Recorded by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland (piano parts) and by Peter Haigh at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh;
Mixed and mastered by Brian McNeill and Peter Haigh at Pier House Studios, Edinburgh;
Track 13 recorded live at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, at the 2008 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award; produced by Kellie While;
Photos by Ken Amer Orkney Photography;
Design by John Slavin at DesignFolk

Musicians

Jeana Leslie: vocals, piano, fiddle;
Siobhan Miller: vocals

with
Lorne MacDougall: pipes, whistle;
Innes Watson: guitar;
Martin O’Neill: bodhrán;
Brian McNeill: fiddle, concertina;
Davie Henderson: djembe;
Brian Miller: guitar;
Kirsteen Miller: backing vocals

Tracks

1. Burning of Auchendoon (Roud 4010; Child 183) / Pint of Wine (3.11)
2. Goodbye to the Sea and Sailors (4.15)
3. Edward (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35) (3.57)
4. Time Wears Awa’ (Roud 21760) (5.51)
5. Mad Tom of Bedlam (Roud V53999) (3.40)
6. Fardach na Pioba / Harris Dance / Lochaber to Argyll (3.12)
7. Mary Mild (Roud 79; Child 173; G/D 2:195) (4.21)
8. Midlothian Miners / Eynhallow Soond (2.44)
9. Three Sailors (4.08)
10. Lord Franklyn’s / The Master Ship / John Stewart (4.42)
11. Familiar Faces (2.51)
12. Saints and Sinners (5.17)
13. The Parting Glass (Roud 1801; G/D 8:1516) (3.06)

Tracks 1a, 4, 13 trad. arr. Jeana Leslie, Siobhan Miller;
Track 1b, 10c Jeana Leslie;
Track 2 Phamie Gow;
Track 3 trad. arr. Jeana Leslie, Siobhan Miller, Innes Watson, Brian McNeill, Martin O’Neill;
Track 5 trad. arr. Jeana Leslie, Siobhan Miller, Kirsteen Miller, Davie Henderson;
Track 6a Lorne MacDougall;
Track 6b trad. arr. Jeana Leslie, Lorne MacDougall, Innes Watson, Martin O’Neill;
Track 6c Fred Morrison;
Track 7 trad. arr. Siobhan Miller;
Track 8a trad. arr. Jeana Leslie, Siobhan Miller, Innes Watson, Martin O’Neill;
Tracks 8b, 10b Jennifer Wrigley;
Track 9 words Michael Pentergast;
Track 10a Iain MacDonald;
Track 11 words Siobhan Miller, music Siobhan Miller, Brian Miller;
Track 12 David Francey;

Produced, engineered and mixed by Mattie Foulds at Mobile With a Home in Heriot Toun;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton, Castlesound Studios;
Photography by Annie Tuite;
Layout by John Slavin

Musicians

Siobhan Miller: lead vocals [1, 3-4, 8-9, 10a, 11], vocals [2, 5-6];
Jeana Leslie: lead vocals [2, 5, 10b], vocals [1, 3, 8-9, 11], harmony vocals [4], piano [1, 3, 5-6, 10], harmonium [3, 8, 11], fiddle [5, 7, 9], octave fiddle [7];
Ewan MacPherson: guitar [1, 3, 5, 9], 12-string guitar [2, 7-8], electric guitar [2], mandolin [2], vocals [3];
Kevin McGuire: double bass [2, 7, 9, 11];
Mattie Foulds: cajon [1-2, 7, 9], percussion [11];
Signy Jakobsdottir: tuned percussion [1, 10-11]

Tracks

1. Johnnie o’ Braidisleys (Roud 69; Child 114; G/D 2:250) (5.33)
2. The Trooper and the Maid (Roud 162; Child 299; G/D 7:1470) (3.01)
3. The King’s Shilling (4.32)
4. Buttermilk Hill (Roud 911) (2.14)
5. Alexander (Roud 6247; G/D 4:819) (3.13)
6. The Last Licht (4.30)
7. The Giant Set: The Giant Party / Stone Giants (3.39)
8. Scarborough Settler’s Lament / O’ a’ the Airts (4.44)
9. Blythe, Blythe (Roud 2868) / Thorsvoe (3.13)
10. Who Will Sing Me Lullabies? / Sleepy Laddie (4.41)
11. The Great Valerio / Sky High (5.03)

Tracks 1-2, 5, 9a trad. arr. Jeana Leslie, Siobhan Miller, Ewan MacPherson;
Track 3 Ian Sinclair;
Tracks 4 trad. arr. Jeana Leslie, Siobhan Miller;
Track 6 words Violet Jacob, music Siobhan Miller;
Track 7 Jennifer Wrigley;
Track 8a Alexander Glendinning arr. Jeana Leslie, Siobhan Miller, Ewan MacPherson;
Track 8b Robert Burns arr. Jeana Leslie, Siobhan Miller, Ewan MacPherson;
Track 9b Jeana Leslie, Lorna MacDougall;
Track 10a Kate Rusby;
Track 10b Ali Windwick;
Track 11a Richard Thompson;
Track 11b Jeana Leslie

Produced by James Grant;
Recorded by Mattie Foulds at Mobile With a Home in Heriot Toun, by Geoff Allan at CaVa Studios, by Euan Burton at Southpark Studios, by Kevin Burleigh at Gorbals Sound, and by Paul McGeechan at UWS;
Mixed by Paul Savage at Chem 19;
Mastered by Iain Hutchison;
Illustrations by Jan Miller;
Sleeve artwork and photography by James Morrison

Musicians

Siobhan Miller: vocals;
James Grant: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric 12 string guitar, banjo, ebow, vocals;
Ewen Vernal: double bass;
Donald Shaw: piano, rhodes, harmonium;
Prague Philharmonic: strings

with
Ewan MacPherson: acoustic guitar [10], 12 string acoustic guitar [4];
Lauren MacColl: viola, fiddle [10];
Euan Burton: electric bass [4, 9], double bass [10];
Emily Smith: vocals [1-2, 7, 9];
Kirsteen Miller: vocals [3-4, 8]

Tracks

1. If I Had Known (3.38)
2. Down in the Dandelions (4.48)
3. Secrets and Lies (4.01)
4. Scotland’s Winter (4.53)
5. Long Hellos and Short Goodbyes (4.58)
6. Breaking the Law (4.06)
7. No Butterflies (4.04)
8. Drowning Out the Sorrows (4.20)
9. Sunset Steeples (4.29)
10. The January Man (4.53)

Tracks 1, 3, 7-8 Siobhan Miller, James Grant;
Tracks 2, 9 James Grant;
Track 4 lyrics Edwin Muir, music Ewan MacPherson;
Track 5 Davy Steele;
Track 6 James Grant, Donald Shaw;
Track 10 Dave Goulder

Video

Siobhan Miller sings Down in the Dandelions at home in November 2019, accompanied by James Grant:

Produced by Euan Burton;
Recorded by Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Additional engineering by Iain Hutchison;
Mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording;
Mastered by Paul Savage at Chem 19;
Photography, artwork and layout by James Morrison

Musicians

Siobhan Miller: vocals;
Louis Abbott: drums and percussion [1-4, 6-11], vocals [3];
Aaron Jones: bouzouki [1-2, 4, 6, 8, 10-11], guitar [3, 9], backing vocals [1, 10];
Euan Burton: double and electric bass [1-4, 6-11], Roli seaboard [1, 3, 5], Fender Rhodes [7], backing vocals [1, 11];
Kris Drever: guitar [3-8, 10], vocals [4];
Ian Carr: guitar [2, 5, 8, 11];
Tom Gibbs: piano [1-3, 6-7, 9-11], harmonium [8];
Megan Henderson: fiddle and viola [9, 11], backing vocals [1-2, 10-11];
Jack Smedley: fiddle, viola [1, 3, 10];
Aidan O’Rourke: fiddle [6-7];
Phil Cunningham: accordion [4, 11];
Paul McKenna: backing vocals [2, 11]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25) (4.00)
2. What You Do With What You’ve Got (3.19)
3. One Too Many Mornings (2.31)
4. Pound a Week Rise (3.13)
5. The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78) (3.44)
6. Thanksgiving Eve (3.06)

Side 2

7. The Sun Shines High (Roud 201; Child 218; G/D 5:974) (4.48)
8. The Month of January (Roud 175; Laws P20; G/D 6:1176) (4.07)
9. False, False (Roud 8276) (3.30)
10. Bonny Light Horseman (Roud 1185; G/D 8:1584; Henry H122a) (5.13)
11. The Ramblin’ Rover (2.52)

Track 1 trad. arr. Siobhan Miller, Aaron Jones, Euan Burton, Louis Abbott;
Track 2 Si Kahn;
Track 3 Bob Dylan;
Track 4 Ed Pickford;
Track 5 trad. arr. Siobhan Miller, Kris Drever, Euan Burton;
Track 6 Bob Franke;
Tracks 7-8 trad. arr. Siobhan Miller, Kris Drever, Euan Burton, Louis Abbott;
Track 9 trad. arr. Siobhan Miller, Euan Burton;
Track 10 trad. arr. Siobhan Miller, Aaron Jones, Euan Burton;
Track 11 Andy M. Stewart

Set List

I saw Siobhan Miller with Megan Henderson, fiddle, vocals, Innes White, guitar, Euan Burton, double bass, on 25 March 2017 at Buchcafé Bad Hersfeld, Germany. Except for #7-8 and #14-15, all songs were from her two CDs:

First Half

1. Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25)
2. Secrets and Lies
3. False, False (Roud 8276)
4. Drowning Out the Sorrows
5. The Unquiet Grave (Roud 51; Child 78)
6. Scotland’s Winter
7. The Tranent Wedding (Up They Gaed A-Gallopin) (Roud 5982)
8. Green Grow the Rashes, O (Roud 2772; G/D 7:1297)
9. What You Do With What You’ve Got

Second Half

10. Pound a Week Rise
11. The Sun Shines High (Roud 201; Child 218; G/D 5:974)
12. Thanksgiving Eve
13. The January Man
14. instrumental (fiddle, guitar)
15. Aged & Mellow
16. The Ramblin’ Rover
17. If I Had Known

Encores

18. The Month of January (Roud 175; Laws P20; G/D 6:1176)
19. One Too Many Mornings

Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7-8, 11, 18 trad.;
Tracks 2, 4, 17 Siobhan Miller, James Grant;
Track 6 lyrics Edwin Muir, music Ewan MacPherson;
Track 9 Si Kahn;
Track 10 Ed Pickford;
Track 12 Bob Franke;
Track 13 Dave Goulder;
Track 15 Johnny Otis, Preston Love;
Track 16 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 19 Bob Dylan

Video

Siobhan Miller sings One Too Many Mornings:

Produced by Euan Burton;
Additional production by Iain Hutchison and Louis Abbott;
Recorded and mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Additional recording by Euan Burton;
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering, Los Angeles;
String arrangements by Tom Gibbs [3-4, 7] and Euan Burton [9];
Photography, artwork and design by James Morrison

Folk Radio UK review by Neil McFadyen

Musicians

Siobhan Miller: vocals;
Innes White: acoustic guitar, electric guitar [6, 9];
Louis Abbott: drums and percussion, acoustic guitar [5], electric guitar [3, 5, 7], vocals [2, 5, 9];
Euan Burton: electric bass, electric guitar [2, 4, 8, 10], backing vocals [2];
John Lowrie: piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, keyboards

with
Rachel Lightbody: backing vocals [1-4, 6-9];
Iain Hutchison: electric guitar [1, 10];
Eddi Reader: backing vocals [1-2, 8];
Kris Drever: additional acoustic guitar [8], backing vocals [2];
Hannah Read: fiddle [1, 5];
Lauren MacColl: violin, viola [4, 7];
Megan Henderson: violin [3, 9];
Adam Jackson: alto saxophone [1-2];
Kevin Garrity: trombone [1-2];
Phil Cardwell: trumpet [1-2];
Tom Gibbs: clarinet [2]

Tracks

1. Mercury (3.36)
2. Sorrow When the Day Is Done (4.03)
3. Strandline (3.49)
4. The Western Edge (4.42)
5. Slowest Days (4.59)
6. Carrying Stream (4.01)
7. The Growing Dawn (4.04)
8. Keep Me Moving On (4.15)
9. Losing (4.36)
10. Let Me Mean Something (4.15)

Tracks 1-3, 7 Siobhan Miller;
Tracks 4, 6, 8 Siobhan Miller, Euan Burton;
Tracks 5 Louis Abbott, Siobhan Miller;
Track 9 Kris Drever, Siobhan Miller;
Track 10 Euan Burton, Siobhan Miller

Video

Siobhan Miller sings Mercury:

Recorded, mixed and produced by Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Strings recorded by Jeremy McDonald at Mason Jar Music, Brooklyn, NYC;
Mastered by Iain Hutchison;
Illustration by Jan Miller;
Artwork and design by James Morrison

Musicians

Siobhan Miller: vocals;
Tom Gibbs: piano, wurlitzer;
Jack Badcock: guitar, backing vocals;
Mark Scobbie: drums and percussion;
Euan Burton: bass;
Jack Smedley: fiddle [2-4];
David Foley: flute;
Kris Drever: electric guitar [3];
Kim Carnie: backing vocals;
Fraser Campbell: flutes, string arrangement [1];
Francesca Dardani: violin [1];
Elise Frawley: viola [1];
Reenat Pinchas: cello [1]

Tracks

1. At This Time of Year (4.27)
2. Winter Fairly (Roud V12718) (3.59)
3. River (4.03)
4. Tak a Dram / The Last Dram (3.36)
5. Wexford Lullaby (3.49)
6. O Holy Night / A Winter’s Night (4.58)

Tracks 1, 6b Euan Burton;
Track 2 words Robert Burns, music Euan Burton;
Track 3 Joni Mitchell;
Track 4a Ian Sinclair;
Tracks 4b Euan Burton, Jack Smedley;
Track 5 words John Renbourn, music trad. arr. Siobhan Miller, Tom Gibbs, Jack Badcock;
Track 6a Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau

Produced by Euan Burton, Siobhan Miller, Iain Hutchison and Kris Drever;
Recorded and mixed by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York;
Photos by Elly Lucas;
Design and layout by James Morrison

Folk Radio UK review by Bob Fish

Musicians

Siobhan Miller: vocals;
Kris Drever: acoustic guitar [1-4, 6-8], vocals [1, 3-6];
Innes White: acoustic guitar;
Megan Henderson: fiddle [1-2, 4-6, 8];
John Lowrie: piano;
Euan Burton: double bass [1-2, 4-6], acoustic guitar [5];
Kim Carnie: backing vocals [1, 4-6];
The Cholesterol Chorus (Gillian Frame, Findlay Napier, Hamish Napier, Euan Burton) [9]

Tracks

1. All Is Not Forgotten (4.52)
2. The May Morning Dew (Roud 5405) (4.14)
3. Selkie (Roud 197; Child 113) (5.49)
4. Now You Need Me (4.51)
5. I Won’t Let You Let Me Down (4.44)
6. While the Whole World Sleeps (4.00)
7. Loving Hannah (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H615, H625) (4.37)
8. Tranent (Roud 5982) (3.06)
9. Cholesterol (4.43)

Track 1 Kris Drever, Siobhan Miller, Euan Burton;
Track 2 trad. arr. Euan Burton, Siobhan Miller;
Track 3 trad. arr. Kris Drever, Siobhan Miller;
Track 4 Kris Drever, Euan Burton;
Track 5 Euan Burton;
Track 6 words Findlay Napier, Euan Burton, music Euan Burton;
Track 7 trad. arr. Innes White, Siobhan Miller;
Track 8 trad. arr. Siobhan Miller, Euan Burton, Innes White, Megan Henderson, Kris Drever, John Lowrie;
Track 9 Adam McNaughtan

Video

Siobhan Miller sings May Morning Dew:

Produced by Euan Burton and Siobhan Miller;
Recorded by Kevin Burleigh and Matthew Boyle at Gorbals Sound, Glasgow;
Additional Recording by Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording and Southpark Studio;
Mixed by Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording;
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music;
Photography by Euan Robertson

Folking.com review by Dai Jeffries

Musicians

Siobhan Miller: vocals;
Kris Drever: acoustic guitar [1-6, 8-10];
Aaron Jones: bouzouki, cittern, acoustic guitar [1-6, 8-9];
Ian Carr: additional guitar [5, 8-9];
Tom Gibbs: piano [1-9], Hammond organ [8];
Euan Burton: double bass [1-6, 9], electric bass [8], synth bass [7];
Louis Abbott: drums and percussion [1-9];
Charlie Stewart: fiddle [2-3, 6, 8-10];
Jack Smedley: fiddle [1, 5];
Andrew Waite: accordion [2-6, 9];
David Foley: flute [3]

Backing vocals:
Kris Drever [2-6, 10]
Robyn Gray [1, 3, 5]
Senab Adekunle [9-10]
Paul McKenna [1, 3, 5, 9]
Rachel Lightbody [2, 5, 8-9]
Eddi Reader [2, 4, 6, 10]

Tracks

1. Queen of Argyll (3.15)
2. Cold Blows the Rainy Night (Roud 135; G/D 4:778) (3.17)
3. Star o’ the Bar (4.05)
4. Go, Move, Shift (Roud 6852) (3.20)
5. I’m a Rover (Roud 3135) (3.26)
6. The Swan Swims (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (5.45)
7. The Battle of Waterloo (5.16)
8. Open All Night (4.05)
9. Saturday Night (2.56)
10. Wild Mountain Thyme (Roud 541; G/D 4:862) (4.02)

Track 1 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 2 trad. arr. Kris Drever, Aaron Jones, Euan Burton, Siobhan Miller;
Track 3 Davie Robertson;
Track 4 Ewan MacColl;
Track 5 trad. arr. Euan Burton, Siobhan Miller;
Track 6 trad. arr. Kris Drever, Siobhan Miller, Euan Burton;
Track 7 Jim Malcolm;
Track 8 Rab Noakes;
Track 9 David Francey;
Track 10 Robert Tannahill / trad. arr. Kris Drever, Siobhan Miller, Euan Burton

Video

Siobhan Miller sings I’m a Rover:

Produced by Euan Burton;
Mixed by Iain Hutchison;
Mastered by Peter Beckmann

Musicians

Siobhan Miller: vocals;
Matthew Herd: piano and synthesiser;
Krayg Miqman: synthesisers;
Euan Burton: bass, acoustic and electric guitars;
John Blease: drums;
Innes White: additional acoustic and electric guitars;
Charlie Stewart: violins

Tracks

1. Over Again (3.15)

Track 1 Siobhan Miller

Video

Siobhan Miller sings Over Again: