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Track Listings
| 1. Finisterre |
| 2. The Bleacher Lassie Of Kelvinhaugh |
| 3. The Grey Funnel Line |
| 4. Le Vingt-Cinquieme du Mois d'Octobre |
| 5. Shipbuilding |
| 6. Jamaica |
| 7. The Great Selkie Of Sule Skerry |
| 8. Winter Comes In / Vidlin Voe |
| 9. The Oggie Man |
| 10. The Brean Lament |
| 11. Le Petit Navire |
| 12. Across The Wide Ocean |
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Album Description
June Tabor's recording career has consistently reached ever higher standards of performance and interpretation. Each of her albums has sought to match the highest technical standards with emotionally powerful performances and scintillating musical arrangements. Her forthcoming album is a collection of songs concerning humankind's relationship with the sea is already being hailed by critics and longtime fans as another career high point. The album features a powerful set of contemporary songs - including a spine-tingling version of Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding"; two remarkable songs from the pen of Cyril Tawney - "The Grey Funnel Line" and "The Oggie Man" - alongside classic traditional ballads like "The Bleacher Lassie Of Kelvinhaugh" and "The Great Selkie Of Sule Skerry". "June Tabor's singing is spellbinding - one of the great singers of any genre." - The Guardian
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4.6 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A magnificent document; another for the time capsule., Feb 23 2011
By Azoic - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Ashore (Audio CD)
Nuance,restraint,understatement,and quiet drama.Luminous,transparent,incandescent beauty.June Tabor is in an exclusive league of song interpreters that includes Maria Callas,Edith Piaf,Sandy Denny,Jennifer Warnes,Christine Collister,Karan Casey,Judy Collins,Karrin Allyson,Nico.Empathetic pianist Huw Warren might be England's answer to Keith Jarrett in terms of style.This may well be June Tabor's masterpiece.Elegant,elegiac,exquisite,essential listening.Place this recording in a time capsule as it is a treasure for the ages,and an example of the beauty that we,as humans,are capable of.June Tabor is one of very few artists whose work I will buy unconditionally.My "Album Of The Year" 2011.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sombre but nice, July 18 2011
By J. TIMMERMAN - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ashore (Audio CD)
June Tabor's latest album Ashore is another fine collection of ballads and street songs old and new, mostly from UK with a couple from France for good measure. It's a concept album, a celebration of the sea, for which June has a fascination, despite being born in the Midlands (and now living on a farm in Wales).The album mostly has a slow, ruminative quality, not unusual for June. Some of the song topics are indeed bleak ones - death, drowning, parting, war, cannibalism, emigration, bitter weather etc. With minimal accompaniment by Andy Cutting on accordion, her partner Mark Emerson on violin and viola, Tim Harries on double bass and Huw Warren on piano, June's deep warm voice is well set off, aided by a very realistic recording. There is one a cappella track, The Bleacher Lassie of Kelvinaugh, and there are two instrumentals on accordion, a lyrical Jamaica (from Playford's Dancing Master of 1670) and a lilting I'll Go And Enlist For A Sailor (used as Morris dance tune). The album begins with a moody Finisterre, a 1989 song from the Oyster Band of which June was a member. Two songs are by Cyril Tawney, the lovely Grey Funnel Line, and Oggie Man, a dreamy yet deep yarn about a dockyard pasty-seller. Elvis Costello's Shipbuilding aches so much it becomes a little dreary, while the traditional Great Selkie of Sule Kerry is rendered very intimately, as if she is just having a conversation with the listener. After all, it is quite a narrative. In the traditional Brean Lament, some of which is spoken, one quickly feels the sadness of a sailors' graveyard. The album finishes with a lengthy evocative Across The Wide Ocean, from Les Barker's traditionally-based opera The Stones of Callanish about the Highland Clearances of the 19th century.
June Tabor eased gradually into a life of folk-singing, but the quiet strength of this album shows she was made for it. Definitely not for a party, but for a meditative quiet time that will allow the listener to absorb its depths.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent album!, Feb 6 2012
By ila_moa - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ashore (Audio CD)
June Tabor's latest solo album, Ashore, is fairly awash with haunting lyrics and spare, well-crafted tunes on a maritime theme. This album is an excellent find and definitely to be recommended to folk fans.
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