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by Shovel Dance Collective

The London-based group explore the theme of water in experimental folk music old and new with transportive sounds from Shirley & Dolly Collins, The Incredible String Band and more.

The London-based group explore the theme of water in experimental folk music old and new with transportive and stirring sounds from Shirley & Dolly Collins, The Incredible String Band, Cormac Begley and more. Shovel Dance Collective's Freak Zone Playlist marks the release of their fascinating and distinctive new album, 'The Water is the Shovel of the Shore' which is out now on Memorials of Distinction and Double Dare labels. The release orbits around the concept of water and brings together on-site documentation of traditional songs, folk tunes and field recordings in long-form sound-collages. The results lie somewhere between folk music, music concrete and acoustic ecology.

Shovel Dance Collective is a nine-piece multi-instrumental and vocal group who explore the ways in which traditional music holds queer histories, proto-feminist narratives and the voices of working people. They are simultaneously traditional and experimental, seeing folk music as a living communal activity.

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Thu 8 Dec 2022 00:00
Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Shovel Dance Collective

    Water pump in Ladywell, Waves on the Shore, a creek on the Llyn

    • The Water is the Shovel of the Shore.
    • Self release.

  • Finbar & Eddie Furey

    The Fox Chase

  • Anthony Braxton

    106A

  • Harry Cox

    What Will Become of England

  • Mrs Nicola Pritchard

    Bolankins

  • Séamus Ennis

    The Three Gypsies

  • Matana Roberts

    As Far As the Eye Can See

    • COIN COIN Chapter 4: Memphis.
    • Constellation.

  • Harry Cox

    The Pretty Ploughboy

    • Portraits: Harry Cox, "What Will Become of England?" - The Alan Lomax Collection.
    • Rounder Records.

  • Harry Cox

    The Pretty Ploughboy

    • Voice of the People, Vol. 2: My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean.
    • Topic.

  • London Sound Survey

    Coryton Refinery Siren

    • Thames.
    • Persistence of Sound Ltd.

  • Sholto Dobie

    Soft Rush

    • Nevery.
    • Self Release.

  • Alula Down

    Gone to Earth

    • Postcards from Godley Moor, Autumn 2020.
    • Self Realese.

  • Paddy Tunney

    The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow

    • The Man of Songs.
    • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

  • The Incredible String Band

    The Water Song

    • The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter.
    • Elektra / WEA.

  • Shirley Collins & Dolly Collins

    Pleasant and Delightful

    • Amaranth including the "Anthems in Eden" Suite.
    • Harvest Records.

  • Shovel Dance Collective

    The Herring's Head

    • The Water is the Shovel of the Shore.
    • Self Release.

  • Cath & Phil Tyler

    The Two Sisters

  • Quinie

    The Banks of Red Roses

    • Buckie Prins.
    • Self realese.

  • Cormac Begley

    Rolling in the Barrel / O'Neil's March / Tralee Jail

    • An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare & East Galway.
    • Shanachie.

Broadcast

  • Thu 8 Dec 2022 00:00
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 6 Music