released July 7, 2023

Writing credits

I’d particularly like to thank Simon Rowley, David Watts and Charlotte Gibson for their creative input into this album. Simo, Dave and Charlotte played many gigs with me in the “Mark Saul Band” and much of the material for this album was written and recorded while on tour. Their musical skills have been the foundation for this collaborative project and their contribution is significant.

All guitar parts are written and performed by Simon Rowley (apart from track 7).
All bass guitar parts are written and performed by David Watts.
All melodies for bagpipe, whistle, flute, violin, cello, vocals, brass, synthesiser are written by Mark Saul.

I’d like to thank Charlotte Gibson for playing the fiddle on all tracks on this album (apart from track 7), and credit her for writing and performing the “string quartet” that finishes track 3 (Gordon’s Reel) - a great contribution! Charlotte’s Gordon’s Reel “quartet” then formed the basis upon which I built track 8 (Threnody). Thanks Charlotte!

Recorded, mixed and engineered by Mark Saul.
All tracks composed Mark Saul


Performance credits

Thanks to the fantastic musicians who kindly donated their talents to this recording. It wouldn’t be what it is with out them!

Musicians
Mark Saul: bagpipes, wooden flute, low whistle, synths, drum programming, and all other instruments and sounds apart from:

Charlotte Gibson: fiddle
Simon Rowley: acoustic and electric guitars
David Watts: bass guitar

Hamish Davidson: fiddle (track 7)
Chris Sprague: surbahar (track 5)
Sam Evans: tabla (track 5)
Laura Vaughan: bass viol (tracks 4 and 8)
Sue Hamerton: violins (track 8)
Don Stewart: Celtic bouzouki (tracks 2 and 5)
Kevin MacNeil: spoken word (track 3)
Dr William Donaldson: Canntaireachd (track 8)
Magaidh Smith: vocals (track 4)
Mark Mason: trombone (tracks 4 and 8)
John Nymous: trumpet (tracks 4 and 8)
Mattias Thorell: acoustic guitar (track 7)