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All in the Downs - Reflections On Life, Landscape, and Song (Paperback)
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All in the Downs - Reflections On Life, Landscape, and Song (Paperback)
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A memoir from one of Britain's legendary singers, folklorists, and
music historians. A legendary singer, folklorist, and music
historian, Shirley Collins has been an integral part of the
folk-music revival for more than sixty years. In her new memoir,
All in the Downs, Collins tells the story of that lifelong
relationship with English folksong-a dedication to artistic
integrity that has guided her through the triumphs and tragedies of
her life. All in the Downs combines elements of memoir-from her
working-class origins in wartime Hastings to the bright lights of
the 1950s folk revival in London-alongside reflections on the role
traditional music and the English landscape have played in shaping
her vision. From formative field recordings made with Alan Lomax in
the United States to the "crowning glories" recorded with her
sister Dolly on the Sussex Downs, she writes of the obstacles that
led to her withdrawal from the spotlight and the redemption of a
new artistic flourishing that continues today with her unexpected
return to recording in 2016. Through it all, Shirley Collins has
been guided and supported by three vital and inseparable loves:
traditional English song, the people and landscape of her native
Sussex, and an unwavering sense of artistic integrity. All in the
Downs pays tribute to these passions, and in doing so, illustrates
a way of life as old as England, that has all but vanished from
this land. Generously illustrated with rare archival material.
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