June Tabor is probably the finest female traditional British folksinger of the late 20th and early 21st centuries — if not the best British folksinger of her time, period. What links her to Britain's ...

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June Tabor's dark, distinctive singing has featured on dozens of records over the past 40-odd years, ranging from raw folk songs in the style of Anne Briggs to high-fidelity jazz and folk-rock.

A reissued classic from Television; Finger-style guitarist Martin Simpson; Traditional English ballads from June Tabor; Folk music from Finland's Värtinnä. Featured Artist: Joe Strummer. Download this ...

June Tabor owns one of the most severe voices in modern music. Dark in color, dry in inflection and deep enough in pitch to unsex her, it’s the sound of cruel truth. Small wonder Tabor has become an ...

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After their triumphant evening at this year’s Radio 2 Folk Awards, veteran singer June Tabor and Oysterband must be wondering why they left it 21 years before resuming a collaboration that began in ...

Singer June Tabor, one of the venerated veterans of the English folk scene, has won four prizes at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards at The Lowry theatre in Salford. Tabor was named folk singer of the year ...

JUNE TABOR’S laughter has the quality of a babbling brook — it is loud, sparkling and goes on quite a while. But the biggest surprise is that the 67-year-old icon of contemporary folk music is capable ...

"Have a look at the CDs: there are quite a lot of them, as I'm rather old!" Experiencing a June Tabor concert is a bit like sitting on granny's knee. You head there for comfort and solace; for worldly ...

These thirteen songs cover our uneasy relationship with the sea. There are men pressed into the Navy; seals turn into men and father children before returning to the waves; Elvis Costello’s ...