hypersongs

Archangel Hill

Her third album for Domino, with the Lodestar Band.
Shirley Collins, 2023

Most tracks were recorded at Metway Studios in 2022, and "Hand and Heart" is live from the Sydney Opera House in 1980. The Lodestar Band here is Dave Arthur, Pip Barnes, Pete Cooper, Ian Kearey and Glen Redman. It reached number two on the UK folk chart and Metacritic scores it 84; AllMusic's Mark Deming, Mojo, Uncut and the Observer each gave it four stars.

Track listing

  1. Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear3:16
  2. Lost in a Wood3:00
  3. The Captain with the Whiskers2:46
  4. June Apple1:52
  5. The Golden Glove3:11
  6. High and Away3:55
  7. Oakham Poachers2:19
  8. Hares on the Mountain3:08
  9. Hand and Heart2:19
  10. The Bonny Labouring Boy3:21
  11. Swaggering Boney1:42
  12. How Far Is It to Bethlehem?2:06
  13. Archangel Hill4:33

More from Shirley Collins

Lodestar (2016)

Sources

  1. Archangel Hill, Wikipedia
  2. Shirley Collins, Archangel Hill, The Quietus (2023-06-06)