Anthems in Eden

Anthems in Eden (1969) is an English folk album by Shirley Collins with arrangements and accompaniment by her sister Dolly Collins. The record combines traditional rural songs with a multi-part centerpiece suite that uses chamberlike, early music textures and acoustic instruments to create a pastoral and sometimes haunting atmosphere. Shirley Collins's plain, direct vocals are set against Dolly Collins's modal harmonizations and inventive instrumental coloring, producing a distinctive fusion of traditional song and historical-sounding arrangements that marked a notable strand of late 1960s British folk experimentation.