Dreaming of Breathing Underwater is a 2008 album

Album

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 by folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 singer and violin

Violin

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 player Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle. She is the daughter of English folk musicians singer/guitarist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson.-Life and career:...

. It is seen by many as a successor to her 2000 album Angels and Cigarettes as, unlike her other albums, it contains, rather than traditional songs and tunes, her own songs - in this case, written in collaboration with Ben Ivitsky.

Track listing

All tracks written by Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy

Eliza Carthy is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle. She is the daughter of English folk musicians singer/guitarist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson.-Life and career:...

 and Ben ivitsky except "Hug You Like a Mountain" (Rory McLeod)

1. "Follow the Dollar" – 3:41
2. "Two Tears" – 4:14
3. "Rows of Angels" – 3:13
4. "Rosalie" – 3:45
5. "Mr Magnifico" – 6:06
6. "Like I Care (Wings)" – 3:29
7. "Lavenders" – 4:20
8. "Little Bigman" – 5:02
9. "Simple Things" – 4:22
10. "Hug You Like a Mountain" – 4:30
11. "Oranges and Sea Salt" – 3:35

Personnel

• Eliza Carthy
  Eliza Carthy
  Eliza Carthy is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle. She is the daughter of English folk musicians singer/guitarist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson.-Life and career:...
  
   – tenor guitar, singing, violin, octave violin, ukulele, one row melodeon, and piano
• Barnaby Stradling – bass guitar
• Willy Molleson – drums, singing, drumtrak machine, vocals, and cajon/moog
• Ben Ivitsky – singing, 5-string viola, acoustic and electric guitars, noises, Stylaphone, triangle, percussion, rowing, cajon/moog, trombone, and vocals
• Barney Strachan - organetta, singing, and drumtrak machine
• John Spiers
  John Spiers
  John Spiers is an English melodeon, concertina and bandonion player.-Career:He plays with the duo Spiers and Boden and the band Bellowhead, and used to be a part of Eliza Carthy's old band The Ratcatchers.-Personal life:...
  
   – melodeon, and singing
• Jon Boden
  Jon Boden
  Jon Boden is an multi-instrumental musician and English folk singer.-Career:Boden plays fiddle as part of the duo Spiers and Boden, the band Bellowhead and up until 2007, Eliza Carthy's band The Ratcatchers. In 2009 he toured with his new backing band The Remnant Kings. He has also written a...
  
   – violin, concertina, singing, and banjo
• Conrad Ivitsky – double bass, and vocals
• Donald Hay – drums, and percussion
• Heather Macleod
  Heather MacLeod
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   – singing
• Paul Sartin – oboe
• Micky Marr – bass guitar
• Robert McFall - string arrangement, and violin
• Claire Sterling
  Claire Sterling
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   - violin
• Brian Schieles - viola
• Su-a Lee - cello
• Tom Lyne - double bass
• Tim Mathew - narrator (on 'Mr Magnifico'), and violin
• Toby Shippey - trumpet
• Martin Green - piano accordion, and keyboard
• Marcus Britton - trumpet
• Tim Lane - trombone
• Olivia Furness - tenor sax
• Greg Ivitsky - alto sax, and vocals
• Sarah Roberts
  Sarah Roberts
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   - singing
• Eddi Reader
  Eddi Reader
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   - singing
• Emma Smith - singing
• Gideon Jukes - tuba
• David 'Demus' Donnelly - bass guitar
• Plus The Bevvy Sisters - Heather Macleod
  Heather MacLeod
  Heather MacLeod is a fictional character from the universe of Highlander movies, portrayed by actress Beatie Edney.Heather MacLeod is one of four characters from the Highlander universe to appear in both movie and television continuity .-History:Daughter to a blacksmith named Angus MacDonald, Heather...
  
  , Kaela Rowan, and Lindsay Black.