JUNE TABOR APPLES TSCD568

Just when you thought that June had reached her peak, she surprises by sounding fresher than ever. A singer completely at home with her voice and her music.

• "all immaculately arranged and superbly sung" The Telegraph
• "a folk masterclass" The Observer
• "music of great beauty" Songlines
• "Tabor sings magnificently" Mojo
• "Britain’s pre-eminent traditional voice, as impeccable as ever ... an elegant collection" Uncut
• "Tabor sings magnificently on her return to an album of predominantly folk song. Her true brilliance is exacting seismic levels of emotion from seemingly basic material." fRoots

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JUNE TABOR AT THE WOOD'S HEART TSCD557

June Tabor returns with her best album to date. It’s classic June Tabor – focusing on all her strengths. A predominantly traditional album, it has stunning musical backing from her usual accompanists, Huw Warren and Mark Emerson, with the inspired addition of Martin Simpson and Andy Cutting.

This is the June Tabor album – from the opening track, a magisterial reading of The Banks of Sweet Primeroses, through Anna McGarrigle’s Heart Like A Wheel and her in-concert showstopper, Duke Ellington’s Do Nothing ‘Till You Hear From Me. June has also chosen a new song from the pen of one of her favourite English songwriters – Bill Caddick’s The Cloud Factory.

The inspiration for June’s choice of songs was the particular group of musicians she brought together for her BBC4 Sessions concert in 2004. “Obviously I was already aware of the strong character of each musician’s playing, but what I was not prepared for was the impact of the ensemble as a whole, as well as the undreamed of textures and colours of new permutations within the group”.

The effect is remarkable, and June’s voice and performance have moved into even more impressive new territory.

• "It is an album of shadows and interiors, of slow-burning performances full of space and nuance – possessed of a studied intensity you simply don’t find elsewhere. It deserves and repays repeated listenings and stands alongside her finest recordings" A Songlines “Top of the World” selection

• "No one else has come close to Tabor's clarity and strength of expression. Her instinct and training make every phrase count." The Daily Telegraph

• "From the opening notes...you realise you are in safe hands... coaxes unimagined sensations out of traditional tunes and performs elegant arrangements of new ones" The Sunday Times

• "To describe June Tabor as simply a folk singer is to ignore her achievements - and this new album proves she is one of our finest interpreters of songs of almost any kind. The starting point is traditional material, but her treatment of The Banks of the Sweet Primroses shows how she makes a song her own with her story-telling. A Chaucer song is followed by an exquisite, pained treatment of Anna McGarrigle’s Heart Like A Wheel, while the traditional Oh! Alas I Am in Love leads in to a drifting Duke Ellington ballad. A thoughtful, personal album". The Guardian

• "She’s a national treasure" The Independent on Sunday

• "At the Wood’s Heart finds the powers in enthralling form. That sinuous, melancholy voice still does ‘dark’ impeccably – but always verdant, always human." The Observer

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JUNE TABOR ALWAYS (4CD BOX SET) TSFCD4003

“June Tabor is far more than a folk singer, she is quite simply one of Britain’s greatest interpreters of popular song with an extraordinary range and the ability to mix intensity, passion and drama.” [Robin Denselow, writing in The Guardian].

June Tabor’s remarkable career to date is comprehensively chronicled here, in a gorgeous 4 CD box (6” x 12”) with many rare, live and previously unreleased recordings and a 48 page booklet with many historical photographs, a lengthy biographical essay with many quotations and observations from June herself and extensive notes on each song from June and others. Very careful attention has been paid to the re-mastering which has brought new life to the recordings.

“June Tabor is one of our day’s most commanding and distinctive voices and interpreters of traditional and contemporary song…the personification of the singer and the song.” Ken Hunt from the booklet to “Always”.

Throughout her long career, June has inspired acclaim from her large public following as well as from her fellow artists and critics. Elvis Costello even wrote a song especially for her, “All this Useless Beauty,” contained on “Always” in a new version. As an acknowledgement of her talents, she was awarded Singer of the Year in the 2004 BBC RADIO 2 FOLK WARDS. This new boxed set is the ultimate accolade, a truly fitting tribute to the great works of one of Britain’s greatest song interpreters.

4 CDs - Almost 5 hours of music. 67 tracks, of which 32 are previously unreleased, and many others are rare. The box includes a 48 page booklet. Carefully re-mastered for best possible sound. Compiled, researched and assembled by David Suff whose other works include Sandy Denny – 'A Boxful Of Treasures', and The Watersons – 'A Mighty River of Song'.

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• Top 10 Folk/World Album of the Year 2005 Record Collector

• The Independent on Sunday

• "This set is a revelation – the booklet, indeed, is among the best I’ve encountered in any box set. This set is a perfect introduction and an incredible legacy." Record Collector

• "Peerless interpretation of songs handed down through the ages…this collection is a treasure of familiar and unreleased material." Saturday Telegraph

• "When Tabor sings a traditional tune, she does so with a Zen-like lack of ego that seems to make its subject …speak directly to us. Always is a thorough overview and includes enough rare tracks and un-released recordings to satisfy even the most die-hard fan." Sunday Times

• "Always makes a convincing case for Tabor as not just a giant in the traditional music pantheon, but as a great singer beyond genre." Uncut

• "June Tabor is the British female folk singer to whom all others have deferred for nearly 30 years. There are almost 70 tracks in this four-CD box set, and each offers eloquent testimony to her pre-eminence. Folk singing? What Tabor delivers is more like traditional English soul music." The Times

• "June Tabor is one of modern British folk music’s pre-eminent interpreters of song"
Q magazine

• "She’s a supreme interpreter and, liberally laced with previously unreleased tracks, this 4-CD, 67-tracker offers a magnificent overview" Mojo

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JUNE TABOR AN ECHO OF HOOVES TSCD543

June Tabor makes the ultimate album, featuring a programme made up exclusively of the great traditional folk ballads – story telling at its dark, urgent best. June’s regular trio of accompanists (Huw Warren - piano, cello; Mark Emerson – violin, viola; Tim Harries – double bass) is joined by Martin Simpson, guitar and Kathryn Tickell, Northumbrian pipes).

• "Best Folk Album of the Year" " Mojo Magazine
• "June’s best album for years…sheer majesty…a return to the very heart of what she does best" FROOTS
• "Outstanding...the year's finest folk record" The Sunday Times
• "her richly expressive delivery probes deeply into tragic and often violent scenarios " The Scotsman
• "Folk album of the month" "In one dramatic, spine chilling album (June Tabor) blows all else out of the water…this is the storyteller’s art and the full achievement of this majestic album. A stunner.
" Mojo Magazine
• "This year’s finest traditional album" The Guardian
• "I doubt if I will ever hear a better recording" The Canberra Times

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JUNE TABOR ROSA MUNDI TSCD532

Any new album from a performer described by The Guardian as "one of the great singers of any genre" is an event in itself, but this time, June has chosen a programme of material reflecting her two great passions - music and the land. The material is drawn from an extraordinarily varied range of sources ranging from Tchaikovsky to Les Barker, from the 15th Century to the present day, from the esoteric to the beautifully simple. All centre on tales of the rose; whether sacred, secular or as a symbol of love.

Rosa Mundi re-enforces June Tabor's standing as a singer of considerable importance with a startling ability to imbue material with clarity and exquisite beauty, using a voice that, over a thirty year period, has won her world-wide admiration and acclaim. Rosa Mundi is June Tabor's celebration of the rose.

Produced by John Ravenhall

Included in the Mojo Magazine "Top 10 Folk Albums of 2001"

• "the greatest folk singer currently working .... a set that both transcends its theme and makes complete sense of it" Q Magazine

JUNE TABOR ALEYN TSCD490

Tabor's characteristic choice and blend of traditional songs and compositions by Richard Thompson, Ralph McTell and other contemporary songwriters are enhanced by sensitive arrangements.

'Tabor's singing is spellbinding. She is one of the great singers of any genre.' The Guardian

JUNE TABOR A CUT ABOVE with Martin Simpson TSCD410

This album glows with the special energy of a natural musical partnership, as Tabor's bold steps are faultlessly tracked by guitarist Martin Simpson. As well as compositions by Richard Thompson, Bill Caddick and other contemporary writers, Tabor offers a song in French, Le Roi Renaud.

JUNE TABOR ASHES & DIAMONDS TSCD360

Accompanied, as on Airs and Graces, by Nic Jones (guitar), Tony Hall (melodeon) and other notable players, Tabor again blends striking revisions of traditional songs with new pieces by Eric Bogle (No Man's Land, Now I'm Easy) and Dave Goulder (The Easter Tree).

JUNE TABOR AIRS & GRACES TSCD298

In this impressive debut Tabor tackles not only the traditional stories of Reynardine and the Plains of Waterloo but the harrowing narrative of Eric Bogle's World War I song The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, in what is now recognised as its definitive version.

'She has the rare gift of releasing the innermost warmth and light of the old songs' - DAILY TELEGRAPH