Freedom and Rain

by June Tabor & Oysterband

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1990
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:00
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Uniting one of England's preeminent traditional folk voices with an energetic folk-rock ensemble, 'Freedom and Rain' strikes a dynamic and thrilling balance. The collaboration successfully electrifies traditional ballads and contemporary covers without sacrificing the profound gravitas of Tabor's vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, female-vocals, traditional, british, distorted, ensemble

Tracklist

  1. Mississippi Summer (3:18)
  2. Lullaby of London (2:44)
  3. Night Comes In (4:54)
  4. Valentine's Day Is Over (3:26)
  5. All Tomorrow's Parties (3:51)
  6. Dives and Lazarus (4:19)
  7. Dark Eyed Sailor (4:15)
  8. Pain or Paradise (3:13)
  9. Susie Clelland (5:14)
  10. Finisterre (3:43)

Credits

  • June Tabor - primary artist, vocals, vocal
  • John Jones - accordion, diatonic button accordion, vocal
  • Chopper - bass
  • Russell Lax - drums, drums (drum set), percussion
  • Ian Telfer - fiddle, concertina, organ, viola
  • Alan Prosser - guitar, mandolin, psaltery, vocal
  • Carol Hibbs - lacquer cut by
  • Ray Cooper - bass guitar, cello

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