Maddy Prior & June Tabor - Silly Sisters (1976)

Artist: Maddy Prior & June Tabor
Title Of Album: Silly Sisters
Year Of Release: 1976 (Reissue 1994)
Label: BGO Records (BGOCD214)
Country: England
Genre: British Folk, Folk Rock
Quality: APE (image+.cue+.log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 41:50
Total Size: 243 MB (Scans)


Tracklist:

01. Doffin' Mistress (02:11)
02. Burning of Auchidoon (01:06)
03. Lass of Loch Royal (04:07)
04. The Seven Joys of Mary (03:16)
05. My Husband's Got No Courage in Him (03:09)
06. Singing the Travels (02:49)
07. Silver Whistle (04:09)
08. The Grey Funnel Line (03:03)
09. Geordie (04:00)
10. The Seven Wonders (04:32)
11. Four Loom Weaver (02:37)
12. The Game of Cards (03:18)
13. Dame Durdan (03:01)

This was a match made in heaven: Maddy Prior, the sweet-voiced singer for Steeleye Span, and June Tabor, a darker-toned solo performer who was already making a significant name for herself on the British folk scene. The collaboration was blessed by the presence of most of that scene's aristocracy, including guitarists Nic Jones and Martin Carthy, bassist Danny Thompson, and mandolinist Andy Irvine. But the album's most transcendent moments come when Prior and Tabor sing together a cappella, as they do at the beginning of the gentle "Seven Joys of Mary" and the more astringent "Burning of Auchindoon," not to mention the hair-raising "Four Loom Weaver." A few of these songs require a couple of listens before they reveal all of their charms, but all of them are worth the effort.
Review by Rick Anderson, Allmusic.com




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