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Article: June Tabor: Apples.(Sound recording review)
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- September 22, 2007
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JUNE TABOR Apples Topic 568
June Tabor recordings are truly a product of one person's singular artistic vision. Tabor has followed a unique path for over thirty years and she's not stopping now.
Some Tabor albums are difficult to listen to all in one sitting since she often chooses serious or sad songs, uses minimal accompaniment, and her distinctive alto voice is quite different from those of conventionally "pretty" voiced folk singers.
Apples, however, is easier on the ears than its immediate predecessor At the Wood's Heart, which consisted mostly of very somber material. Apples is pretty evenly divided between traditional and contemporary ...