In 1972 Mike & Lal Waterson released an extraordinary album of their original songs –
Bright Phoebus - on Bill Leader’s Trailer label. This magical collection of very English songwriting as long been acknowledged a classic and one of the finest achievements of the British folk revival. Inexplicably
Bright Phoebus was out of print for many years.
Shining Bright was conceived to pay tribute To Mike & Lal’s remarkable songs, and it draws upon the songs recorded for
Bright Phoebus, and on a further dozen songs written at the same time but not previously recorded.
Shining Bright has fifteen new recordings by some of the folk world’s finest performers. The songwriting of Mike and Lal is held in such high esteem that soon we had a queue of performers eager to contribute to this collection.
(Sleeve notes by David Suff)