(Wild Sound/One Little Independent)
The novelistâs little known early days on the folk scene are explored on this album of songs and readings
âLight touchâ: Polly Paulusma. Photograph: Annie Dressner/Wild Sound/One Little Independent
âLight touchâ: Polly Paulusma. Photograph: Annie Dressner/Wild Sound/One Little Independent
Sat 10 Apr 2021 11.00 EDT
The folk-singing interests of the novelist Angela Carter are usually confined to the margins of literary commentary, but alongside her first husband the mistress of magical realism was an ardent enthusiast of traditional song. The pair ran a folk club and made field recordings of voices such as âtinker singerâ Davey Stewart, from whom Carter claimed you could âlearn more about style than from booksâ. She herself sang and played concertina.