The Chieftains   •   Voice Of Ages

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• The Chieftains
  • Paddy Moloney: Tin Whistle, Uilleann Pipes
  • Matt Molloy: Flute
  • Kevin Conneff: Bodhrán, Vocals
  • Seán Keane: Fiddle

• Musicians
  • Triona Marshall: Harp (Tracks: 1-9 & 11-15)
  • Imelda May: Vocals (Track: 1)
  • Darrel Higham: Guitar (Track: 1)
  • Al Gare: Double Bass (Track: 1)
  • Dave Priseman: Trumpet, Percussion (Track: 1)
  • Steve Rushton: Drum (Track: 1)
  • Mairtin O'Connor: Accordion (Track: 1)
  • Pistol Annies (Track: 2)
    • Miranda Lambert: Vocals
    • Angeleena Presley: Vocals
    • Ashley Monroe: Vocals
  • Dennis Crouch: Acoustic Bass (Track: 2, Bass (Track: 3, Upright Bass (Track: 5)
  • Jim Keltner: Drums (Track: 2, 3 & 5)
  • Gregory Leisz: Pedal Steel (Track: 2)
  • T Bone Burnett: Electric Guitar (Tracks: 2 & 11, Bass (Track: 11)
  • Carolina Chocolate Drops (Track: 3)
    • Rhiannon Giddens: Vocals, Fiddle
    • Hubby Jenkins: 5 String Banjo
    • Dom Flemons: Quills
    • Adam Matta: Beatbox
  • Colin Linden: Dobro (Track: 3)
  • Justin Vernon: Guitar, Vocals (Track: 4)
  • The Civil Wars (Track: 5)
    • Joy Williams: Vocals
    • John Paul White: Guitar, Vocals
  • Punch Brothers (Track: 6)
    • Chris Thile: Mandolin (Tracks: 6 & 10)
    • Gabe Witcher: Fiddle (Tracks: 6 & 10)
    • Noam Pikelny- Banjo (Tracks: 6, 10 & 11)
    • Chris Eldridge: Guitar (Tracks: 6 & 10)
    • Paul Kowert: Bass (Tracks: 6 & 10)
  • Lisa Hannigan: Vocals (Track: 7)
  • Fiachra Trench: Keyboards (Track: 7)
  • The Decemberists (Track: 8)
    • Colin Meloy: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
    • John Moen: Drums
    • Chris Funk: Banjo, Mandolin, Bass Harmonica
    • Nate Query: Bass
    • Jenny Conlee: B3 Hammond Organ, Accordion
  • The Low Anthem (Track: 9)
    • Ben Knox Miller: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
    • Jocelyn Adams: Hammered Dulcimer, Pump Organ, Clarinet
    • Jeff Prystowsky: Upright Bass
    • Mike Irwin: Trumpet
  • Neil Martin: Cello (Track: 9)
  • Anne Marie O’Grady: Background Vocals (Track: 9)
  • Castle Park School Choir: Vocals (Track: 9)
  • The Secret Sisters (Track: 11)
    • Lydia Rogers: Vocals
    • Laura Rogers: Vocals
  • David Hidalgo: Acoustic Guitar, Jarana (Track: 11)
  • Paolo Nutini: Vocals (Track: 12)
  • Arty McGlynn: Guitar (Track: 12 & 13)
  • Van Dyke Parks: Piano (Track: 12)
  • City Of Limerick Pipe Band (Track: 12)
  • Alyth McCormack: Vocals (Track: 13)
  • Noel Eccles: Percussion (Track: 13)
  • Sean Potts: Whistle (Track: 13)
  • Michael Tubridy: Flute (Track: 13)
  • Tim Edey: Guitar, Accordion (Track: 13)
  • Nathan Pilatzke: Dancer (Track: 13)
  • Neil Sullivan: Dancer (Track: 13)
  • Nikki MacLoone: Dancer (Track: 13)
  • Cady Coleman: Flute, Tin Whistle (Track: 14)
  • Carlos Núñez: Gaita (Galician Pipes), Whistles (Track: 15)
  • Xurxo Núñez: Drums, Percussions, Loops (Track: 15)
  • Pancho Alvarez: Bouzouki, Space Guitar, Bass (Track: 15)

• Credits
  • Produced by Paddy Moloney & T Bone Burnett
  • Recorded on August 24-November 9, 2011
    • Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland (Track: 1)
    • Soundscape Studios, Dublin, Ireland (Tracks: 2-12 & 15)
    • The Village Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Track: 2)
    • Groove Masters Studios, Santa Monica, CA (Tracks: 3 & 5)
    • Recorded at April Base, Fall Creek, WI (Track: 4)
    • The Village Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Tracks: 6, 10 & 11)
    • Flora Recordings, Portland, OR (Track: 8)
    • The Village Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Track: 9)
    • Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Dublin, Ireland (Tracks: 12-13)
    • The International Space Station (Track: 14)
    • Quinteiro de Nerua, Vigo Bay, Galicia, Spain (Track: 15)
  • Engineer: Brian Masterson (Tracks: 1-15)
  • Engineer: Mike Piersante (Tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-11)
  • Engineer: Xurxo Núñez (Track: 15)
  • Mixed by Brian Masterson & Paddy Moloney at Soundscape, Dublin, Ireland
  • Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering, Hollywood, CA
  • 2nd Engineers:
    • Chris Owens (Track: 6, 9-11)
    • Vanessa Parr (Track: 2)
    • Bill Lane and Glenn Suravech (Track: 3 & 5)
  • Additional recording by Mike Piersante at The Village Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Track: 12)
  • Additional recording by Tucker Martine (Track: 8)
  • Assistant Engineer: Gavin Hennessy (Track: 13)
  • Assistant to Brian Masterson
    • Alan Kelly (Track: 1)
    • Naomi MacLeod (Track: 13, 14)
    • Poppy Masterson (Track: 9)
    • Sam Arnold (Track: 12)
  • Equipment Technicians:
    • Curtis Laur (Track: 3, 5, 6, 9-11)
    • Paul Ackling (Track: 2)
  • Contractor/Coordinator for T Bone Burnett: Ivy Skoff
  • Archive images courtesy of The Chieftains
  • Art Director: Larissa Collins
  • Package Design: Jimmy Hole

• DVD includes
  • The Making of Voice of Ages and video for School Days Over w/The Low Anthem
  • Produced & Directed by Christian Macklam
  • A Sea to Sky Production in association with ReKon Productions
  • Dublin Filming
    • Camera: Rua Meegan, Colm Whelan & Andrew Cummins
    • Location Sound: Kieran Horgan
    • Assistant Camera: Rory O'Riordan
  • Los Angeles Filming
    • Camera: Tjon Kondrath, Geoff Browne, Albert Luxford & Justin Retike
    • Camera Operator: Kristina Lechuga
  • Portland Filming
    • Second Unit Director: Charles Wittenmeier
    • Camera: George Costakis & Guy Wagner
    • Film Sound Recorder: Jason Lennart Anderson
  • Editors: Michael John Bateman C.C.E & Allan Pinvidic
  • Post-production facilities provided by. Finale Editworks, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Special thanks to Stray Angel Productions

Thank yous: Bon Iver, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Civil Wars, The Decemberists, Lisa Hannigan, The Low Anthem, Imelda May, Paolo Nutini, Pistol Annies, Punch Brothers, The Secret Sisters, Triona Marshall, Carlos Núñez, Van Dyke Parks, Cady Coleman, Castle Park School Choir, City of Limerick Pipe Band, Bernadette Barrett, Mike Bawden, Andrew Brightman, Emily Charles, Jason Colton, Marion Kraft, Kate Landau, Mike Luba, Brendan Moon, Hugh Phillmore, Dolphus Ramseur, Nate Vernon, Nate Yetton, T Bone Burnett, Larry Jenkins, Mike Piersante, Ruth Bennett, Vanessa Parr, Paul Ackling, Curtis Laur, Tucker Martine, Ivy Skoff, Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Flora Studios, Lurssen Mastering, Soundscape Studios, The Village Studios, Windmill Lane Studios, Steve Macklam, Sam Feldman, Michelle Findlay, Alexandra Cleland, Kathleen Deas, Christian Macklam, Brian Masterson, Sarah Pidhirniak, Timothy Jones, Ron Kaplan

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Sleeve Notes

The best musicians make better music than they know. They lead us beyond what they’ve done before. And the best of all — like the Chieftains — are so unstoppably alive that they lead us beyond even what they desire. They make music that wafts in from mystery. And then that mystery joins us together.

We get our voice from the voices of others. The Chieftains sat down, way back in 1962, and listened to the past and brought it into the present. It flowed through our ears and entered our memories and said something essential about us all. They were intense and bold and exhilarating and roguish and unpredictably playful. Even back then they contained the principles of indestructibility. What the Chieftains were saying from the very get-go was that music couldn’t afford to lose its delight. They were the lads in the comer snug, but the music was spilling out the window, down the street, onto the ferry, into the highway, beyond the airport, out past the stars.

None of us are around for very long, they seemed to say, so we might as well try to be here forever.

So the Chieftains invited others into their snug. From London. From Africa. From Ireland. From America. They created a virtual hearth. The beauty of it was that the hearth wasn’t digital: it was human. Full of humility, ardour, grace. And soon all these voices came together — and continue to come together — to split the musical quark.

The Chieftains have passed the web of their songs, again and again, through the web of so many lives. Fifty yean. It deserves to be said again: fifty years. When you go backwards and forwards, it sounds like forever.

— Colum McCann