THOSE WHO think of June Tabor only as folk music 's dark queen are adrift of the point. Her haunting vocal powers have long been applied to songs from Cole Porter to Joy Division, while in recent ...

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 ...

Singer June Tabor wins four awards at the Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012, where Don McLean and The Dubliners 2 were the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement gongs. Clive Morgan 08 February 2012 • 11:00pm ...

June Tabor is rightly regarded as one of Britain’s greatest interpreters of popular song and her new album, Ashore, is a celebration of the sea. She glides beautifully across traditional ballads, ...

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 ...

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.

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 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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Concept albums suit June Tabor. Giving herself a theme allows her to bring her influences and interests together. With her Rosa Mundi set a decade ago, she concentrated on roses, and now comes a ...

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 ...