It is an album of shadows and interiors, of slow-burning performances full of space and nuance – possessed of a studied intensity you simply don’t find elsewhere. It deserves and repays repeated listenings and stands alongside her finest recordings" - Songlines "No one else has come close to Tabor's clarity and strength of expression. Her instinct and training make every phrase count." The Daily Telegraph "To describe June Tabor as simply a folk singer is to ignore her achievements - and this new album proves she is one of our finest interpreters of songs of almost any kind. The starting point is traditional material, but her treatment of The Banks of the Sweet Primroses shows how she makes a song her own with her story-telling. A Chaucer song is followed by an exquisite, pained treatment of Anna McGarrigle’s Heart Like A Wheel, while the traditional Oh! Alas I Am in Love leads in to a drifting Duke Ellington ballad. A thoughtful, personal album". - The Guardian

Press from the record label:
June Tabor returns with her best album to date. It’s classic June Tabor - focusing on all her strengths. A predominantly traditional album, it has stunning musical backing from her usual accompanists, Huw Warren and Mark Emerson, with the inspired addition of Martin Simpson and Andy Cutting.

This is the June Tabor album - from the opening track, a magisterial reading of The Banks of Sweet Primeroses, through Anna McGarrigle’s Heart Like A Wheel and her in-concert showstopper, Duke Ellington’s Do Nothing ‘Till You Hear From Me. June has also chosen a new song from the pen of one of her favourite English songwriters – Bill Caddick’s The Cloud Factory.

The inspiration for June’s choice of songs was the particular group of musicians she brought together for her BBC4 Sessions concert in 2004. “Obviously I was already aware of the strong character of each musician’s playing, but what I was not prepared for was the impact of the ensemble as a whole, as well as the undreamed of textures and colours of new permutations within the group”.

The effect is remarkable, and June’s voice and performance have moved into even more impressive new territory.