Description
Limited edition (750 copies) crimson vinyl re-issue of hugely-acclaimed
collaboration between legendary English folk doyenne June Tabor and
long-standing, hard-touring roots rebels, Oysterband, marks long farewell
tour - Includes sublime renditions of Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us
Apart' and John Parish/PJ Harvey's 'That Was My Veil.'
June Tabor & Oysterband's 'Freedom And Rain' (1990) was hailed one of
the fnest collaborative folk albums of the past 4 decades
Bringing together the immense, individual talents of the sublime English folk
singer Tabor and the raucous roots rebels Oysterband, it produced something
quite not only new but enduring. When they reunited to perform at fRoots
Magazine's 30th birthday party at The Roundhouse in 2010, they felt the
chemistry spark again. And so, twenty- one years on, they went reconvened to
record the magnifcent 'Ragged Kingdom,' a brilliant, belated follow-up that mixes
the traditional with the contemporary in startling fashion.
The trad. 'Bonny Bunch Of Roses' rubs shoulders with PJ Harvey's 'That Was My
Veil'; a lush, acoustic version of Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' nestles
beside the Scottish trad. song '(When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen'. Stylistically,
the participants have each grown even more in stature in the intervening years.
June becoming an eclectic song interpreter, drawing inspiration from many
sources and Oysterband systematically re-exploring their own acoustic folk roots.
Together, they bring all of this added artistic weight to the project yet with a
deftness of touch.
Ragged Kingdom was recorded frst at Rockfeld Studios near Monmouth and
then at Metway Studios, Brighton, with Oysters' regular producer Al Scott, Feb to
April 2011. "What unites the material on Ragged Kingdom" Telfer continues "is
fnding the story in the song, and the exact drama in the story: pop songs are
often story songs too, and we tried to fnd things where the story wasn't banal,
which had some shading in them.' Love Will Tear Us Apart is a great lyric, and so
is 'The Dark End Of The Street'."
Tracks: Bonny Bunch Of Roses / That Was My Veil / Son David / Love Will
Tear Us Apart / (When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen / Judas (Was A Red-Headed
Man) / If My Love Loves Me / The Hills Of Shiloh / Fountains Flowing / The
Leaves Of Life / Seven Curses / The Dark End Of The Street
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