Photos and artwork by Somhairle MacDonald

Musicians

Gráinne Brady: fiddle;
Tina Jordan Rees: piano, flute

Tracks

1. Cooking 6/4 / November 9 (4.47)
2. Old Sweet / The Velvet Jacket (5.07)
3. Where’s the Kitty? / The Dowserford (4.19)
4. Winter Sun / Off to Islay (5.13)

Tracks 1ab Tina Jordan Rees

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Barry Reid;
Photography and design by Michael Mairns

Musicians

Heather Downie: clarsach;
Claire Hastings: vocals, ukulele;
Gráinne Brady: fiddle;
Tina Jordan Rees: piano, flute

Tracks

1. The House at Rosehill (3.42)
2. Captain Ward (Roud 224; Child 287; G/D 1:39) / Portherhead Reel (3.15)
3. The Rocks o’ Gibraltar (Roud 2174; G/D 6:1118) (4.28)
4. The Star o’ the Bar / Toireasa and Uisce’s Waltz (3.35)

Track 1 Claire Hastings;
Tracks 2a, 3 trad.;
Tracks 2b, 4b Gráinne Brady;
Track 4a Davie Robertson

Recorded and mixed by Barry Reid at Carrier Waves, Glasgow;
Mastered by Gordon Gunn;
Photos and artwork by Somhairle MacDonald

Musicians

Gráinne Brady: fiddle;
Tina Jordan Rees: piano, flute, whistle

with
Luc McNally: guitar;
Andrew Waite: accordion;
Cameron Maxwell: double bass;
Paul McClure: bodhrán

Tracks

1. Bank Set: Bank of the Erne / Tripod’s Frolics (5.19)
2. Islay Jigs: Highland Coos / The Botanist / Drive to Dublin Airport (3.53)
3. Tinstring: Tinstring / Pipe Down / The Lismore Session (6.35)
4. Polkas: Postman Pa / The Potter’s Wheel / The Cat’s Mother (5.10)
5. Superknit: Superknit / The Quartz Jig (4.03)
6. Millie’s: Millie’s / The Magician (3.17)
7. 5/8s: The Walking Bass / D’Almaine (6.14)
8. Two Mad Cats: Two Mad Cats / Sugar Blues (4.47)
9. Week 15 (3.07)
10. Shetlag: Bob’s Birthday Bash / A New Abode / Shetlag (4.57)

Tracks 1a, 2ac, 3a, 4b, 5b, 6b, 7a, 8a,10b Gráinne Brady;
Tracks 1b, 2b, 3bc, 4ac, 5a, 6a, 7b, 8b, 9, 10ac Tina Jordan Rees

Produced by Ali Hutton;
Recorded by Keir Long and mixed by Andrea Gobbi at Carrier Waves Studio, Glasgow;
Mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Photography by David Moses at various locations near Rosehill Farm;
Design by Michael Mearns

Musicians

Claire Hastings: vocals, ukulele;
Jenn Butterworth: guitar, backing vocals;
Laura Wilkie: fiddle;
Andrew Waite: accordion;
Duncan Lyall: bass;
Martin O’Neill: percussion;
Ali Hutton: electric guitar, synthesisers;
Keir Long: keyboards, synthesisers

Tracks

1. The House at Rosehill (3.13)
2. The Bothy Lads (Roud 5138) (3.51)
3. Son of No One (4.05)
4. I Missed the Boat (3.20)
5. The Posie (Roud V17116) (4.02)
6. Let Ramensky Go (3.57)
7. When a Knight Won His Spurs (3.29)
8. Annie Laurie (Roud 8179) (2.57)
9. The Gretna Girls (2.52)
10. Come Spend a While Wi’ Me (5.52)

Tracks 1, 3-4, 9 Claire Hastings;
Track 2 trad.;
Track 5 Robert Burns, music Claire Hastings;
Track 6 Roddy McMillan;
Track 7 Jan Struther;
Track 8 words William Douglas, Lady John Scott, music Lady John Scott;
Track 10 Lionel McClelland

Video

Produced by Innes Watson and Keir Long;
Recorded and mixed by Keir Long at Carrier Waves Studios, Glasgow;
Mastered by Barry Reid;
Photography by Imagine Images;
Design by Michael Mairns

Musicians

Claire Hastings: lead vocals, ukulele;
Gráinne Brady: fiddle, vocals;
Heather Downie: clarsach, vocals;
Tina Jordan Rees: piano, vocals;
Tia Files: percussion

Tracks

1. Johnny o’ Braidieslee (Roud 69; Child 114; G/D 2:250) (4.45)
2. Princess Roseanna (4.22)
3. The False Bride (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (5.00)
4. Everybody Knows (3.59)
5. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (3.56)
6. Jeannie and the Spider (3.31)
7. Campfires (4.26)
8. The Ramblin’ Rover (3.33)
9. Ten Little Men (4.20)

Tracks 1, 3 trad.;
Track 2 Findlay Napier;
Track 4 Leonard Cohen;
Track 5 Richard Thompson;
Track 6 Heather & Alasdair Downie;
Track 7 Aaron Fyfe;
Track 8 Andy M. Stewart;
Track 9 Claire Hastings

Produced by Corrina Hewat;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Photography by Imagine Images:
Design and layout by Van Gill Media

Musicians

Heather Downie: harp, vocals;
Tia Files: percussion, guitar;
Corrina Hewat: vocals [5]

Tracks

1. For the Love of Levers: Lady Muck MacKay / Stalky Nightmare (5.05)
2. Niel Gow’s Lament for the Death of His Second Wife (3.42)
3. The Best of Us (3.54)
4. William and Wizards: William the Conqueror / Wizard’s Walk (4.53)
5. Stronger Than You Know (5.03)
6. Midnight: A Tune for Emily Ball / Midnight Tramp (3.39)
7. The Field of Gold: Piobaireachd (7.08)
8. Messed Up Marches: Fingal’s Cave / Midtown March (4.10)
9. Under the Stars (4.53)

Tracks 1a, 6b Tia Files;
Tracks 1b, 4a, 8b, 9 Heather Downie;
Track 2 Niel Gow;
Track 3 Heather Downie, Alasdair Downie;
Track 4b Jay Ungar;
Track 5 Corrina Hewat;
Track 6a Aidan O’Rourke;
Track 7 Donald MacLeod;
Track 8a trad.

Produced by Inge Thomson;
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios;
Photography by David Moses and Holly Burns;
Artwork by Michael Mearns

Musicians

Claire Hastings: vocals, ukulele;
Jenn Butterworth: guitar;
Laura Wilkie: fiddle;
Thomas Gibbs: piano;
Andrew Waite: accordion

Tracks

1. The Lothian Hairst (Roud 2165; G/D 3:404) (4.44)
2. Jack the Sailor (Roud 268; Laws N7; G/D 1:171, 1:172) (3.50)
3. Seven Gypsies (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (3.33)
4. Sailin’s a Weary Life (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (4.16)
5. Fair Weather Beggar (4.28)
6. Logie o’ Buchan (Roud 1994; G/D 4:828) (4.16)
7. Noble Helen of Cluden (4.17)
8. Jamie Raeburn (Roud 600; G/D 8:1535; Henry H151) (4.15)
9. King of California (4.00)
10. Ten Thousand Miles (Roud 422) (2.53)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 verses 11 and 13 Claire Hastings;
Tracks 5, 7 Claire Hastings;
Track 6 George Halket (1736-1756);
Track 9 Dave Alvin

Video

Clair Hastings sings her song Fair Weather Beggar:

Produced by Gráinne Brady and Mike Vass;
Recorded and mixed by Mike Vass at GloWorm Recording and Rusty Squash Horn Studios;
Mastered by Iain Hutchison at GloWorm Recording;
Artwork by Somhairle MacDonald

Musicians

Gráinne Brady: fiddle;
Andrew Waite: piano accordion;
Innes White: guitar, mandolin, tenor guitar;
Steve Forman: percussion;
Megan Henderson: violin;
Feargus Hetherington: viola;
Su-a Lee: cello;
Jack Houston: spoken word

Tracks

1. The Glen (5.17)
2. The Road Across the Hills (3.27)
3. Fields of Renfrewshire (4.27)
4. Norah Ryan (4.56)
5. Moleskin Joe (3.25)
6. The Navvy of Kinlochleven (3.57)
7. Winter (4.35)
8. The Search (4.48)
9. The Flower of Danaveen (3.35)
10. The Woe of It (3.36)

All tunes written by Gráinne Brady
With A Navvy’s Philosophy and The Woe of It by Patrick MacGill

Musicians

Claire Hastings: vocals, guitar

Tracks

1. Bonnie Gallowa’ (RoudBS B2934) (2.26)

Recorded and mixed by Gráinne Brady

Musicians

Gráinne Brady: voclas, strings, tenor guitar;
Michael Biggins, piano;
Claire Hastings, backing vocals

Tracks

1. The Little Thatched Cabin (Roud 8121; Henry H91) (4.05)

All tracks trad.

The music for this album was inspired by Irish writer Patrick MacGill’s second novel The Rat-Pit. Set at the turn of the 20^th century, it tells the story of Norah Ryan who emigrated from Donegal to Scotland in search of a better life. A devout and intelligent young woman, Norah was nevertheless vulnerable to poverty, sexual exploitation, and great emotional loss.

Produced by Gráinne Brady and Mike Vass;
Recorded and mixed by Mike Vass at GloWorm Recording, Cailín Studios and Rusty Squash Horn Studios;
Mastered by Peter Beckmann at TechnologyWorks;
Artwork by Somhairle MacDonald

Folk Radio UK review by Johnny Whalley

Musicians

Gráinne Brady: fiddle, vocals;
Michael Biggins: piano;
Seonaid Aitken: violin;
Sarah Leonard: viola;
Su-a Lee: cello;
Christine McGinley: French horn;
Steve Forman: percussion, sound effects;
Innes White: guitar

Andrew Waite: piano accordion [2, 4-5, 10];
Tina Jordan Rees: flute [7, 8];
Claire Hastings: vocals [6];
Jack Houston: spoken word [1, 2, 7, 10], fiddle [10]

Tracks

1. Turn of the Tide (5.09)
2. The Bansho (3.49)
3. By and By (4.07)
4. Onwards (3.44)
5. In the Lane (3.55)
6. Unfulfilled (3.49)
7. Newcomer (5.21)
8. Abyss (4.36)
9. The Bootless Bairn (3.57)
10. Atone (4.55)

All music composed and arranged by Gráinne Brady except Buttermilk Mary trad. on track 10;
All words written by Patrick MacGill except track 3 written by Gráinne Brady

Recorded and mixed by Euan Burton at GloWorm Recording;
Mastered by Barry Reid at Rose Croft Studio;
Artwork and photography by Elly Lucas

Musicians

Tina Jordan Rees: flute, whistles, piano;
Lea Larsen: bodhrán;
Seán Gray: guitar, electric guitar;
James Lindsay: double bass

Tracks

1. The Squirrel Returns / KPC (4.36)
2. Ducks at Luss / House 108 (4.39)
3. G’s Reel / Tripod’s Frolics / Nan Lian Garden (4.04)
4. Copenhagen Cycles / Visits from Stanley (4.35)
5. Seán and Paul’s Welcome Back to The Weeg / Beach Party / Fuinneamh (4.28)
6. The Cable Cars / Ngong Ping Brolly / Rainbow Flats (5.40)
7. Phuket Tuk Tuk / Superknit (4.07)
8. Beatha / Sunset Skies (4.05)
9. Ugly Sea / The New Inn / Ubiquitous Tunes (4.40)
10. Erik’s / Cooking 6/4 (4.16)

All music composed by Tina Jordan Rees

Produced by Innes White;
Recorded by Carla Feuerstein at GloWorm Recording, Glasgow;
Mastered by Andrea Gobbi at Carrier Waves Mastering;
Photography by Elly Lucas;
Illustration by Fiona Black;
Design by Michael Mearns

Tradfolk review by Billy Rough

Musicians

Claire Hastings: vocals;
Tina Jordan Rees: piano, flute;
Charlie Stewart: fiddle, double bass;
Signy Jacobsdottir: percussion;
Alice Allen: cello;
Tob Gibbs: piano;
Innes White: guitar

Tracks

1. Dream Angus (4.39)
2. My Little One (3.45)
3. Gille Beag Ò (Little Boy O) (4.01)
4. Ca’ the Yowes (Roud 857; G/D 5:1014; Henry H175) (4.45)
5. Coorie Doon (4.24)
6. The Bressay Lullaby (Roud 25914) (3.31)
7. Matthew’s Lullabye (4.04)
8. Minnie o’ Shirva’s Cradle Song (Roud 30664) (3.41)
9. Cradle Lullaby (3.20)

Track 1 George Churchill;
Track 2 Claire Hastings;
Track 4 Robert Burns;
Track 5 Matt McGinn

Video

Claire Hastings sings Dream Angus: