Recorded by Dave Boothroyd at 6DB Studios;
Mixed by Donald Richard except tracks 7-8 mixed by Dave Boothroyd;
Mastered by Jon Astley;
Artwork by Fred Ingoldby;
Design by Lewis Firth Bolton

Folking.com review by Mike Davies

Musicians

Polly Bolton: vocals, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki;
Holly Brandon: vocals, fiddle;
Bella Gaffney: vocals, guitar;
Sarah Smout: vocals, cello

Tracks

1. Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334) (3.04)
2. Catharsis (1.41)
3. Run River Run (4.01)
4. Rock of Ages (3.48)
5. Foss Island (4.31)
6. No More Tears (3.40)
7. Shuffle Set (3.58)
8. Galway Shawl (Roud 2737; Henry H652) (6.44)
9. Golden Girl (5.17)
10. Balls to the Wall (5.23)

Tracks 1, 7-8 trad. arr. The Magpies;
Track 2 Liz Carroll;
Tracks 3, 6 Bella Gaffney;
Track 4 Gillian Welch;
Track 5 Holly Brandon;
Tracks 9-10 Polly Bolton

Recorded and mixed by Dan Webster;
Mastered by Jon Astley;
Artwork and design by Dario Fisher

Folk Radio review by Johnny Whalley

Musicians

Bella Gaffney: vocals [1-3, 5-8, 10-11], guitar [1, 3-4, 6-11], banjo [2, 5], double bass [1-9, 11];
Kate Griffin: vocals [1-3, 5-8, 10-11], banjo [1, 4, 7-11], fretless banjo [6], guitar [2, 6], dobro [2-3];
Holly Brandon: vocals [1-3, 5-8, 10-11], fiddle, backing vocals

with
Ben and Thomas Webster: hand percussion [1, 11];
Mark Waters: bass [10]

Tracks

1. Now and Then (3.54)
2. Undertow (3.41)
3. Pass Me By (4.18)
4. Solstice (2.36)
5. Fall on My Knees (Roud 16667) (3.04)
6. If Time Were Money (3.17)
7. Hares on the Mountains (Roud 329) (3.48)
8. Galileo (4.39)
9. Colin’s Set: Colin’s / The Mariner / Tiredness Kills (3.58)
10. I Never Will Marry (Roud 466; Laws K17; G/D 6:1244) (3.28)
11. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (3.40)

Tracks 1, 6 Kate Griffin;
Track 2, 8 Bella Gaffney;
Track 3 Holly Brandon, Bella Gaffney, Kate Griffin;
Tracks 4, 9 Holly Brandon;
Track 5 trad. Appalachian arr. The Magpies;
Track 7 trad. English arr. The Magpies;
Track 10 trad. Irish, Kate Griffin;
Track 11 Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart

Videos

The Magpies sing I Never Will Marry:

Produced by Bella Gaffney and Dan Webster;
Recorded and mixed by Dan Webster
except track 10 recorded live ar FortyFive Vinyl Café, York;
Mastered by Dean Honer at The Bowling Green Studio, Sheffield;
Artwork and design by Esme Mai

Folk Radio review by Mike Davies

Musicians

Bella Gaffney: vocals, guitar [1-7, 9-1o], banjo [1-4, 8-9], double bass [1-2, 4, 6, 9], keyboard [6], stomp box [10];
Emily Lawler: fiddle [1];
Dan Webster: hand percussion [1, 6], guitar [8];
Leesa Gentz: vocals [2];
Holly Brandon: fiddle [2, 8-9];
Rachel Brown: cello [2, 4-5];
Mark Waters: electric bass [3];
Pauliina Kauppila: hand percussion (bass drum, berimbau, triangle, wood flute, pandeiro) [3];
Mari Meentalo: Estonian bagpipes [4];
Ford Collier: whistle [4];
Sam Kelly: vocals [8];
Matthew Mefford: double bass [8]

Tracks

1. Black Water (3.59)
2. Blood in the Earth (3.10)
3. Going Through the Motions (3.31)
4. Holy Island (3.17)
5. Seven Black Roses (3.38)
6. Wide Awake (4.18)
7. Blue (2.57)
8. Fair and Tender Ladies (Roud 451) (3.38)
9. No Ash Will Burn (4.20)
10. Gallows Pole (Roud 896; Laws L11; Henry H705) (3.59)

Tracks 1-3, 6-7 written by Isabella Gaffney;
Track 4 poem by Sir Walter Scott, trad. arr. Isabella Gaffney;
Track 5 adapted from John Martyn’s Seven Black Roses;
Track 8, 10 trad. arr. Isabella Gaffney;
Track 9 Walt Aldridge

Videos

Bella Gaffney sings Black Water: