Musicians

Olivia Chaney: vocals, harmonium, guitar, piano

Tracks

1. Back Garden Beautiful (3.17)
2. Imperfections (4.23)
3. The King’s Horses (4.40)
4. Swimming in the Longest River (3.39)
5. Ballade (3.01)

All tracks written by Olivia Chaney

Recorded on 22 May 2013 for Mark Radcliffe’s BBC Radio 2 programme The Folk Show.

Musicians

Olivia Chaney: vocals, harmonium, guitar, piano

Tracks

1. The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232) (5.01)
2. Ballade (2.50)
3. Holiday (3.20)

Produced by Leo Abrahams and Olivia Chaney;
Recorded by Jerry Boys at RAK Studios except
track 7 recorded by Leo Abrahams at home,
track 11 recorded at St Paul’s Deptford Church;
Additional engineering by Leo Abrahams;
Assistant engineers: Mike Horner, Robbie Nelson;
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios;
Cover photo by Lisa Chaney;
Album design by Barbara deWilde

Musicians

Olivia Chaney: vocals, guitar [1, 6, 8-9], piano [2, 5, 7-8, 10, 12], organ [2, 4], harmonium [3, 11], pedal harmonium [7, 11], synthesisers [3, 10, 12], Mosrite Dobro [4], electro-acoustic guitar [4], baritone guitar [4], glass harmonica [5], Wurlitzer [7, 12];
Jordan Hunt: violin [1-3, 5, 9-12], accompanying vocals [3, 5, 10];
Emma Smith, violin [1, 9];
Vince Sipprell: viola [1, 9];
Ian Burdge: cello [1, 9];
Laurene Durantel: double bass [1, 9];
Oliver Coates: cello [2];
Leo Abrahams: guitar [4];
Leo Taylor: drums [11]

Tracks

1. The False Bride (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198) (4.03)
2. Imperfections (4.31)
3. Waxwing (3.25)
4. Loose Change (4.10)
5. Swimming in the Longest River (4.33)
6. The King’s Horses (4.24)
7. Too Social (3.38)
8. La Jardinera (3.23)
9. There’s Not a Swain (4.18)
10. Holiday (4.13)
11. Blessed Instant (5.11)
12. Cassiopeia (4.23)

All songs written by Olivia Chaney except
Track 1 trad. arr. Olivia Chaney;
Track 3 Alasdair Roberts;
Track 8 Violeta Parra;
Track 9 Henry Purcell, Anthony Henley;
Track 11 Sidsel Endresen;

Recorded at the WXPN Performance Studio on 6 June 2015 by James Clark Conner and Brian Goehrig;
Mixed by James Clark Conner in Philadelphia;
Photo courtesy of Olivia Chaney

Musicians

Olivia Chaney: vocals, guitar, harmonium;
Jordan Hunt: violin, vocals

Tracks

1. Loose Change (4.10)
2. There’s Not a Swain (4.18)
3. The King’s Horses (4.24)
4. Waxwing (3.25)

All songs written by Olivia Chaney except
Track 2 Henry Purcell, Anthony Henley;
Track 4 Alasdair Roberts

Produced by Tucker Martine and Colin Meloy;
Recorded and mixed by Tucker Martine in September-October 2016 at Flora Recording & Playback, Portland, OR;
Additional engineering by Michael Finn;
Assistant engineers: Keegan Curry, Justin Chose;
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME;
Front cover and booklet front and back cover photography by Samantha Muljat;
Back cover photography by Shervin Loinez;
Studio photography by Jason Quigley;
Art direction and design by Jeri Heiden and Nick Steinhardt, SMOG Design

Musicians

Olivia Chaney: lead vocals [1, 3-6, 8-10], backing vocals [2, 11], electric harpsichord [1, 9-10], harmonium [2, 4, 9, 11], dobro electric guitar [3], acoustic six-string guitar [5, 8], piano [11];
Colin Meloy: lead vocals [2, 11], backing vocals [9], acoustic twelve-string guitar [1, 9], acoustic six-string guitar [2, 9, 11], electric guitar [5-7, 10], nylon-string guitar [8];
Chris Funk: electric guitar [1, 7, 9-10], mandolin [2], autoharp [3], hammered dulcimer [3];
Nate Query: electric bass [1-2, 5-7, 9-11], bass guitar [3], upright bass [8];
Jenny Conlee: Rhodes piano [1], accordion [7], Hammond organ [9-10];
John Moen: the drums [1-3, 5-7, 9-11], gong [10];
Anna Fritz: cello [1];
Raph Carney: bass clarinet [2, 7], woodwind drone [6];
Mirabai Peart: viola [3, 5-6], backing vocals [5];
Steve Drizos: congas [9]

Tracks

1. The Queen of Hearts (Roud 3195) (3.56)
2. Blackleg Miner (Roud 3193) (2.22)
3. The Gardener (Roud 339; Child 219; G/D 4:840) (4.59)
4. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (3.31)
5. Flash Company (Roud 954) (4.14)
6. The Old Churchyard (Roud 3386) (4.03)
7. Constant Billy (Oddington) / I’ll Go EnlistEnlist (Sherborne) (1.55)
8. Willie o’ Winsbury (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221) (7.29)
9. Bonny May (Roud 92; Child 217; G/D 4:838) (6.30)
10. Sheepcrook and Black Dog (Roud 948; Henry H30a) (4.34)
11. To Make You Stay (4.59)

All songs trad. except
Track 4 Ewan MacColl;
Track 11 Lal Waterson;

Produced and recorded by Thomas Bartlett;
Additional recording by Patrick Dillett and James Yost;
Mixed by Patrick Dillett;
Recorded and mixed at Reservoir Studios, New York;
Mastered by Gerg Calbi at Sterling Sound;
Cover photo by Rich Gilligan;
Other photos by Olivia Chaney, Lisa Chaney and Colin Hickey;
Illustration by Lily Irwin;
Design by Babara de Wilde, Raisa Veikkola and Sam Steer

Musicians

Olivia Chaney: vocals, guitar [1, 7], piano [2, 5-6, 8-10], Rhodes [2, 4], harmonium [3, 6, 8], electric dobro [4], Estey pump organ [6]
Jordan Hunt: violin [2, 5-6, 8-9], backing vocals [9];
Thomas Bartlett: mellotron [2-3, 6, 9], op-1 [2-3, 5-6, 8-10], piano [3], handclaps [4], percussion [4], Rhodes bass [4];
Bells of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome [9]

Tracks

1. Shelter (4.12)
2. Dragonfly (4.34)
3. Arches (6.07)
4. IOU (4.03)
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (4.32)
6. Colin and Clem (4.59)
7. O Solitude (4.05)
8. Long Time Gone (3.17)
9. Roman Holiday (4.13)
10. House on a Hill (4.03)

All songs written by Olivia Chaney except
Track 5 refrain from Molly Malone;
Track 7 Henry Purcell, adapted from Katherine Philips’ translation of La Solitude by Saint-Amant, arr. Olivia Chaney;
Track 8 Frank Harford, Tex Ritter