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Interspersed with birdsong, new age synth, and poetry recitations, a new EP from the English folk singer returns her songs to the elements that inspired them.
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My Sailor Boy â Shirley CollinsVia SoundCloud
Shirley Collinsâ new EP begins with the octogenarian folk singer reciting a short stanza of a poem, her only accompaniment a flock of birds and the gentle brush of a breeze. âOne morning in the month of May, when all the birds were singing,â she says, bending the rhythm of the words slightly upward, as though posing a question to the listener. âI saw a lovely lady stray across the fields at break of day and softly sang a roundelay.â Itâs a short, simple musing on the motivation to make art and the passage of timeâwhich is fitting because Collins has been singing a version of this song her entire life. The new track is called âAcross the Field,â but Collins has long known it as âJust as t