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June Tabor

Dubbed "the solemn and exquisite diva of British folk song" in 1998 by the San Francisco Chronicle, June Tabor has sustained an iconic reputation with recordings and performances since she released the album 'Silly Sisters' with former Steeleye Span lead singer Maddy Prior in 1976. Born in Warwick, she worked as a librarian and restaurateur as she established herself as a professional performer. Praised for the simplicity of her traditional album 'Airs and Graces' (1976), she recorded modern material on 'A Cut Above' (1980), 'Abyssinians' (1983) and 'Aqaba' (1988). She displayed ...