88]
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Jul 31, 2015If nothing else, Shirley Inspired provides an ideal 21st century entry point into a vast riches of traditional British folk music. Should the names attached draw the initial interest to this collection, the quality of the material and variety of arrangements and interpretations will hold the listener’s attention across the more than three hours of rich material here.
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The WireAug 5, 2015Much thought has gone into the arrangements and programming, and that provides surprises as well as variety, but the consistent bottom line is respect for the songs, which is surely the best way to pay tribute to Collins herself. [May 2015, p.52]