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		It was a philosophy she upheld even in the wake of the acclaim freely heaped on her predominantly traditional, unaccompanied first solo album Airs And Graces in 1976, and the Silly Sisters album and tour with Steeleye Span singer Maddy Prior which initially alerted the public at large to her talents the same year.
		June's second solo album Ashes And Diamonds showed a desire to extend herself and expand her repertoire with sophisticated arrangements and accompaniment and by the '8Os she was working in an inventive duo with the renowned guitarist / singer, Martin Simpson.
		In 1997 she recorded Aleyn, her first album for Topic in over a decade and a whole new audience was bewitched as she further challenged our preconceptions with a dramatic sequence of tours de force fearlessly tackling everything from the holocaust to sea shanties and capital punishment to gardening.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Dave_Smith_6/june.htm (1268 words)

	June Tabor - Gothic Melancholy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The album ends with a double treat as Tabor weds two war laments: "No Man's Land" with the haunting, Scottish, "Flowers of the Forest." This last set of tunes is perhaps the clearest example of what a huge influence Tabor has been on the music of such comparatively newer artists as Natalie Merchant.
		While this album has a generally lighter tone than her previous efforts, it marks some very interesting changes including the first inclusion of a Richard Thompson tune "Strange Affair," which serves as one of the high points of the album.
		The album concludes with the long and wistful "The King of Rome" which is a true tale of a heroic pigeon race.
	www.greenmanreview.com /junetaboromnibus.html (3119 words)

	JONES, Nic : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Worked with the Silly Sisters, as duo Maddy Prior and June Tabor were named on their '76 album and tour; went on to accompany Tabor on her Ashes And Diamonds on Topic '77.
		It was, however, the release of Penguin Eggs on Topic '80 (reissued '91), his finest hour, which incontrovertibly elevated him to the ranks of the finest musicians in the genre; voted Melody Maker Folk Album of '80, it is always described as essential.
		His interpretations of Harry Roberts's 'The Humpback Whale' (often mistaken for a traditional song at the time of the LP's release) and Paul Metser's 'Farewell To The Gold' were highlights in a brilliantly faceted gem of a work.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/j/J81.HTM (357 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Silly Sisters - Maddy Prior/June Tabor at Epinions.com
		Silly Sisters was a project done by Steeleye Span lead singer Maddy Prior with newcomer June Tabor after the latter's first serious album Airs And Graces had received excellent reception in the folk world.
		Unfortunately, Silly Sisters failed to live up to that challenge, for on such songs as "The Burning of Auchindoon", one fails to see much of Prior's sheer touching emotion or the stark beauty Tabor was to make her trademark on such albums as Aqaba.
		At times Silly Sisters sounded as if Maddy was aiming to replicate her voice on a sound free from the rock/gothic influences of Steeleye Span.
	www.epinions.com /content_132085026436 (575 words)

	Joe Sixpack's Brit-Folk/Celtic Music Guide - Miscellaneous Albums "S"
		Both albums were recorded at the same time in 1981, but released separately for whatever reason.
		This album includes contributions from button accordionist John Kirkpatrick, several mates from the Fairport crowd, and pianist Beryl Marriott (who was an early patron of the young Mr.
		On their first album, Irvine looms large, and the style may feel familiar to fans of his early work; Irvine and Moynihan also pioneered the mandolin-bouzouki sound that would become a staple of Irvine's style.
	www.slipcue.com /music/international/celtic/albums/S_02.html (1852 words)

	Ectophiles' Guide - Silly Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Either, though Silly Sisters might be slightly livelier than No More to the Dance.
		This album is a delight--funny songs, tragic songs, and both Maddy Prior and June Tabor in fine form.
		This is the only Silly Sisters album that I have, and it has provided me a great amount of enjoyment over the years.
	ectoguide.org /artists/silly.sisters (366 words)

	The New Traditions Of Britain
		Among the highlights of the album is the plaintive, graceful Celtic harp of the 1990 Radio 2 Young Tradition Award winner, Ingrid Henderson, accompanied by her brother Allan on fiddle.
		The set is made up of mostly traditional songs, and the album opens with a gorgeous version of "The Recruited Collier." The album follows along a central theme of the loss of life (young men in particular) in the horrors of war.
		This is the second album by the fiddle and vocals duo of Nancy Kerr and Eliza Carthy (photo).
	www.dirtynelson.com /linen/feature/63trad.html (1449 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Silly Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		I've listened to this album for years and it never grows old.
		The voices--one piercing and clarion, the other dusky and wan--are perfect complements, and the lyrics, smoothed to perfection by the decades, are some of the most beautiful I've ever heard.
		I don't know that this is the best folk album ever, but it's certainly very high up in the running.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000E76 (526 words)

	The Ultimate Silly Sisters (album) - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Silly Sisters is a 1976 album by Maddy Prior and June Tabor.
		The two of them later took the name Silly Sisters as the name of their duo, but after this album was released.
		The album was produced by Maddy Prior and Robin Black.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Silly_Sisters_%28album%29 (483 words)

	Silly Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		I heard this album 10 years ago in Montréal, a tape of a tape of a tape.
		I first came to appreciate this album on borrowing it from a teacher when I was 12.
		I have had Silly Sisters in my collection for more years than I care to remember and it is still one of my favourites.
	www.armchairfans.co.uk /books/B0000086FC (281 words)

	Prog Rock Corner--Silly Sisters! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Silly Sisters is a collaboration between Maddy Prior, vocalist of Steeleye Span, and June Tabor, the queen of British folk.
		Originally formed in 1976, during a hiatus in Steeleye Span's recording activity, the "group" was more or less a glorified excuse for a hootenanny, with two of Britain's finest female folk vocalists (Prior from the more "progressive" camp and Tabor from the more "trad") teaming up for rousing versions of traditional ballads and rave-ups.
		On the 1977 album, Silly Sisters, they were joined by Steeleye Span's Martin Carthy (later associated with the Pogues) among a host of other capable musicians.
	www.stitzel.com /slop/prq/silly_sisters.html (303 words)

	June Tabor, A Quiet Eye (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Like most people, I was very familiar with Prior's singing from her work with Steeleye Span, whereas June Tabor was new to me. She had already gained something of a reputation for live performances at folk events and had recorded on some compilation discs, but was still largely unknown, especially compared with Prior.
		The jazz album did not mark a major breakthrough in terms of instrumentation, but the following year Tabor raised some eyebrows with her collaboration with the English folk-rockers The Oyster Band, which produced concert appearances and a new record, Freedom and Rain, again mixing traditional and contemporary songs.
		More than any of Tabor's other albums, moreover, this one is stamped throughout with Huw Warren's prominent piano-playing (not to mention his composing and arranging), which seems to me almost to justify giving him equal billing with Tabor, as was done for Martin Simpson and the Oyster Band on the recordings referred to above.
	www.greenmanreview.com /tabor_a_quiet_eye.html (2042 words)

	BBC - Shropshire - Folk - 'An Echo of Hooves', June Tabor
		The Silly Sisters were joined by Martin Carthy on their 1977 album - also called silly sisters.
		In 1994, June released the highly acclaimed album "Against the Streams" - the album included the track "I Want to Vanish" which was written especially for her by Elvis Costello.
		And yet, the sense of scholarship that she brings to her work never lets you forget that you are listening to, perhaps, the greatest interpreter and curator of indigenous British music.
	www.bbc.co.uk /shropshire/music/folk/2003/10/june_tabor_an_echo_of_hooves.shtml (599 words)

	June Tabor Discography: Slipcue.Com Folk Guide
		The bounciness of the Silly Sisters album is replaced by a more stately feel, a sense of gravitas and seriousness that would later get laid on a bit too thick.
		The album's closer, "Unicorns," is a hint of things to come, with a tinkly piano and dolorous feel, but for fans who like their folk music simple and clean, this acoustic outing will swiftly become a cherished favorite.
		The reigning grand dame of English song returns, with a typically rich, multi-faceted album that explores her country's fascination with the thorny, flowering briar known as the rose.
	www.slipcue.com /music/international/celtic/artists/tabor.html (1105 words)

	No More to the Dance (Silly Sisters) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		And here is where the Sisters hit their stride; this song disturbed me on first hearing, wowed me on second, and I have nevr tired of it.
		This follow-up album to their first joint effort "Silly Sisters" found Tabor and Prior still in fine voice after the ten year plus gap.
		The instrumental backing on this album is quite different from the first album, moreover, with more of a 'New Age' feel to it, in part due to the very interesting guitar work of Dan Ar Braz.
	johnkeyes.com /a/B000000E7U-no-more-to-the-dance.html (473 words)

	Music: Boston Phoenix CD Reviews (The Boston Phoenix . 01-17-00)
		Although June Tabor is not as well known as her friend Sandy Denny, she's been at the forefront of England's folk scene since the mid '70s.
		Silly Sisters, a duet album with Steeleye Span's Maddy Prior, introduced her to an international audience, and though subsequent releases made her one of England's best-known singers, they did little to further her international reputation.
		In addition to the sound of two breasts clapping, the raunchy album features lots of tape hiss, a bass drum beating, foot stomping, tape loops, a scratchy holler, a drum machine, handclaps, and guitars whipped up into primal vamps with frantic slide-guitar squiggles filling the between-groove spaces.
	weeklywire.com /ww/01-17-00/boston_music_clips.html (1286 words)

	BBC - Rock & Alt Review - Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters
		Both the album and the band are not afraid to be fabulous, and for that alone they deserve your full attention.
		I absolutely adore this album, it may not be to everyones taste, but it certainly is a classic.
		Usually every album has a few crap songs thrown in to fill the gap but this is awesome from start to finish.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/rockandalt/reviews/scissorsisters_ss.shtml (9748 words)

	George Graham Reviews June Tabor's "Aleyn" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		She also does a Yiddish song from the early part of the century, from which the album's title, which translates as "Alone" was taken.
		The new album continues her work with somewhat unusual instrumental accompaniment -- no guitars or percussion, and prominent use of accordion, by some very tasteful and musically compatible players.
		Her new album Aleyn is one of the finest of her twenty-year career, and will hopefully introduce more listeners to this exceptional performer.
	georgegraham.com /tabor.html (1305 words)

	Ectophiles' Guide - June Tabor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		At the time there were only three of her albums available--Airs andGraces, Ashes and Diamond and A Cut Above--and her voice was considered to be extremely difficult for any but the best equipment to reproduce accurately.
		I've got a handful of her albums, including a Silly Sisters album with Maddy Prior, so I had a fair idea of what she'd sound like.
		On previous albums, it's always been clear that June has a great voice, but I still was unprepared for the depth and richness of it live.
	ectoguide.org /artists/tabor.june (1868 words)

	June Tabor, A Quiet Eye (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In her album, A Quiet Eye, Tabor's wonderful voice moves from light-heartedness to a intensity that is backed by an eleven-piece orchestra.
		The last track of the album segues three songs: "The Water is Wide," "St. Agnes" and "Jeannie and Jamie." The first song evokes a romance gone awry, a love gone old.
		In this album, she couples a motley of modern folk songs with traditional arrangements of ballads.
	www.rambles.net /tabor_eye.html (352 words)

	Goepp Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This album has been viewed 1073 times since 07/08/03.
		This album has been viewed 916 times since 07/08/03.
		This album has been viewed 656 times since 07/08/03.
	goepp.com /gallery/trips-2000_new_years (47 words)

	Brass Monkey, Going & Staying (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		After all this is only their fourth album in about 20 years.
		It is a song he recorded together with June Tabor and Maddy Prior on the legendary Silly Sisters-album about a quarter of a century ago.
		They may be ageing, Carthy recently turned 60, but they are still young at heart, and they know their craft better than most people.
	www.greenmanreview.com /going.and.staying.htm (569 words)

	Maddy Prior - Discography: Memento
		I would like to dedicate this album to the memory of Richie Close, a superbly talented and generous musician with whom I spent many happy hours, along with his wife Sheila, in the depths of Manchester.
		The other album that two tracks are taken from is Silly Sisters, recorded with June Tabor.
		This album represents a seam of work that is perhaps less familiar and, in some cases, now unavailable.
	www.gaudela.net /prior/memento.html (669 words)

	Maddy Prior - Guestbook
		I particularly enjoyed her album 'Silly Sisters' which I heard for the first time today...
		We have moved house, just around the corner from Cronshaw, funnily enough we are in the middle of planning his new album due to be recorded next springtime in Finland, Ian Blake is over at the moment and is involved with that too.
		When we were in England from '76 to 81' I bought all the albums I could find and my biggest regret from that period is that as a student I could not afford to attend any Maddy or Steeleye Span concerts.
	www.gaudela.net /prior/guestbook-4.html (2853 words)

	MP3 music download website, eMusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The first time June Tabor and Maddie Prior made a duo recording, it was released under their names and was entitled Silly Sisters.
		On this, their second album, Silly Sisters is the name of the group.
		As with their first album, the program is a winning mix of traditional and modern British folk music.
	www2.emusic.com /album/10598/10598363.html (261 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The trio's arrangements renovate old fiddle and hornpipe tunes, and incorporate the nimble percussion of the traditional Celtic bodhran, as well as tabla, dumbek, and talking drum.
		Most of the percussion I put on this album was hand and finger percussion like the tabla and dumbec.
		A song learned from the singing of the Silly Sisters, Maddy Prior and June Tabor - the words are partly our own.
	www.sonic.net /~pvg/groovefarm/hear/loganswell (173 words)

	June Tabor: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Tabor's first high-profile project was a duet album with Steeleye Span's Maddy Prior [+] in the 1970s (the duo dubbed themselves the Silly Sisters for the occasion).
		For her own albums and tours she has worked with outstanding guitarists, most notably Jones and Martin Simpson [+].
		Her 1994 album, Against the Stream, found her still at her peak, interpreting both traditional tunes and efforts by modern-day composers, including Elvis Costello [+] and Richard Thompson [+].
	www.music.com /person/june_tabor/1 (342 words)

	Silly Sisters: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Silly Sisters: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more
		Steeleye Span's Maddy Prior [+] and folk diva June Tabor [+] teamed up in 1976 for the first Silly Sisters [+] album.
		It was more than a decade before they followed it up with a second, but both recordings feature a gorgeous melding of Prior's clear, brassy soprano with Tabor's darker tones.
	music.com /group/silly_sisters/1 (145 words)

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