Maddy Prior & June Tabor - Peel Session, September 23, 1975

Maddy Prior & June Tabor - Peel Session, September 23, 1975Head over to Aquarium Drunkard to read Emily Hilliard’s appreciation of one of the best albums ever — Silly Sisters by Maddy Prior and June Tabor, which hits its 50th anniversary this year. Just a perfect record, with Maddy and June hitting those laser-beam harmonies on beautiful traditional numbers, backed by a murderer’s row of britfolk geniuses, from Martin Carthy to Danny Thompson to Nic Jones. “[T]their close harmonies produce some kind of mysterious mystical essence, a spirit that emerges from the age-old spells cast by two clarion oracles,” Hilliard writes. “They roll through the gamut of mortal concerns and earthy seasons from tragedy to triumph, summoning tales and figures of times gone by, reanimating them with new life.”Yes! There should probably be like 25 Prior/Tabor records spanning the decades, but the duo’s collabs are rare and precious gems. So here’s a little something extra — a 1975 Peel Session featuring…

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