Artist................... June Tabor
Album.....................At the Wood's Heart
Label.....................Topic
Genre.....................Folk
Release...................01/27/2006
Street....................10/18/2005
Encoder...................LAME 3.97 beta
Quality...................--aps 44.1kHz/joint
# NAME TiME
01. The Banks of the Sweet Primroses 05:33
02. The Broomfield Wager 04:24
03. Ah! the Sighs 04:49
04. Now Welcome Summer 02:50
05. Heart Like A Wheel 05:06
06. Johnny Johnny 07:23
07. Oh! Alas, I Am in Love 04:08
08. Do Nothing 'til Your Hear from Me 05:28
09. Les Choses Les Plus Simples 05:32
10. She's Like the Swallow 05:11
11. The Cloud Factory 06:23
12. Lie Near Me 07:17
You always know a June Tabor album means quality,
thoughtful performances, interesting material, and
wonderful arrangements -- along with that spellbinding,
velvet autumn voice. For this disc she's assembled her
dream team of musicians -- her usual accompanists plus
Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, and a couple of others --
to play on a fascinating collection of songs. The
emphasis is on the traditional, but she hardly confines
herself to pieces like "The Banks of the Sweet
Primeroses," but also pieces by contemporary writers,
and the jazz standard "Do Nothing 'til You Hear from
Me," which is the only piece that doesn't quite work.
By itself it's fine, but set alongside the relative
sobriety of the folk material, its tone seems to jar a
little (at the same time, her version of "Heart Like a
Wheel" flows with an elegant grace). She seems most at
home on the folk songs -- modern or old -- bringing a
sly sense of humor to "The Broomfield Wager," for
example, and a real ache to "Oh! Alas I Am in Love." As
her recent box set showed, she's one of Britain's great
singers, developing over the years, and this really
does show her at the height of her powers, with a
majestic control, and flawless backing. This stands as
one of her very best albums -- which is high praise
indeed.
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64:04 min
73,4 Mb