By the time she made "Folk Routes New Routes" Shirley was well established and had made at least two LP's. Her major influence was more likely to be Alan Lomax with whom she fell in love and went collecting with to the USA.(1959). It was MacColl who introduced them. But she had been singing with her elder sister since the age of 16 (1951).

Regards,

Dave
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