Shirley Collins, Davy Graham

The Profile

Shirley Collins is an English folk singer and Davy Graham was a British guitarist known for blending folk, blues, jazz and world-music influences. Together they recorded the 1964 album 'Folk Roots, New Routes.'

Shirley Collins was a key figure in the English folk revival. Davy Graham influenced the British folk and guitar scene, incorporating jazz, blues and raga-influenced sounds and popularising alternate guitar tunings.

The single review praises the album for Shirley Collins's spare, archetypal singing and Davy Graham's wandering, subtle guitar. It highlights the album's influence on late-1960s English folk, its mix of ballads, blues/jazz touches and world music flavours, and names tracks such as "Nottamum Town" and "Reynardine." The reviewer likens its intimacy to Nick Drake's Pink Moon.