Musicians

Joanie Madden: flute, whistle, harmony vocals;
Mary Coogan: guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo
Heidi Talbot: lead vocals, harmony vocals, bodhrán;
Roisin Dillon: fiddle;
Mirella Murray: accordion

Tracks

1. Jig: The Cat’s Meow
2. Song: I Must Away Love (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783)
3. Reels: Mary McMahon of Ballinahinch / Paddy Fahy’s / Phyllis’ Birthday / The Rising Sun
4. Song: Trasna Na dTonnta (Across the Waves) / The Leg of the Duck
5. Barn Dances: The Winding Road From Elkins
6. Slow Air: Sliabh Geal gCua
7. Reels: The Flags of Dublin / O’Rourke’s / John Naughton’s / The Providence
8. Song: John O’Dreams
9. Jigs: Road Dust / Do You Want Any More? / The Maid at the Well / The Flight of the Midges
10. Song: Hard Times (Roud 2659)
11. Jig & Reels: The Bank of Turf / Matt Peoples / Alice’s Reel / The Tapas
12. Song: The Parting Glass

Track 1 Joanie Madden;
Track 8 Bill Caddick;
Track 10 Stephen Collins Foster;

Produced by Joanie Madden;
Recorded at Cottage House Studios, Yonkers, New York

Musicians

Joanie Madden: flute, whistle, harmony vocals;
Mary Coogan: guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo
Heidi Talbot: lead vocals, harmony vocals, bodhrán;
Roisin Dillon: fiddle;
Mirella Murray: accordion

Tracks

1. On Christmas Night (Roud 597) / Charles O’Conor (3.28)
2. The Castle of Dromore (Roud 31057) (4.05)
3. Henry Roe McDermott / The Holly and the Berry (Roud 514) (4.21)
4. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Roud 8337) / The Traveller / Lilies in the Field / The Blacksmith’s Reel (6.22)
5. The Distressed Soldier / Angels We Have Heard on High (Roud 23663) / The Fairy Reel (6.54)
6. The Little Drummer Boy (Roud 31160) (3.57)
7. O Holy Night / Cill Chais (6.23)
8. Ding Dong! Merrily on High / The Cordal Jig / Old Apples in Winter / Con Cassidys (4.43)
9. Silent Night (Roud 27088) (5.45)
10. O Little Town of Bethlehem (Roud 24752) / The Ballintore Fancy / The Kerry Reel / Limestone Rock (4.56)

Produced by Phil Cunningham;
Recorded by Robin Rankin at Cava Studios, Glasgow, Scotland, and by Brian Humphrey at the Carriage House, Stamford, Connecticut;
Additional recording by Keith Chirgwin at Cottage House Studios, Yonkers, New York;
Additional recording at Secret Music, Scotland;
Additional recording at Pure Records Studio;
Mixed by Brian Masterson, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin;
Digital editing by Keith Chirgwin;
Mastered by Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital;
Photography by John Francis Bourke at Tara Circle, Yonkers, NY;
Graphic Design by Sarah Lainie Smith

Musicians

Joanie Madden: flute, alto flute, low and high whistles, harmony vocals;
Mary Coogan: guitars, mandolin, banjo, banjitar, octave mandolin;
Heidi Talbot: vocals;
Roisin Dillon: fiddle;
Mirella Murray: accordion

with
Sharon Shannon: accordion;
Liz Kane: fiddle;
Kate Rusby: vocals [4];
Eddi Reader: vocals [8];
Karen Matheson: vocals [8];
Donna Long: piano, harmony vocals;
Phil Cunningham: piano, keyboards;
Laoise Kelly: harp;
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill: piano;
John Joe Kelly: bodhrán;
Phil Bowler: upright bass, bowed bass;
James Macintosh: drums and percussion;
Ewan Vernal: bass [7];
Donald Shaw: Wurlitzer [7]

Tracks

1. Reels: The Jolly Seven / The Rascal on the Haystack / Bonkers in Yonkers (3.50)
2. Song: Sweet Thames Flow Softly (5.19)
3. Jigs: Carolan’s Favorite Jig / The Rakes of Cashel / Highland March in Oscar & Malvina (4.54)
4. Song: Bogie’s Bonnie Belle (Roud 2155; G/D 7:1396) (5.14)
5. Woman of the House Medley: The Fairy Queen / The Gooseberry Bush / Paddy Kelly’s / Woman of the House (5.16)
6. The Hills of New Zealand (4.41)
7. Song: Betsy Belle and Mary Gray (Roud 237; Child 201; G/D 6:1257) (3.44)
8. Song: Fair and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (5.06)
9. Slip Jigs: Paddy o’ Snap / Robin Kellegher / The Cove of Cork (3.42)
10. Song: The Green Fields of Canada (Roud 2290) (6.31)
11. Reels: The Old Maids of Galway / The Sunny Banks / The Flooded Road to Glenties / Free & Easy (3.43)

Tracks 1abc, 6 Joanie Madden;
Track 2 Ewan MacColl;
Tracks 3abc, 9abc, 11a-d trad. arr. Cherish the Ladies;
Tracks 4, 7, 10 trad. arr. Cherish the Ladies, Phil Cunningham;
Track 6 trad. arr. Phil Cunningham;