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Maura O’Connell: Naked With Friends

Naked With Friends Maura O’Connell Sugar Hill Records SUG-CD-4018 (CD, USA, 2009)

Co-produced by Gary Paczosa and Maura O’Connell;
Recorded and mixed by Gary Paczosa and Brandon Bell at Minutia;
Additional recording by Kieran Lynch (Paul Brady) and Joe Rusby (Kate Rusby);
Additional recording done at Blackbird Studios, assisted by Mark Petaccia; Windmill Lane, assisted by Anna Ralph; Kinine in Dublin, Ireland; Pure Studios, Yorkshire, UK;
Mastered by Doug Sax with Sangwook ‘Sunny‘ Nam at The Mastering Lab, Ojai, California;
Photography by Gwendolen Cates, New York, New York;
Design by Sue Meyer

Musicians

Maura O’Connell: vocals;
Kate Rusby: harmony vocals [1];
Dolly Parton: harmony vocals [1];
The Settles Connection: choir [1, 7];
Jerry Douglas: harmony vocals [2];
Aiofe O’Donovan: harmony vocals [3];
Sarah Dugas: harmony vocals [3];
Alison Krauss: harmony vocals [4];
Tim O’Brien: duet vocals [5];
Darrell Scott: harmony vocals [7];
Paul Brady: harmony vocals [8];
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh: harmony vocals [9];
Moya Brennan: harmony vocals [9];
Mary Black: harmony vocals [9];
Liam Bradley: harmony vocals [11];
Declan O’Rourke: harmony vocals [11];
Áine Derrane: harmony vocals [13];
Sarah Dugas: harmony vocals [13]

Tracks

1. The Bright Blue Rose (3.29)
2. Mo Sheamuseen (1.55)
3. Arrow (2.52)
4. Some People’s Lives (2.35)
5. The Blacksmith (Roud 816) (3.39)
6. Ae Fond Kiss (Roud 38389) (2.53)
7. Shipbuilding (2.17)
8. Anach Cuain (2.28)
9. I Know My Love (Roud 60; Laws P25) (2.26)
10. Weakness in Me (3.07)
11. The Beggar’s Heart (3.48)
12. Maidín I M’Béarra (2.21)
13. Hay Una Mujer Desapercida (3.47)

Track 1 Jimmy McCarthy;
Tracks 2, 5, 8-9 trad. arr. Maura O’Connell;
Track 3 Cheryl Wheeler;
Track 4 Rhonda Jo Fleming, Janis Ian;
Track 6 Robert Burns arr. Maura O’Connell;
Track 7 Clive William Langer, Declan Patrick Mac-Manus;
Track 10 Joan Armatrading;
Track 11 Darrel Scott;
Track 12 public domain arr. Maura O’Connell;
Track 13 Holly Near