Tracklist
- Chi Mi Bhuam
- Cronan Bleoghainn
- Gleann Baile Chaoil
- I Will Not Wear The Willow
- O Mhairi’s Tu Mo Mhairi
- Laoidh Fhearchair Eogainn
- O Nach Eiśdeadh
- Singing In The Dark
- Puirt A Beul
- Luadh An Toraidh
- Crucan Na Bpaiste
Karen Matheson - Downriver
Recorded in the serene setting of Crear Studios on the West Coast of Argyll, the album evolved from live sessions with James Grant (guitar), James MacKintosh (percussion), Donald Shaw (piano/accordion), Ewen Vernal (double bass) and Donal Lunny.
"...remarkable in English but breathtaking when she draws on Hebridean roots to sing in Gaelic"
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
" Karen Matheson's vocals are the coolest - swirling and slamming - amazingly dynamic"
NME
"spellbinding and evocative... she takes folk music to a celestial high"
NEW YORK TIMES
Produced by Donald Shaw
Recorded at Crear studio in Kilberry, Argyll over a few long summer days in June 2005
Additional recording and mixing at PawPaw studios in Glasgow.
Engineered by Paul McGeechan and Iain Graham and Donald Shaw
Strings recorded at the RSAMD, Glasgow. Engineered by Kim Planert
Album mixed by Paul McGeechan and Donald Shaw
Mastered by Paul McGeechan at MasterCD Ltd
Strings arranged by Mark Sheridan and Donald Shaw except for Cruacan Na Bpaiste which was arranged by Kevin McCrae
