Name: An Introduction to June Tabor
Brand: June Tabor

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TICD003

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Limited edition

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2018-02-09

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0714822000031

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2018-03-23

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Artist

June Tabor

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Folk

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June Tabor, born on 31 December 1947 in Warwick, England, is an English folk singer. She gained recognition in 1976 with the release of her album 'Silly Sisters' alongside *Maddy Prior*. That same year, she also released her solo debut album 'Airs and Graces'. In collaboration with Maddy Prior again, they formed the duo known as *Silly Sisters*. Notably, June Tabor collaborated with the folk-rock band The Oyster Band for their album 'Freedom and Rain' in 1990. Her talent was acknowledged when she received the title of Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2004.
June Tabor's music resonates with fans who appreciate artists like *Martin Carthy*, *Eliza Carthy*, and *Sandy Denny*. Other notable performers within a similar genre include *The Watersons*, *Show Of Hands*, and *Fairport Convention*.
With a career spanning several decades, June Tabor continues to captivate audiences with her powerful vocals and contributions to the folk music scene. Her discography showcases her unique style and unwavering passion for storytelling through song.

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Not only one of Britain's pre-eminent and impeccable traditional voices, June Tabor is quiet simply one of Britain's greatest interpreters of popular song. Tabor has always made consistently exquisite records all graced by a pitch perfect voice that can be dark, romantic, poignant and angry according to the requirements of the song. This elegant introductory selection is drawn from Tabor's albums for Topic recorded between her 1976 debut, Airs And Graces and 2011's Ragged Kingdom which found her reuniting on record with the Oyster band for the first time in almost 30 years. The Warwick born and Oxford educated Tabor's conversion to folk may have come in 1965 after seeing Martin Carthy on TV and hearing Anne Brigg's inspiring Hazards of Love EP, but it was a further ten years before she sang professionally and even then, she still kept her job as a librarian, then restauranteur. June Tabor effortlessly mixes traditional and contemporary material, the former exemplified here by her early traditional recording of While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping when she was still mastering the art of singing with accompaniment. The contemporary selections featured here include Eric Bogle's classic anti-war piece The Band Played Waltzing Matilda which Tabor had sung on her John Peel radio session debut in 1975 (Peel was a great fan and long-term supporter), Dan Penn and Chips Moman's The Dark End of the Street (with the Oyster band) and Maggie Holland's anthemic A Place Called England. Significantly, this selection also focuses equally on June Tabor's own compositions from her many Topic albums.

An Introduction to June Tabor

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