INDIE SPOTLIGHT
Long hailed as one of the most enduring grand dames of the modern British folk movement — a woman who shares those honors with Norma Waterson in particular — can claim to have inhabited those environs since it originally came of age in the early- to mid-‘60s. While the style is somewhat dated, having been usurped by more modern band shepherded in by Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band, Collins proves it’s especially poetic and poignant when it originates from its source. Collins’ wonderfully reflective new album, appropriately titled Heart’s Ease is fairly quaint and simple, lacking the unnecessary accoutrement of
