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“When I received the news that the funding had been awarded to this project I was sat waiting for a plane to Japan having just played at Hong Kong Arts festival. I think it was fair to say that I was fairly emotional at this is a subject close to my heart. I was also very daunted by the challenge of learning 27 tunes from all the different EU member states and how to make it work on a record. How I approached this is similar to how I approached Through the Seasons. In that this is my take on the tunes that I have discovered and researched, while been inspired by the different sounds and musicians I worked with on this. One thing stood out for me and that is how music crosses borders and how interlinked everything is. And also when I was researching the tunes I didn’t want to go down the route of doing the obvious musical connections to each country. For example, the tunes from Cyprus and Greece do not sound like they should be from there, but I think it’s important to highlight this. I think this is something to savour and remember as the UK leaves the European Union.

This album is for all Europeans wherever you come from and whatever you believe in.”

Will Pound

Track List

1. JAUTRAIS KRODZIS – MAASLAND JIG – Latvia and Belgium 04:46
2. MY DARLING ASLEEP – JIMMY WARDS – STENSONS No2 – Ireland 04:48
3. KAAPREN VAREN – EL CANDI – Holland and Spain 04:18
4. KRAKOIAK – ELLIN POLKKA – Poland and Finland 06:22
5. D-DAQQA TALAMMARUN – AADU POLKA – Malta and Estonia 04:04
6. MURINHEIRA TRANSMONTANA DANCE – JAUNIMLIO POLKA – Portugal and Spain 03:50
7. RACA PLAVA PO DRAVI – CSARDAS SZAJHARMONKAN – Croatia and Hungary 03:34
8. KOZAN MAR – PIOS MORO MOU – Greece and Cyprus 04:28
9. MUZIC PESTE GRANIE – RACHENISTCA – Romania and Bulgaria 03:58
10. SCOTTISH A VIRMOUX – SBRANDO – NEAPOLITAN TARRANTELLA – France and Italy 07:16
11. SALTIN – SIKOVNY CARDAS – Slovakia and Slovenia 03:06
12. TANTZ – EXA RONGGER – Germany and Austria 04:58
13. PASLA KONIKA PODLE VOSENIKA – PROCESSION OF ECHTER – Czech Republic and Luxembourg 07:21
14. OSTINDIENS VELKOMST – SLANGPOLSKA – Denmark and Sweden 06:34

Performers
Jenn Butterworth, Guitar
Patsy Reid, Fiddle
Jude Rees, English Bagpipes, Oboe and Sax
John Parker, Double bass
Liz Carrol, Fiddle
Dame Evelyn Glennie, Percussion
Stream of Sound, Vocals
Gudrun Walther, Fiddle
Dunja Bahtijarevic, Vocals
Bohdan Piasecki, Poetry

Produced by Will Pound and Andie Thomson
All tracks mixed and mastered by Andie Thomson, Gighouse Studios
All tracks bar track 2 recorded by Andie Thomson, Gighouse studios
Track 2 recorded at Castlesound Studios, Edinburgh

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