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“It takes me into the condition that I like best of all, to be the hunter, the student, the geek”: Robert Plant on the record he likes to start his day with

The ex-Led Zep icon has a compilation that takes him back to early blues trailblazers

Louder · Apr 27, 2024

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in December

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they read last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2024

The 10 best folk albums of 2023

Irish label Nyahh captured the sounds of rowdy pub backrooms, the Gentle Good reimagined folk songs from the National Library of Wales and a legend revisited her past

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023

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“I speak like I do because I spent years trying to impersonate Vivian Stanshall”: Comedian and musician Ade Edmondson’s prog record collection

The Young Ones and Bottom star fronted The Bad Shepherds with inspirations including the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Jethro Tull, Focus, Alex Harvey and a stack of folk influences

Louder · Nov 8, 2023

Shirley Collins: Archangel Hill review – brio and unforced gravitas

The veteran folk singer’s renaissance continues with this gem of weathered vocals and exquisite accompaniments

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023

Post your questions for Shirley Collins

Ahead of new album Archangel Hill, the 87-year-old British folk singer will answer your questions about her astonishing career

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023

‘Haunting and poignant’: long-lost mass by Shirley Collins’ sister Dolly finally makes its debut

A school-gate chat led to the rediscovery of the late composer Dolly Collins’ Missa Humana, as her folk star sister, the writer Maureen Duffy and medieval academic Lawrence Warner explain

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

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America Over the Water by Shirley Collins review – a vivid tale of ballads, gunfire and rattlesnakes

In this welcome reissue of her 2004 memoir, the celebrated folk singer recounts her song-hunting 1959 journey through the American south with the folklorist Alan Lomax

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022

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