WHAT delights from a singer whose dulcet tones have improved with age.
June Tabor, who has mellowed audiences for 30 years, knows how to spin a yarn and set it to music.
With accordionist Andy Cutting, violist and pianist Mark Emerson and double bass player Tim Harries, she offers immaculate arrangements for songs old and new.
The Dancing recalls the excitement of romance at the Saturday night dance after a week of drudgery at the textile mill.
Standing In Line is charged with emotion with its powerful image of a First World War widow hanging out her "half-empty washing line" for 50 years since the death of her sweetheart in the mud and blood of Flanders.
Just two gems chosen from this treasure trove of folk.
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