Produced by Iain Copeland and Ewan MacPherson;
Recorded by Iain Copeland at Skye Recording 2007;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Sraperboard drawings by Pam MacPherson;
Ewan MacPherson photograph by Anne Sofie Linge Valdal;
Design and layout by Ewan MacPherson and Iain Copeland

Musicians

Ewan MacPherson: vocals, guitar;
Hannah Read: backing vocals;
Vashti Bunyan: backing vocals;
Fraser Fifield: pipes, whistle;
Iain Copeland: drums;
Ed Kelly: double bass;
Alasdar White: fiddle;
Jon Bews: violin;
Anna-Wendy Stevenson: violin;
Seylan Baxter: cello

Tracks

1. Quiet Society (3.08)
2. Norther (5.28)
3. All the Kings (4.44)
4. Beachcomber (4.36)
5. Travelling in Winter (4.41)
6. Winter Me (3.31)
7. Windscreen Conversation (7.08)
8. Cold. Summer. Son (3.01)
9. Easy Days (3.39)
10. Nearly Home (4.13)
11. Year Tired (5.46)

All tracks by Ewan MacPherson except
Track 3 words from Scotland’s Winter by Edwin Muir, music Ewan MacPherson;
Track 6 words Iris MacFarlane

Produced by Ewan MacPherson;
Recorded by Ewan MacPherson at Calair Cottage, Balquhidder, Scotland, and Kulturhuset Gimle, Bergen, Norway, in May and June 2016;
Percussion recorded by Magnus Lundmark, Hovmantorp, Sweden;
Mixed by Angus Lyon at Gran’s House Studio;
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering;
Design by Ewan MacPherson

Musicians

Ewan MacPherson: mandolin, mandola, banjo, jew’s harp, guitars, harmonium, percussion;
Aaron Jones: bouzouki, cittern [1, 8];
Alasdair White: fiddle [1, 8, 11];
Ben Farmer: melodeon [5-6, 12];
Callum Convoy: bodhrán [1, 8];
Chris Wright: cittern, mandola [6, 13];
Fin Moore: Border pipes, small pipes [2, 13];
Hannah Read: fiddle [7];
Lauren MacColl: fiddle, viola [9, 13];
Magnus Lundmark: percussion [3, 6-7];
Sarah Hoy: fiddle [2, 13];
Sigrid Moldestad: Hardanger fiddle [3, 10]

Tracks

1. Brutus the Husky / MacColl’s (5.52)
2. The Silver Tongues / Meall an Fhiodhain (5.18)
3. Saltus (5.46)
4. The Cherry Tree Reel / Dog’s Got an Itchy Nose (3.52)
5. Only the Burn Is Not Silent (5.32)
6. Ruchenitza / Red Cyril (5.41)
7. Ranarim’s Welcome to Scotland / Icy North Gutter Experiment (6.40)
8. The High Surge of the Sea / Caravan Up North (5.01)
9. As April Is to Winter (3.54)
10. Cedar Dust (3.25)
11. Dead End Glen (3.15)
12. Mad Mr MacPherson / Seamus the Camel (5.50)
13. Holding the Whippet / The Torrents (5.12)

All tracks by Ewan MacPherson except
Track 6a trad. arr. Ewan MacPherson, Chris Wright;
Track 12a Ben Farmer;
Track 13a Derek Hoy

Produced by Ewan MacPherson;
Mixed by Andy Bell at Hudson Studios, Sheffield;
Mastered by Dean Honer;
Photography by Archie MacFarlane;
Design by Robin Beatty

Folk Radio UK review by Glenn Kimpton

Musicians

Ewan MacPherson: guitars, vocals, harmonium, synthesiser / programming, bowed bouzouki, jew’s harp;
Ben Nicholls: electric and acoustic bass [1-2, 4, 7-10];
Lauren MacColl: fiddle and viola [1-2, 4, 10];
Hannah Read: fiddle and vocals [1, 4, 7-10];
James Mackintosh: drums [1, 4, 7-10];
Magnus Lundmark: percussion [3];
Kim Carnie: vocals [2];
Thomas Hein: piano [2]

Tracks

1. It’s All in the Distance (4.45)
2. She Climbs the Munros (4.34)
3. Duke Henrik (5.16)
4. The Rising Line (4.13)
5. Playing Giants (3.49)
6. Beltane (Bell Tune) (6.57)
7. Bite of Fire (4.03)
8. Going Upstream (5.10)
9. Freshwater Salt (5.13)
10. Remedy for a Hollow Heart (5.30)

All tracks written by Ewan MacPherson except
Track 3 trad. Swedish, from J.N. Ahlström: 300 Nordic Folk Songs, translated by Emma Björling;
Track 6 trad., collected by M.W. Myers, first published in 1936

Video

Hushman performs The Rising Line: