Recorded at Temple Studio, Temple, Edinburgh;
Engineered by Moray Munro;
Produced by John McCusker;
Sleeve design and photography by Bryan Ledgard

Musicians

Kate Rusby: vocals [1-8, 10], guitar [1, 3, 6, 10], piano [5, 7];
Kathryn Roberts: vocals [1-4, 6-10], piano [1-2, 4, 6, 9-10], flute [3-4], clarinet [7], soprano saxophone [9];
John McCusker: violin [2, 4-5, 8], cittern [6, 10];
Alison Kinnaird: cello [4];
Robin Morton: bodhrán [8]

Tracks

1. The Recruited Collier (Roud 3503) (3.21)
2. Ned of the Hill (Roud 8136) (4.11)
3. The Lorry Ride (3.39)
4. The Queen and the Soldier (5.15)
5. Courting Is a Pleasure (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H625) (5.46)
6. The Constant Lovers (Roud 993; Laws O41; G/D 6:1093; Henry H634) (3.52)
7. Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (6.38)
8. Hunting the Hare (Roud 1181) (2.58)
9. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) (4.51)
10. Exile (4.07)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 3 trad., words Lisa Chera (Tubb);
Tracks 4 Suzanne Vega;
Track 10 Steve Knightley

Recorded by Sean Lakeman at the Piano Kitchen, Devon, in 2001;
Mastered by Mark Ellis at Propogation House;
Photography by Sam Lakeman;
Design by Brad Waters

Musicians

Kathryn Roberts: vocals, piano, flute, clarinet;
Sean Lakeman: guitar

with
James Crocker: electric guitar;
Darren Edwards: bass;
Iain Goodall: drums;
Seth Lakeman: violin, backing vocals

Tracks

1. Granite Mill (Roud 1823; Laws G13) (3.19)
2. Joe Peel (5.14)
3. Lord Gregory (Roud 49; Child 76; G/D 6:1226) (3.29)
4. Once I Had a Sweetheart (Roud 170) (2.20)
5. Georgia Lee (4.18)
6. Spring (3.06)
7. The Lambs on the Green Hills (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (3.38)
8. The Drowned Lovers (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (2.17)
9. Lovely Nancy (Roud 527; Laws K14; Henry H755) (2.13)
10. The Maid with the Bonny Brown Hair (Roud 3032; Henry H24) (3.49)

All tracks trad. arr. Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman;
Track 2 Peter Bond;
Track 5 Tom Waits;
Track 6 Richard Shindell;
Tracks 3 and 9 were taken from The Dark Ages EP by Equation (October 2001)

Recorded by K+S at The Piano Kitchen, West Devon 2003;
Mastered by Marc Ellis at Propogation House;
Design by Brad Waters

Musicians

Kathryn Roberts: vocals, piano, flute, clarinet;
Sean Lakeman: guitar

with
Darren Edwards: bass [1];
Iain Goodall: drums [1, 3, 5-6, 8-9];
Seth Lakeman: violin [2, 3, 6, 8], tenor guitar [6];
Ben Nicholls: bass [3, 8];
Geoff Lakeman: harmony vocals [8]

Tracks

1. Rosie Anne (Roud 234; Child 51) (4.02)
2. Sir Arthur (Roud 195; Laws O14; G/D 2:226) (3.05)
3. Lifetime of Tears (4.49)
4. The Buxom Lass (Roud 833) (3.28)
5. The Willow Tree (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (3.10)
6. The Red Barn (Roud 215) (3.27)
7. 20 Million Things (3.18)
8. Rule and Bant (4.13)
9. The Whitby Maid (3.36)
10. Rosie Anderson (Roud 2169; G/D 7:1462) (5.49)

All tracks trad. arr. Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman except
Track 3 Dennis Witcher, Tony Recupido;
Track 7 Jed Levy, Lowell George;
Track 8 Geoffrey Lakeman;
Track 9 John Leonard

Produced by Sean Lakeman;
Mixed by Richard Evans at The Labour Exchange;
Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering;
Photography by Paul Heartfield;
Design by Brad Waters

Musicians

Kathryn Roberts: vocals, piano, keyboards, woodwind, percussion;
Sean Lakeman: guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, bouzouki, percussion

with
Seth Lakeman: violin [7, 9];
Ben Nicholls: bass [3-4, 6, 8-9];
Sam Lakeman: piano [9];
Iain Goodall: drums [2, 9];
Tobias May: drums [4];
Jamie Pryke: drums [8];
Caroline Herring: vocals [1, 6];
Cara Dillon, Greta Bondesson, Sadie Lobb: vocals [1];
Stu Hanna: vocals [3];
Dave Burland, Jim Moray: vocals [6];
Mark Chadwick: vocals [9]

Tracks

1. Huldra (3.30)
2. Oxford, N.Y. (4.05)
3. Money or Jewels (3.56)
4. Hang The Rowan (5.21)
5. The Ballad of Andy Jacobs (6.44)
6. The White Hind (4.44)
7. Lusty Smith (Roud 10650) (2.17)
8. The Wisdom of Standing Still (4.28)
9. Standing at My Window (3.43)
10. Jackie’s Song (5.14)

All tracks written by Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman except
Track 7 trad.;
Track 10 Don McGlashan

Produced and recorded by Sean Lakeman
Mastered by Andy Miles at Super Audio Mastering;
Photography by Nikki Bidgood;
Design by Brad Waters

Musicians

Kathryn Roberts: vocals, piano, flute, clarinet;
Sean Lakeman: guitar

with
Pete Thomas: accordion [5]

Tracks

1. Child Owlet (Roud 3883; Child 291) (3.21)
2. 52 Hertz (4.11)
3. A Song to Live By (3.11)
4. Tomorrow Will Follow Today (5.23)
5. La Moneca (Queen of the Island of Dolls) (4.50)
6. Down, Dog! (2.34)
7. Rusalka (5.45)
8. The Banishing Book (2.27)
9. The Robber Bridegroom (Roud 17769) (3.29)
10. Soft the Morning Sun (4.08)

All tracks written by Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman except
Tracks 1, 9 trad. arr. Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman

Produced and recorded by Sean Lakeman
Recorded and mixed at Round the Bend Recording;
Photography by Matt Austin

Musicians

Kathryn Roberts: vocals, piano, flute, clarinet;
Sean Lakeman: guitar

with
Pete Thomas: accordion [5]

Tracks

1. Evening Star (3.30)
2. Matamoros Banks (4.42)
3. For My Next Trick (I’ll Need a Volunteer) (2.54)
4. Down, Down, Down (3.30)
5. Darling Isabella (2.22)
6. My Piano and I (3.14)
7. Safe in Your Arms (3.28)
8. Smile and Shine (2.25)

Track 1 words Les Barker, music Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman;
Track 2 Bruce Springsteen;
Track 3 Warren Zevon;
Track 4 Maura Kennedy;
Tracks 5-6, 8 Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman;
Track 7 Tim O’Brien, Chris Stapleton

Produced, recorded and mixed by Sean Lakeman
Mastered by Andy Miles at Stardelta Mastering;
Design by Levi Rees-Williams;
Photography and cover by Nikki Bidgood

Musicians

Kathryn Roberts: vocals, piano, flute, clarinet;
Sean Lakeman: guitar

with
Sam Kelly: vocals [1];
Seth Lakeman: fiddle [9]

Tracks

1. The Knight’s Ghost (Roud 3889; Child 265) (4.17)
2. Independence (4.45)
3. Tribute of Hands (3.51)
4. Solo (3.43)
5. The Poison Club (2.34)
6. Seasons (3.49)
7. The Street of the Cats Who Dance (3.42)
8. Boney’s Defeat (Roud 349) (2.36)
9. Old, Old, Old (4.10)
10. Goddess Made Flesh (3.26)

Track 1 words trad., music Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman;
Tracks 2-3, 5-7, 9-10 Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman;
Track 4 Sandy Denny;
Track 10 trad.

Produced, recorded and mixed by Sean Lakeman
Recorded at Round the Bend Recording, Dartmoor;
Photography and cover by Nikki Bidgood

Folking.com review by Mike Davies

Musicians

Kathryn Roberts: vocals, piano, flute, clarinet;
Sean Lakeman: guitar

Tracks

1. Mother and Child (Roud 175; Laws P20; G/D 6:1176) (4.17)
2. Lovely Nancy (Roud 527; Laws K14; Henry H755) (3.56)
3. Cry Wolf (3.56)
4. Willow Tree (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (3.16)
5. Sailor Boy (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (3.35)
6. Golden Bird (Roud 179; Child 248) (3.49)
7. Oxford N.Y. (3.26)
8. 52 Hertz (4.54)
9. The Cows of Mystery (2.00)
10. Gryla (3.11)

Tracks 1, 5-6 trad. arr. Equation;
Track 3 Reggie Brown, Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman;
Tracks 2, 4 trad. arr. Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman;
Tracks 7-10 Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman

Track 1 originally recorded for Equation: The Lucky Few (1999);
Track 2 originally recorded for 1. (2002);
Track 3 originally recorded for Equation: First Name Terms (2002);
Track 4 originally recorded for 2. (2003);
Track 5 originally recorded for Equation: The Dark Ages (2001);
Track 6 originally recorded for Equation: Return to Me (2003);
Track 7 originally recorded for Hidden People (2012);
Track 8 originally recorded for Tomorrow Will Follow Today (2015)

Video

This video shows Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman singing The Cows of Mystery at Riverhouse Barn in Walton on 30 March 2019:

Produced, recorded and mixed by Sean Lakeman
Recorded at Round the Bend Recording, Dartmoor;
Photography by Lily Lakeman;
Design by Jennifer Gainsford

Folking.com review by Dai Jeffries

Musicians

Kathryn Roberts: vocals, piano, woodwind;
Sean Lakeman: guitar, bass, percussion

with
Poppy Lakeman: vocals [1];
Jake Rowlinson: vocals [5];
Seth Lakeman: violin [6]

Tracks

1. Eavesdropper (3.49)
2. Pew Tor (4.50)
3. Ropedancer (4.13)
4. Fear Not the Mountain (4.50)
5. Call My Name (3.12)
6. Fall of the Lion Queen (2.30)
7. Red Rose White Lily Part I (3.33)
8. Red Rose White Lily Part II (3.25)
9. Night Visiting (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (3.38)
10. Bound to Stone (4.04)
11. Year Without a Summer (4.07)

Track 1 Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman, inspired by What Will Become of England? (Roud 1779);
Tracks 2-6, 10-11 Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman;
Tracks 7-8 trad., Kathryn Roberts, Sean Lakeman, based on Rose the Red and Whilte Lily (Roud 3335; Child 103);
Track 9 trad.