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Shirley Collins
Top row, left to right: Shirley Collins, cover art for Jeremy Kiran Fernandes' Inside the Harmonic Prism, Zoon; bottom row: Orchestra Gold Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Linda Diaz, winner of the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest, performed one of NPR Music's favorite Tiny Desk (home) concerts of the year. Kara Frame, Tsering Bista/NPR hide caption
Shirley Collins plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Angel Olsen, Chrissy Stewart, Saadi, Shirley Collins, Le Ren Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Shirley Collins appeared at the London Film Festival for the premiere of The Ballad Of Shirley Collins documentary. Stephen Hopper/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Shirley Collins' 1964 album, Folk Roots, New Routes, is an uncompromising work that spearheaded innovation in the middle of the folk music revival. Brian Shuel/Redferns/Getty hide caption
Folk guitarist John Renbourn is one of the artists you'll hear in World Cafe's British folk-rock playlist. David Redfern/Getty Images hide caption
Shirley Collins' latest album is called Lodestar. Eva Vermandel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Shirley Collins On World Cafe
"Now I think I can completely inhabit the songs because of what I've been through," Collins says. Eva Vermandel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
British folk singer Shirley Collins has returned to singing after what she calls her "wilderness years." Eva Vermandel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption