The Confluence by Stray Hens

This album consists of 12 folk ballad tracks, arranged for Drums, Bass, Vocal Harmony, Keys, Guitar and Twin Fiddles.

Recorded mostly in Echidna Studios in the Christmas Hills, Victoria, it was engineered and produced by Luke Plumb (The Mae Trio, Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton, Andy Irvine) and sent to Mattie Foulds (UK) for mastering.

Track Listing

1) The Dreadful End of Marianna for Sorcery (Karine Polwart)
2) Pot and Tinker (Mandy Connell)
3) The Cruel Mother (Trad Arr Mandy Connell & Stray Hens)
4) The Recruited Collier (Trad Arr Stray Hens)
5) The Handweaver and the Factory Maid / The Musical Priest (Both Trad Arr Stray Hens)
6) Tom Paine's Bones (Graham Moore)
7) Ballad of Accounting / The Ledger (Ewan McColl / Sally Taylor)
8) Innisfail Song (Hey Rain) (Bill Scott Arr Stray Hens)
9) The Diamantina Drover (Hugh McDonald)
10) Riddles Wisely Expounded (Bonny Broom) (Trad Arr Stray Hens)
11) Mad Tom of Bedlam (Trad Arr Stray Hens)
12) Song of the Inland Rain / The Confluence (
Words by Jack Sorenson, music by Roger Montgomery / tune by Ryan Tews)

Tracklist

1.	The Dreadful End of Marianna for Sorcery	5:10

2.	Pot and Tinker	3:16

3.	The Cruel Mother	4:42

4.	The Recruited Collier	4:14

5.	The Handweaver and the Factory Maid	4:50

6.	Tom Paine's Bones	3:23

7.	Ballad of Accounting / The Ledger	4:34

8.	The Diamantina Drover	4:30

9.	Riddles Wisely Expounded (Bonnie Broom)	6:19

10.	Innisfail Song	4:01

11.	Mad Tom of Bedlam	4:40

12.	Song of the Inland Rain	7:56

Credits

released December 2, 2016

Recorded and Mixed by Luke Plumb.
Co Produced by Stray Hens and Luke Plumb
Mastered by Mattie Foulds
All Songs Arranged by the Stray Hens (Ryan Tews, Richard Grace, Mandy Connell, Carmen O'Brien, Sally Taylor, Mandy Connell & and early on in the piece, in the case of Riddles Wisely Expounded, Rowena Wise).

License

License varies by track. See the invidual track pages for details.