June Tabor (born 31 December 1947 in Warwick, England)[2] is an English folk singer known for her solo work and her earlier collaborations with Maddy Prior and with Oysterband.

"[5]Her earliest public performances were in the mid 1960s at the Heart of England Folk Club, in the Fox and Vivian pub in Leamington Spa.

In 1976 Tabor collaborated with Maddy Prior on the Silly Sisters album and tour, with a full band that included Nic Jones.

Starting in 1977, Martin Simpson joined Tabor in the recording studio for three albums before he moved to the United States in 1987.

[citation needed] In 1983, Tabor had sung the title song for the BBC TV series Spyship.

She went on tour with the Oyster Band, and the Rykodisc label published a limited-run promotional live album the following year.

[citation needed] In 1992, Elvis Costello[14] wrote "All This Useless Beauty" specifically for Tabor, and she recorded it for the album Angel Tiger.

In 1997 she appeared in Ken Russell's television film, In Search of English Folk Song,[15] which was broadcast on Channel 4.

Her 2003 album An Echo of Hooves marked a return to the traditional ballad form after she concentrated on other styles for several years.

Folk Britannia was the name of a concert at the Barbican centre, and a related TV mini-series (February 2006, repeated in October).

In May 2004 she performed as part of "The Big Session" and sang an adaptation of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as a duet with John Jones of Oysterband.

So far Tabor has performed on three of their albums, the 1990 Oranges and Lemmings (singing "The Trains of Waterloo", a parody of the folk song "The Plains of Waterloo" in a duet with Martin Carthy), the 1994 Gnus and Roses (singing "The January June", a send-up of her perceived sombre character), and the 2003 Yelp!

Topic Records issued a 70-year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten; in the accompanying book it lists Tabor's Aqaba as one of their classic albums.