June Tabor traditional singer
June Tabor (b. 1947), from Warwickshire. One of the finest interpreters of traditional English and Irish song, known for her spare, unflinching approach to dark material. Her versions of songs become the versions people carry.
4 songs
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Aghnaseagh Traditional Ulster song lamenting the plantation and displacement.
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Derry Gaol Traditional. Also known as Derry Jail. A prisoner's lament, Ulster.
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She Moves Through the Fair Collected by Padraic Colum and Herbert Hughes, published 1909. One of the most widely sung Irish songs in English.
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Strange Fruit Written by Abel Meeropol (as Lewis Allan), 1937. Made famous by Billie Holiday. Carried into the folk tradition by many singers.