Track listing

1. "Holy Ground" - 3:57
2. "Ballavanich" - 4:45
   • The Boys from Ballavanich
   • Mrs. Crehan's
3. "The Sea King" - 6:03
4. "Brave Foot Soldiers" - 4:50
5. "Double Rise Set" - 5:25
   • Gingerhog's No.2
   • The Double Rise
   • Crossing the Mince
   • Give Us a Drink of Water
6. "White Gown" - 4:26
7. "Morag's Reels" - 5:19
   • Morag's Reel
   • Laura Lynn Cunningham
   • The Harsh February
   • Miss Lyall
8. "Braes of Sutherland" - 7:29
   • Braes of Sutherland
   • The Youngest Ancient Mariner
9. "Dinner's Set" - 4:14
   • Dinner's Dangerous River Jacket
   • Richard Dwyer's Reel
   • Sandy MacLeod of Garafad

Liner notes

• "Holy Ground": This song was written about the Irish conflict where religion is still used as an excuse for violence.
• "The Sea King": This song came to life through an old traditional Orkney poem which Ivan unearthed and set to music some years ago.
• "Brave Foot Soldiers": In August 1993 two separate groups of people began a march that would take one from Wick
  Wick, Highland
  Wick is an estuary town and a royal burgh in the north of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically, it is one of two burghs within the county of Caithness, of which Wick was the county town. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay...
  
   in the north and the other, from Stranraer
  Stranraer
  Stranraer is a town in the southwest of Scotland. It lies in the west of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire.Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland...
  
   in the south to meet in Edinburgh
  Edinburgh
  Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
  
  . The march, organised by the Scottish Trades Union Congress, was designed as a protest to the government over what many Scottish people regarded as a denial of a basic human right: the right to work.
• "White Gown": In February 1993 we played a concert on the east coast of America. That night we were aware of a KKK
  Ku Klux Klan
  Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically...
  
   rally being held not half an hour away. The KKK is organised bigotry
  Bigotry
  A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs...
  
   at its worst but will only ever be overcome by the strength of pacifism.
• "Braes of Sutherland": Ivan wrote this song after reading the story of a Sutherland
  Sutherland
  Sutherland is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic administrative county of Scotland. It is now within the Highland local government area. In Gaelic the area is referred to according to its traditional areas: Dùthaich 'IcAoidh , Asainte , and Cataibh...
  
   woman who was forced to emigrate sometime around the late 18th and early 19th century. Sadly, there are countless other similar tales.

Personnel

• Duncan Chisholm
  Duncan Chisholm
  Duncan Chisholm is a Scottish fiddler and founder member of folk rock group Wolfstone. As well as Wolfstone, he often tours with Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis' band and Wolfstone's previous lead singer Ivan Drever. He is a former member of ensemble Blazin' Fiddles...
  
  : fiddle
• Stuart Eaglesham: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Struan Eaglesham: keyboards
• Ivan Drever
  Ivan Drever
  Ivan Drever is a folk singer, songwriter and guitarist popular not only with the Scottish folk scene but also in other European countries such as Norway, Denmark and Spain. He often tours with popular fiddler Duncan Chisholm who founded the folk rock band Wolfstone which Drever joined in 1990 but...
  
  : lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bouzouki
• Wayne Mackenzie: bass guitar
• Mop Youngson: drums

Additional musicians

• Taj Wyzgowski: electric guitar
• Gordon Duncan: pipes
• Phil Cunningham
  Phil Cunningham (folk musician)
  Phil Cunningham, MBE, born 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland is a Scottish folk musician and composer.-Biography:Phil played accordion and violin from a very young age. He attended school in Portobello, and was raised Mormon, attending church regularly and playing organ...
  
  : accordion, whistle