31-12-2018, 16:12
June Tabor was born on this day in 1947, in Warwick, England. She is a queen among folk musicians and has a dark contralto voice which is clean and precise (now and then reminds me of Tanita Tikaram's sound).
She is known for her ability to extract meaning from lyrics without in any way becoming over the top or unbearable and aside from her solo work has performed and recorded with Maddy Prior, the Oyster Band, Huw Warren (who is such a beautiful pianist), Fairport Convention, and others. She took about a decade break from performing and recording at a certain point in her life during which time she worked as a librarian and then ran a restaurant with her husband although she did continue to sing with FC on occasion. The 90's saw her return to both stage and studio.
Tabor is, in every respect, the complete antithesis of any of today’s popular music bimbettes and would have been even if they were somehow miraculously the same age. She’s real - doesn't have any pretensions and is not swayed to make her music any other way than as she wishes it to be.
It’s a cover (obviously
) but it’s so well done IMHO (with Huw Warren) – “Don’t Think Twice” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvIdPe34JTI
“Where Are You Tonight?” from Aqaba … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyQX8MMveXk
“Dives and Lazarus” with the Oyster Band … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjAzsqzT0CE
“Finisterre” from her album Ashore … Huw Warren’s lovely keys again … starts slowly and builds up …
She is known for her ability to extract meaning from lyrics without in any way becoming over the top or unbearable and aside from her solo work has performed and recorded with Maddy Prior, the Oyster Band, Huw Warren (who is such a beautiful pianist), Fairport Convention, and others. She took about a decade break from performing and recording at a certain point in her life during which time she worked as a librarian and then ran a restaurant with her husband although she did continue to sing with FC on occasion. The 90's saw her return to both stage and studio.
Tabor is, in every respect, the complete antithesis of any of today’s popular music bimbettes and would have been even if they were somehow miraculously the same age. She’s real - doesn't have any pretensions and is not swayed to make her music any other way than as she wishes it to be.
It’s a cover (obviously
) but it’s so well done IMHO (with Huw Warren) – “Don’t Think Twice” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvIdPe34JTI“Where Are You Tonight?” from Aqaba … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyQX8MMveXk
“Dives and Lazarus” with the Oyster Band … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjAzsqzT0CE
“Finisterre” from her album Ashore … Huw Warren’s lovely keys again … starts slowly and builds up …
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