T is for... June Tabor

[@crichta]

What a lovely woman. And that voice.

[@troygaspard6732]

T is always for Tabor. It is thanks to Peel releasing an ep of 4 songs in 1986 from Tabor that I remain her fan today.

[@peterfreeman6677]

4:47 - "As you will have noticed, it's been quite a long time since we had a war, and in my quite old-fashioned way I'm not terrifically keen on the idea of having another one.." That's a sentiment we all - or nearly all - agree with. Very prescient, John.

[@jonkiparsky7369]

Not just a great singer, but a gracious and thoughtful person. I hadn't doubted that, but it's nice to see it lived out in person.

[@gustavoa.belfiore4701]

What an astonishing singer.

[@JimBreeds]

Fabulous stuff!

[@donfriend1035]

She was so good in her early days. But then she started singing dirges like the barmaid's lament

[@Pwecko]

Strange, she jumped from never having made a record to singing with the Oyster Band. She actually made six or seven solo albums and a couple of Silly Sisters albums in the 70s and 80s before releasing an album with the Oyster Band in 1990. My favourites are the first three - Airs and Graces, Ashes and Diamonds and A Cut Above with a young Martin Simpson. June's version of Richard Thompson's A Strange Affair on A Cut Above is brilliant. Her version of Genesis Hall, which is only on the Richard Thompson tribute album Beat The Retreat, as far as I know, is also excellent. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpS6Z3V-iryKra8 If you're a June Tabor fan, you're probably a Maddy Prior fan as well. Check out The Great Valerio on that album. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4THlamMna6oj6c

[@IndigoJo]

Her first album in her own right was in 1976; her first work with the Oyster Band was in 1990.

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

I only know the Pogues version of “and the band played waltzing mathilda”