Produced by Sid Goldsmith and Julie Abbé;
Recorded and mixed by Sid Goldsmith at Room4 Studios, Bristol;
Mastered by Tim Thomas;
Artwork by Rosanna Morris

Folking.com review by Dai Jeffries

Musicians

Julie Abbé: vocals, guitar;
Sid Goldsmith: concertina, double bass, guitar, backing vocals;
Dominie Hooper: cello

with
Amy Cox: backing vocals [5];
Izzy Budd: backing vocals [10]

Tracks

1. A Poet to His Beloved (2.32)
2. The Song of Wandering Aengus (3.26)
3. Courting Is a Pleasure (Roud 454; G/D 6:1192; Henry H615, H625) (4.05)
4. Flagstones (3.09)
5. The Flower of Magherally (Roud 3009; Henry H220) (3.09)
6. The Boatman (Fhir a’ Bhata) (Roud 4356; Henry H834) (3.28)
7. Kellswater (Roud 916; Henry 695) (3.56)
8. Stolen Child (3.23)
9. Eighteen Years Old (3.01)
10. As I Roved Out (Roud 419; Henry H593) (2.46)
11. Claudy Banks (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693) (4.00)
12. He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (2.47)

Tracks 1-2, 12 poems by W.B. Yeats, music Julie Abbé;
Tracks 3, 6, 9-11 trad. arr. Julie Abbé;
Track 4 Julie Abbé;
Track 5 trad. arr. Julie Abbé, Amy Cox;
Track 7 words trad. arr. Julie Abbé, music Andy Irvine;
Track 8 poems by W.B. Yeats, music Daniel Bloodstone

Video

Julie Abbé sings W.B. Yeats’ A Poet to His Beloved:

Produced by James Grunwell;
Recorded and mixed by James Grunwell (Unitary Audio) at The Brown House Studio, Oxford;
Vocals recorded by Julie Abbé at Room4Studios, Bristol;
Mastered by Tim Thomas;
Cover photo by Paul Blakemore;
Artwork by Natalie McGrorty

Folking.com review by Mike Wistow

Musicians

Julie Abbé: vocals, guitar [9-10], spirit leaves;
James Grunwell: guitar, drums [1-2, 4-8, 10-11];
Ewan Bleach: clarinet, saxophone, piano, autoharp;
Paul Johnson: bansuri (wooden flute), gralla, kaval, duduk, violin, percussion;
Sam Quintana: double bass;
Isoldè: backing vocals

Tracks

1. Lanternes d’Or (3.26)
2. Au Bord de la Rivière (4.35)
3. Melusine (5.21)
4. Take Me Away (5.30)
5. Shadows (4.37)
6. Hushing The Blues Away (4.49)
7. Songs of Love (4.21)
8. Summer Child (4.24)
9. OUT (6.34)
10. Medicine Tune (4.23)
11. Medusa (4.28)
12. Incantation (4.05)

All tracks by Julie Abbé except
Track 2 music Paul Johnson