An Echo of Hooves

An Echo of Hooves
An Echo of Hooves
Studio album by June Tabor
Released	2003
Recorded	April and May, 2003
Venue	Lion Ballroom, Leominster, Herefordshire
Genre	Folk
Label	Topic Records
Producer	Charlie Beresford, Mark Emerson
June Tabor chronology

An Echo of Hooves is a 2003 album by folk singer June Tabor. The album consists entirely of traditional ballads, mostly border ballads.^[1], and all eleven tracks are indexed in the Child Ballads.^[2] It received strong reviews, rated four out of five stars by Robin Denselow of The Guardian.^[3] Roots-folk music magazine RootsFolk noted: "What really sets this release apart from other treatments of these ballads is that Tabor starts with the premise that these are great stories with colorful, fully drawn characters, not just strings of words to hang music on".^[4]

Track listing

From the album's liner notes^[2]

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 (Child 106)(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)

Personnel

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

References

↑ "June Tabor: An Echo of Hooves". Mainly Norfolk. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
1 2 An Echo of Hooves (PDF) (Liner notes). June Tabor. Topic Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Denselow, Robin (2 October 2003). "June Tabor, An Echo of Hooves". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
↑ "June Tabor". An Echo of Hooves / RootsWorld Recording Review. Retrieved 27 April 2026.

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[norfolk-1] "June Tabor: An Echo of Hooves". Mainly Norfolk. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.

[notes-2] 1 2 An Echo of Hooves (PDF) (Liner notes). June Tabor. Topic Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[3] Denselow, Robin (2 October 2003). "June Tabor, An Echo of Hooves". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

[roots-4] "June Tabor". An Echo of Hooves / RootsWorld Recording Review. Retrieved 27 April 2026.

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