UK folk hero June Tabor returns to Cork for Jazz Festival

UK folk hero June Tabor returns to Cork, a city she first played in the 1970s, with her genre-defying trio Quercus, writes Ed Power.

June Tabor was months away from turning 40 when she released her first album. If, however, she was excited to finally fire the starting pistol on her music career, she did an

impressive job hiding her feelings, with the cover sleeve of 1976’s Air’s and Graces depicting the folk singer sternly regarding the camera. She looked as if she were bearing the weight of several worlds upon frail shoulders.