Taken from the Album 'Over Ling And Bell' set for release on the 12th of May 2023 on Lost Map Records.


I’ve been alone for a while now
Been hiding away on my island
I’ve been learning to grow love 
But today it’s been heavy and slow

Rain from the east
Rain from the west 
And though it is heavy
I’m trying my best

Don’t burn me out
I’m tired already
Don’t push me around 
I’m not feeling steady 

Old were the days 
Far away
When the rain swept on down through the Vally 
Hold on 
I’ll carry you 
Carry you on

Don’t burn me out
I’m tired already
Don’t push me around 
I’m not feeling steady 

Rain from the east
Rain from the west 
And though it is heavy
I’m trying my best

Rain From The East

Fetish

Happy Birthday

Spanish sun
Spent a day feasting
My way through the grove
Leafing tobacco
Holding a pattern 
A hand in her hip
I’ve seen this before
The ocean is pushing
A sea to the shore
Cutting my feet
Blood is the sky
The pharaoh is driving
Then asks for a song
Casts a net wildly
Castanets rising  
Hoping to catch
River John

Spanish sun
Opaline vapour
Waters azure
The argermone moan
Roll into the shore
Lark gives me hash
Recovering plastic
The deluge is arcing
And spits with a splash
Feeding the wild pigs
Iberian ham
One is due courtesy 
And driving us mad
Mercury rising
Conceiving with you
The silence is pregnant
Just thinking it through  
River john
River john

Spanish sun
Spanish sun
My heartbeat is rhythm
A simple drum
The eyes in my night
The skin in my sun
Just cos you didn’t
Don’t mean that you did
Without what there isn’t
Can’t be what there is
River John
River John

The sky bleeds a rhythm 
The heaven is dripping
The summer is given
A shape and a form
From solstice is static
The spark is a magnet
Accumulates flesh
And then takes to the sun
The light is enveloped
And tide is propellant 
The culmination
Of a circular thrum
To each is a candle
She reaches the handle
Opens and says
River John
River John
River John
River John
River John

Spanish sun
Spanish sun
Spanish sun
Spanish sun

Spanish Sun

Desire Path

Enigmatic Swedish post-psych band Den Der Hale are known for their boundary-pushing soundscapes. Today, the group have announced that they will release their highly anticipated second album, Pastoral Light, via FatCat Records. 
The album, set to be released on February 2nd, showcases the band's ability to meld diverse creative inspirations into a seamless and experimental sonic journey, transcending genres and defying conventions.

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Den Der Hale - The Horse From Turin

disappears 'halcyon days'

Quiet

‘The Ballad Of Shirley Collins’ Original Soundtrack
Out now!
Limited edition pink vinyl &
Deluxe ‘bookback’ inc DVD & CD (UK only) 
Pre-order: earthrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-…ey-collins

Widely regarded as the 20th century’s most important singer of English traditional song, Shirley Collins is someone who was born to invoke the old songs. Alongside her sister Dolly, she stood at the epicentre of the folkmusic revival during the 1960s and ‘70s. But in 1980 she developed a disorder of the vocal chords known as dysphonia, which robbed her of her unique singing voice and forced her into early retirement.

The Ballad Of Shirley Collins - which premiered at this year’s London Film Festival - tells this story, though to reduce it to that single aspect does everyone (not least of all Shirley!) something of a disservice. The film proves itself to be a time-travelling Transatlantic road-movie of sorts, utilising an incredibly rich audio archive to recount the tale of her seminal 1959 song-collecting trip around America’s Deep South alongside her then-lover (and legendary ethnomusicologist) Alan Lomax. The soundtrack album reflects this, combining never-before-released recordings from that trip (notably Alabama Sacred Harp Convention, Texas Gladden and Sidney Hemphill-Carter) with more recent offerings, a home recording of Shirley's sister Dolly Collins, excerpts from the original soundtrack music and two BBC session tracks from 1958, which get their first release, some 60 years after they were recorded.

Shirley Collins spent her life in song. Even during her time without her performing voice she was telling the stories of others’ music. Not once has she dropped the baton in keeping these songs, these stories, these people alive. The soundtrack to ‘The Ballad Of Shirley Collins’ - through its diversity - showcases a cross section of the facets that make up an extraordinary career by anyone’s standards.

Released for the first time on limited edition pink vinyl (worldwide) and deluxe DVD bookback (UK only) that will feature a range of extras including deleted scenes, audio commentary, behind the scenes footage and an unreleased short film by the filmmakers along with CD of the soundtrack.

“Brilliant story of lost folk singer” Guardian

“Something to be cherished” Little White Lies

★★★★ Mojo

Alongside the release, there will be a Shirley Collins book preview event featuring a live performance and first readings from her new autobiography ‘All in the Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape and Song’ (out March 2018) at the British Library on 20th January 2018.

‘The Ballad Of Shirley Collins’ film continues to screen across cinemas in the UK and will be free-to stream on the Lush Player in the UK for 20 days only from January 20th 2018.

For full film screening schedule and tickets please visit: www.shirleycollinsmovie.com/

To view on the Lush Player please visit: player.lush.com/

LP Track list 
Side A
1.	“All I Ever Wanted”
2.	Shirley Collins – Calvary Hill
3.	Ishman Williams & The Williams Singers – Got On My Travelling Shoes
4.	“Do You Want Me To Start Again, Alan”
5.	Texas Gladden – I Never Will Marry
6.	Sid Hemphill and Lucius Smith – Come On Boys, Let’s Go To The Ball
7.	Horton Barker – A Rich Irish Lady
8.	Ian Kearey – The Poor Drowned Sailor
9.	Sidney Hemphill Carter – Pharaoh
10.	“I Used To Could Sing”
11. Outtake (London, 1959)

Side B
1.	“There’s Never Been A Merry England”
2.	Andy Hemsley and Hastings Jack In The Green – Seeds Of Love
3.	N.J Brothers & The United Sacred Harp Musical Association – Calvary
4.	Lucius Smith – Make Lulu Behave Herself
5.	Ruby Vass – Single Girl, Married Girl
6.	“I Can’t Really Forget Them”
7.	George Stoneman – Sally Anne
8.	Michael J York & Ossian Brown – The Cloud House / Cyclobe – Sons Of Sons Of Light / George Collins - Dolly
9.	Dolly Collins – Missa Humana (excerpt)
10.	Shirley Collins – Wondrous Love

Shirley Collins - Calvary Hill

This is a demo version of What What What recorded at the Banff Centre in January 2009.

Spanish Sun

Luke De-Sciscio

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