An Echo of Hooves
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An Echo of Hooves is a 2003 album by folk singer June Tabor.
[edit] Line-up
- June Tabor (vocals),
- Huw Warren (piano, cello, piano accordion),
- Mark Emerson (viola, violin, piano),
- Tim Harries (double bass), Martin Simpson (guitar),
- Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes).
[edit] Comment
This is probably the most important recording of Child Ballads made in several years. Three of these songs have been recorded only twice before.
[edit] Track listing
- Bonnie James Campbell (Child 210) (words: trad/ tune: Tabor)
- The Duke of Athole's Nurse (Child 212) (trad)
- The Battle of Otterburn (Child 161) (trad)
- Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight (Child 195) (words: trad/tune: Tabor)
- Hughie Graeme (Child 191) (words:trad/tune: Tabor & Emerson)
- The Border Widow's Lament (trad)
- Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child 74) (trad)
- Rare Willie (Child 215) (trad)
- Young Johnstone (Child 88) (words:trad/ tune: trad & Tabor & Simpson)
- The Cruel Mother (Child 20) (trad)
- Sir Patrick Spens (Child 58) (words:trad/ tune: trad & Tabor)
