Maddy Prior & June Tabor, No More to the Dance, LP UK Topic Records 1988 - 12TS 450 

 

It could be defined as an interlocutory album. The collaborators are many and of noble rank (think of the guitarist Dan Ar Braz) but this does not significantly improve the fortunes of this work that appears only at times convincing.

Si potrebbe definire un album interlocutorio. I collaboratori sono parecchi e di rango nobile (si pensi al chitarrista Dan Ar Braz) ma ciò non risolleva significativamente le sorti di questo lavoro che appare solo a tratti convincente.

Tracks: Blood and Gold / Mohacs [3:47] (Irvine/Cassidy) / (Braz) - Cakes and Ale [1:54] (Henry Purcell) - Fine Horseman [4:49] (Lal Waterson) - How Shall I Your True Love Know [3:17] (trad. from Hamlet) - Hedger And Ditcher [2:40] (trad. arr. Prior/Tabor) - Agincourt Carol / La Route au Beziers [4:30] (trad. arr. Prior/Tabor) / (Braz) - The Barring of the Door [3:27] (trad. arr. Prior/Tabor) - What Will We Do? [1:58] (trad. arr. Prior/Tabor) - Almost Every Circumstance [2:46] (Colm Sands) - The Old Miner [6:11] (trad. arr. Prior/Tabor) 

Musicians:: Maddy Prior - vocals, June Tabor - vocals, Dar Ar Braz - guitars, Huw Warren - keyboards, Andrew Cronshaw - concertina, flutes, whistles, bombarde, Nigel Eaton - hurdy-gurdy, Jim Sutherland - percussion, Patsy Seddon - clarsachs, camac electro-harp, Rick Kemp - bass, Mark Emerson - violin, Paul James - sax soprano, half-long bagpipes, Bernard O'Neill - cello, Mary MacMaster - clarsachs