An Introduction To [CD]

Specially selected 15 track CD compilation / Features recordings from her many TOPIC LP releases / Recordings feature Maddy Prior, Martin Simpson ,Oysterband, Nic Jones and Andrew Cronshaw. June Tabor is quiet simply one of Britains 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 Tabors albums for Topic recorded between her 1976 debut, Airs And Graces and 2011s Ragged Kingdom which found her reuniting on record with Oysterband. June Tabor effortlessly mixes traditional and contemporary material, the former exemplified here by two early traditional recordings of While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping and The Devil and Bailiff McGlynn. The contemporary selections featured here include Eric Bogles classic anti-war piece The Band Played Waltzing Matilda along with Dan Penn