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Freedom And Rain remains one of the finest collaborative albums of the past three decades. Bringing together the immense, individual talents of the sublime English folk singer June Tabor and the raucous roots rebels Oysterband, it produced something quite new and enduring. When they reunited last year to perform at fRoots Magazine's 30th birthday party at The Roundhouse, they felt the chemistry spark again. And 21 years on, they've made the brand new Ragged Kingdom, a brilliant, belated follow-up that mixes the traditional with the contemporary in startling fashion. ''June Tabor & Oysterband - a marriage made in heaven'' - Rolling Stone.

1. Bonny Bunch Of Roses
2. That Was My Veil
3. Son David
4. Love Will Tear Us Apart
5. (When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen
6. Judas (Was A Red-Headed Man)
7. If My Love Loves Me
8. The Hills Of Shiloh
9. Fountains Flowing
10. The Leaves Of Life
11. Seven Curses
12. The Dark End Of The Street

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056ZWYRQ/?tag=imwan-20

There is additional information at the Topic Records website:

http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/?cat=81

Tabor keeps turning out one good album after another. In a 35 (or so) year career, she has never made a bad one.
I loved Freedom and Rain except for "Night Comes In", which I wish they hadn't done as a shuffle.
I eagerly await this one.

The Topic Records link above includes a nice interview about the upcoming album with June and one of the guys from Oyster Band (sorry I don't know them very well). You can also hear 3 complete songs, including their take on Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart"! I am looking forward to this, though I am admittedly a fairweather fan of June's since I find her albums to be somewhat same-y and dirge-like!

There's no doubt that the differences between albums are sometimes subtle, and you hit the nail right on the head about the dirge-like quality. That's part of what appeals to me about them-great music for funerals and the broken-hearted.