Recorded by Adam Munoz at In the Pocket Studios, Forestville, CA and SF Sound Works, San Francisco, CA
Additional harmony vocals (track 1) recorded at Crystalphonic Recording, Charlottesville, VA. Engeineered by Scott Harrison and Mark Farrell
Mixed by Adam Munoz at SF Sound Works, San Francisco, CA
Mastering by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in NY
Signature Sounds
Aoife O’Donovan – vocals and guitar (track 8)
Rushad Eggleston – cello, guitar (track 4), vocals (tracks 7 and 9), flatpicked cello (track 3)
Gregory Lisz – banjo
Corey DiMario – double bass
Guest Musicians:
Casey Driessen – fiddle (tracks 4, 6, 8, 11)
Ruth Ungar – harmony vocals (tracks 3,8)
John McDonald – harmony vocals (track 1)
Laurie Lewis – harmony vocals (track 11)
Tom Rozum – harmony vocals (track 11)
Scott Amendola – percussion (track 3)
REVIEWS
“O’Donovan — Aoife O’Donovan. Remember that name, because with a sultry voice that makes her sound like a bluesier Alison Krauss, she’s about to become the newest darling of the Americana set. Also like Krauss, O’Donovan’s four-piece neo-folk outfit (which includes banjoist Gregory Liszt from Bruce Springsteen’s Seeger Sessions Band) creates refreshing rearrangements of familiar tunes. Grounded by double bass and cello, the year’s most descriptively titled album turns public-domain tunes into bluegrass and chamber folk. With those, plus thrillingly original takes on Bill Monroe’s Can’t You Hear Me Callin’ and Robert Johnson’s Come On in My Kitchen, Shaken is stirring.” (* * * 1/2) – Brian Mansfield, USA Today