Folk Roots New Routes

by Shirley Collins / Davy Graham

Included in Q Magazine's Best Folk Albums of All Time - "...married his guitar style...with her poignant voice. The result sent shockwaves through the folk establishment..."
"[T]he results have an ecstatic fever that is undeniable....Graham's arrangements and playing are miles away from the standard folk-pluck of the day, and Collins doesn't try to contemporise her approach....These disparate styles fit together beautifully."
"...On this record Collins' ice maiden voice seems to occupy an airy space, floating cloudlike, chiming like a distance bell in an otherwise still and silent landscape....an effortless combination of American and English traditional song....with complex combination of influences..."
"...renowned for being landmarks of the British folk revival....[Graham] was the first to bring jazz and blues elements to the popular folk tunes of the time....credit must also go to Collins and her stark and powerful voice, an affecting instrument..."
Ranked #10 in Mojo's "2005 Folk Albums Of The Year."
"[A] mix of the trad and the (proto) trippy that still beguiles today."