''Woman of the House'', an album by
Cherish the Ladies, was released in 2005 on the
Rounder Records
Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by Al ...
label.
Track listing
All songs traditional except as indicated.
# Reels: "The Jolly Seven (trad.)" / "The Rascal on the Haystack" (trad.) / "Bonkers in Yonkers" (
Joanie Madden
Joanie Madden is an Irish-American flute and whistle player of Irish traditional music. She is best known as leader of the all-female group Cherish the Ladies, but has also recorded and performed with numerous other musicians, and as a solo art ...
) – 3:52
# "Sweet Thames Flow Softly" (
Ewan MacColl
James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he is known as one of the ...
) – 5:21
# Jigs: "Carolan's Favorite Jig" / "The Rakes of Cashel" / "Highland March in Oscar and Lucinda" – 4:55
# "Bogie's Bonnie Belle" – 5:15
# "Woman of the House Medley: The Fairy Queen/The Gooseberry Bush/Paddy Kelly's/Woman of the House" – 5:18
# "The Hills of New Zealand" (
Joanie Madden
Joanie Madden is an Irish-American flute and whistle player of Irish traditional music. She is best known as leader of the all-female group Cherish the Ladies, but has also recorded and performed with numerous other musicians, and as a solo art ...
) – 4:43
# "
Betsy Belle and Mary Gray" – 3:44
# "Fair and Tender Ladies" – 5:07
# Slip Jigs: "Paddy O'Snap" / "Robin Kelegher" / "The Cove of Cork" – 3:44
# "The Green Fields of Canada" – 6:31
# Reels: "The Old Maids of Galway" / "The Sunny Banks" / "The Flooded Road to Glenties" / "Free & Easy" – 3:43
Personnel
Cherish the Ladies
* Joanie Madden: Flute, alto flute, low & high whistles, harmony vocals
* Mary Coogan: Guitars, mandolin, banjo, banjitar, octave mandolin
*
Heidi Talbot
Heidi Talbot (born 1980) is an Irish folk singer from Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. Talbot is a former singer of Irish-American musical group Cherish the Ladies.
Early life and education
Born in the rural village of Kill, County Kildare, Ire ...
: Vocals
* Roisin Dillon: Fiddle
* Mirella Murray: Accordion
With Special Guests
*
Sharon Shannon: Accordion
* Liz Kane: Fiddle
*
Kate Rusby: Vocals
*
Karen Matheson: Vocals
* Donna Long: Piano, harmony vocals
*
Phil Cunningham: Piano, keyboards
*
Laoise Kelly: Harp
*
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill: Piano
*
John Joe Kelly: Bodhrán
* Phil Bowler: Upright bass, bowed bass
* James MacIntosh: Drums and percussion
* Ewan Vernal: Bass
*
Donald Shaw: Wurlitzer
References
External links
Complete identification of album contents at irishtune.info
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Cherish the Ladies albums
2005 albums