Advantages: Brilliant choice of material, expertly performed Disadvantages: None
It would be difficult to find a better traditional British folk record than this. JuneTabor's career was at its artistic peak when she recorded this in 1983, and in my opinion her voice has never come across on record as good as this, either before or since.
She has achieved a fine balance of traditional and contemporary (songs by Bill Caddick, Lal Waterson and Joni Mitchell) material, and even where the songs weren't written especially for her, she makes it sound as if they were.
The opener, trad song "The Month of January" sets the standard: Tabor's vocals over delicate, unobtrusive background instruments - a major plus factor for the entire disc.
The modern songs, "The Scarecrow" and "She Moves Among Men" are haunting both musically and lyrically with their powerful evocations of abuse and neglect. On the latter the piano ...
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This has heralded uneasy times for the city with noisy protests an almost daily occurrence. So while backpackers get to see what BA has to offer you feel she is not her true self. A large proportion of Portenos (port city dwellers) have being drained of their zest for life and the recovery will doubtlessly take years.
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Product Information for "Airs And Graces - June Tabor" »
Product details
Title
Airs And Graces
Performer
June Tabor
Genre
Folk
Sub Genre
British Folk
Release Date
18/04/2005
Original Release Year
1991
Label / Distributor
Topic / Proper
Engineer
Victor Gamm
Producer
Paul Brown
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5016272298026
Catalogue Number
TSCD 298
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel includes: June Tabor (vocals); Nic Jones (guitar, fiddle). Unlike some folk singer, June Tabor possesses a style that is largely free of ornamentation and enunciates well, making her easily accessible to a wide audience. Although later albums from Tabor saw her developing a "chamber folk" style to accompany her interpretations of traditional and contemporary songs, her earliest performances were unaccompanied. Her 1976 debut album, AIRS & GRACES, is her least adorned: half the material is performed unaccompanied. "Queen Among the Heather" was learnt from the singing of Belle Stewart, one of her influences. Her version of "Reynardine" is highly regarded and makes for interesting comparison to Fairport Convention's folk-rock version. The song that attracted the most attention at the time was "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by Scots-born, Australia-based Eric Bogle. This moving account of the Gallipoli landings and their aftermath, as recalled by a crippled soldier, is bursting with barely restrained emotion, and concludes with some softly intoned lines from "Waltzing Matilda." The rest of the songs are given spare accompaniment by Nic Jones (guitar, fiddle) or Jon Gillaspie (keyboards, woodwind), and range from the traditional "While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping" to John Tams' account of a departing funfair "Pull Down Lads."
Titles on disc 1
1.
While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping
2.
Plains Of Waterloo
3.
Bonnie May
4.
Reynardine
5.
Band Played Waltzing Matilda
6.
Young Waters
7.
Waly Waly
8.
Merchant's Son
9.
Queen Among The Heather
10.
Pull Down The Lads
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