Produced by Steve Coulter and Éilís Kennedy;
Recorded and mixed by Steve Coulter at Scragg Hill Recording, Dingle, Co Kerry, ireland;
Additional recording at Sligo, Ireland, and Santa Cruz, USA;
Mastered by Robin Robbins at Mid Atlantic Digital, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Ireland;
Cover photograph by Ann-Marie Fitzgerald;
Inside photographs by Bryan Deegan;
Design and artwork by Ion Entertainment Ltd.

Musicians

Éilís Kennedy: vocals;
Máire Breathnach: fiddle;
Virginia McKee: clarinet;
William Coulter: guitar;
Barry Phillips: cello;
Bruce Abraham: slide guitar

Tracks

1. Nead Na Lachan (Duck’s Nest) (3.35)
2. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (6.03)
3. The Factory Girl (Roud 1659) (4.29)
4. Crazy Man Michael (5.47)
5. Lord Franklin (Roud 487; Laws K9; G/D 1:16; Henry H815) (3.37)
6. Amhrán Na Leabhar (Song of Books) (4.48)
7. Canadee-I-O (Roud 309; Henry H162) (4.20)
8. Andy’s Gone (4.00)
9. Tá Mé ’Mo Shuí (I Am Sitting) (4.43)
10. Black Is the Colour (Roud 3103) (5.37)

All tracks trad. arr. Éilís Kennedy except
Track 1 trad. arr. Éilís Kennedy, William Coulter;
Track 2 Sandy Denny;
Track 4 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick;
Track 8 Henry Lawson

Produced by Éilís Kennedy;
Recorded by Steve Coulter and Jon Sanders;
Recorded in Scragg Hill Studios Dingle and Ballintlea, Ireland, Smerwick Studios Murloch Co Kerry, Ireland;
Mixed and mastered by Barry Phillips, California

Musicians

Éilís Kennedy: vocals, B^♭ whistle [8], flute [10];
William Coulter: guitar [1, 5-6, 10];
Barry Phillips: cello [1, 5, 8-10];
Paddy Keenan: uillean pipes [1];
Tommy O Sullivan: guitar [2];
Jon Sanders: mandolin [2], guitar [7-9], bass [2, 7], harmonium [3];
Steve White: percussion [2, 7];
Tony Geiling: fiddle [2];
Stan Poplin: bass [2];
Jan Sanders: harmonium [3];
Máire Breatnach: viola [3, 9];
Tim Edey: guitar [4], accordion [4, 6];
Bruce Abraham: steel guitar [4];
Eoin Duignan: low F whistle [6];
Virginia McKee: clarinet [7]

Tracks

1. Go From My Window (Roud 966) (4.21)
2. Ailliliú na Gamhna (3.36)
3. A Oganaigh an Chúil Chraobhaigh (O Fine Haired Youth) (4.22)
4. Boots of Spanish Leather (4.46)
5. Helen of Kirkconnell (Roud 8191) (4.19)
6. Farewell to Tarwathie (Roud 2562; G/D 1:15) (4.50)
7. An Páistín Fionn (3.32)
8. Siúl a Rúin (Roud 911) (3.42)
9. Beauty Deas an Oileáin (4.42)
10. The Parting Song (3.33)

Tracks 1-2, 7-8 trad. arr. Éilís Kennedy;
Track 3, 9 trad. Irish;
Track 4 Bob Dylan;
Track 5 trad. Scottish arr. Éilís Kennedy;
Track 6 George Scroggie;
Track 10 Judy B. Goodenough

Produced by John Reynolds

Musicians

Pauline Scanlon, Éilís Kennedy: vocals;
Damien Dempsey: vocals [4];
Séamus Begley: vocals [9];
Donogh Hennessy: acoustic guitar;
Clare Kenny: bass [1-2];
John Reynolds: drums, keyboards, bass [6, 13];
Seán Regan: fiddle;
Caroline Dale: strings [2, 4, 10, 14];
Seán Regan: viola [8-9, 11]

Tracks

1. Fair and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (4.46)
2. Fill Fill a Rún Ó (4.59)
3. Kellswater (Roud 916; Henry H695, H112) (4.31)
4. The West’s Awake (Roud 2062) (4.00)
5. Edward on Loch Erne’s Shore (Roud 3476) (5.67)
6. The Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Roud 3339; Sacred Harp 457) (4.43)
7. The Streets of Forbes (Roud 20764) (2.38)
8. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3) (4.20)
9. Óró Mo Bháidín (3.42)
10. Ca Rabhais Ar Feadh an Lae Uaim (4.13)
11. Síle (2.37)

2010 Special Edition Bonus Tracks

12. The Blackest Crow (Roud 422) (2.58)
13. Silent Night (3.22)
14. The West’s Awake (instrumental) (4.00)

Track 4 poem by Thomas Davis;
Track 9 Pádraig Mac Piarais

Produced by John Reynolds;
Mastered By Kevin Metcalfe;
Mixed By John Reynolds and Tim Oliver;
Photography by Paula Gillespie;
Art Direction by Fiona Ennis;
Design by Peacock

Living Tradition review by Gordon Potter

Musicians

Pauline Scanlon, Éilís Kennedy: vocals;
Sinéad O’Connor: vocals [6];
Donogh Hennessy: acoustic guitar;
Clare Kenny: bass;
John Reynolds: keyboards, drums;
Caroline Dale: cello;
Kevin Armstrong: guitars;
Éamonn de Barra: piano, keyboards;
Julian Wilson: Hammond organ, keyboards;
Catriona MacKay: harp

Tracks

1. My Dearest Dear (Roud 3601; G/D 8:1540) (4.56)
2. Bó Na Leathadhairce (3.06)
3. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Roud 2994) (5.22)
4. Cailín Deas Crúite Na mBó (4.09)
5. The Silver Tassie (Roud 30954) (3.08)
6. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (4.26)
7. Ye Jacobites by Name (Roud 5517) (3.43)
8. Samhradh (2.55)
9. The Queen and the Soldier (4.20)
10. The Streets of Derry (Roud 896; Laws L11; Henry H705) (4.44)

Track 3 Robert Dwyer Joyce;
Track 6 Sandy Denny;
Track 8 Eithne Ni Úallacháin;
Track 9 Suzanne Vega

Produced by Éilís Kennedy and William Coulter;
Recorded by Justin Mayer, William Coulter, Steve Coulter and David Higdon;
Mixed by Donogh Hennessy;
Mastered by Jim Salamon Cambridge Sound Studios;
Photography by Fiona Morgan;
Layout by Image and Design, Dingle, Ireland

Bright Young Folk review by Will Winkins

Musicians

Éilís Kennedy: vocals;
William Coulter: guitar [1-4, 6-9, 11];
Barry Phillips: cello [1, 11];
Martin Brunsden: bass [2-3, 6-9];
Jesse Autumn: harp [2, 5];
Kevin Burke: fiddle [2];
John Weed: fiddle [3, 7];
Adam Hendey: bouzouki [3, 6-7];
Aria di Salvio: cello [4, 5, 8, 10];
Edwin Huizinga: violin [4, 8];
Marie Fielding: fiddle [5-6, 10];
Damien Mullane: accordion [8];
Shelley Phillips: cor anglais [9, 11], harp [10]

Tracks

1. John O’Dreams (3.31)
2. An tÚll (2.45)
3. The Elk River Blues (4.56)
4. Pé in Éirinn Í (3.32)
5. Cailín Mo Rún-ssa (3.10)
6. The Hills of Isle au Haut (3.06)
7. Highway Mack (3.44)
8. The Flannel Red (6.47)
9. The Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49) (3.44)
10. Will Ye Go to the Indies, My Mary? (Roud V16277) (2.44)
11. Going Home (4.15)

Track 1 Bill Caddick;
Tracks 2, 9 trad. arr. Éilís Kennedy, William Coulter;
Track 3 words Rachel Anne Goodman, music Ernie Carpenter;
Track 5 Donald Ross;
Track 6 Gordon Bok;
Tracks 7-8 Éilís Kennedy;
Track 10 Robert Burns;
Track 11 words William Arms Fisher, tune from Dvořák’s New World Symphony

Produced by Gerry O’Beirne;
Recorded by Trevor Hutchinson at Marguerite Studios, Dublin;
Mixed and mastered by Brian Masterson;
Artwork by Brenda Friel

Musicians

Éilís Kennedy: vocals, whistle [8];
Gerry O’Beirne: 12 string guitar [1, 5-7], 6 string guitar [5-6], Shonky tricone 4 string guitar [2, 5], tenor ukuleles [2], steel string guitar[3-4], Spanish guitar [3-4], National Steel guitars[3], tiple[5];
Rita Connolly: vocals and chorus [1, 6, 9];
Eamon McElholm: piano [1, 8], harmonium [4-7];
Trevor Hutchinson: bass [2, 5, 7];
Laura Kerr: fiddle [4, 8];
Caroline Keane: concertina [5];
Shaun Davey: Estey pedal reed organ [6-7], vocals and chorus [6, 9]

Tracks

1. When I Sleep (4.29)
2. Petticoat Whalers (3.09)
3. Ciúmhais Charraig Aonair (5.13)
4. Love Was True to Me (4.18)
5. The Emily Anna (A Greenhand’s Tale) (6.00)
6. Franklin’s Crew (Roud 487; Laws K9; G/D 1:16; Henry H815) (4.00)
7. A Sailor’s Trade (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (4.19)
8. The Catalpa Rescue, 1876 (5.19)
9. Row On, Row On (Roud 2084) (4.32)

Tracks 1-2, 5 Éilís Kennedy;
Track 3 words Caoímhín Ó Cinnéide, music Shaun Davey;
Track 4 words adapted from John Boyle O’Reilly’s poem Love was True to Me, music Éilís Kennedy, intro music Gerry O’Beirne;
Tracks 6-7 trad. arr. Éilís Kennedy, Gerry O’Beirne;
Track 8 words Éilís Kennedy, music trad.;
Track 9 trad. arr. Éilís Kennedy;