Deluxe CD issue of the classic Topic album. / Introduction note by June /
Rare photos and press cuttings / Sleeve notes by Colin Irwin./ 4 Bonus tracks
picked by June Tabor.
“If you can’t appreciate June Tabor you should stop listening to
music…” – Elvis Costello.
For four decades and more since that day in 1976 when June Tabor ventured into
Sound Techniques – a small barn in Fulham converted into a recording
studio – to make her very first solo album, she’s been consistently
revered, not just in folk music circles, but many realms beyond. With a voice of
rarefied beauty, a subtly emotive and imaginative delivery and an unerring ear
for a song to make us cry, laugh, get angry, be sad and think a lot, she holds a
special place in the hearts of all who crave more of music than the superficial
gloss in which we usually find it wrapped, sealed and delivered.
Airs & Graces features 10 beautifully recorded tracks featuring Folk
legends Nic Jones on guitar and fiddle and John Gillaspie playing piano, organ,
roxichord, bassoon and sopranino recorder! This classic first solo album by June
was a long time coming but was well worth the wait. This beautiful Topic Records
Deluxe issue includes 4 bonus tracks hand- picked by June herself along with an
introduction and notes by June and respected Folk journalist Colin Irwin.
Tracks include While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping, Bonny May, Reynardine and the
Eric Bogle classic The Band Played Waltzing Matilda. This track stopped people
in their tracks, routinely reduced audiences to tears and went on to have a
colourful and slightly bizarre life of its own., The June Tabor version remains
one of the most telling and emotive antiwar statements ever
