In their most recent album Back to Laurel Hill, Dearest Home brings to life Appalachian songs collected from a musically oft-neglected but rich region: Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northwestern West Virginia. Most of the material lay unsung in archives, until Dearest Home brought it to back to life with authenticity and originality in perfect

In their most recent album Back to Laurel Hill, Dearest Home brings to life Appalachian songs collected from a musically oft-neglected but rich region: Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northwestern West Virginia. Most of the material lay unsung in archives, until Dearest Home brought it to back to life with authenticity and originality in perfect harmony. In their arrangements you can hear the unfolding of the landscape, with its mountains, valleys, waterways, and farm fields, as the past and future walk together

Thirteen tracks of brazenly trad Celtic music from a "most energetic Celtic band" with a "knack for gorgeous arrangements." Selections on this album span at least four centuries. The band lineup in 2009 included Andrew Rosenfeld, Margaret Folkemer, Joel Fokemer, Beth and Stephen Folkemer, Dan Diviney, and Norman Nunamker, featuring Nathan Folkemer

Thirteen tracks of brazenly trad Celtic music from a "most energetic Celtic band" with a "knack for gorgeous arrangements." Selections on this album span at least four centuries. The band lineup in 2009 included Andrew Rosenfeld, Margaret Folkemer, Joel Fokemer, Beth and Stephen Folkemer, Dan Diviney, and Norman Nunamker, featuring Nathan Folkemer on track thirteen.

Track 12, Kilkelly, Ireland, used by permission. All arrangements © 2003-2009 Cormorant's Fancy. Graphic design by Kelly Golden. Photo credits: Cover - Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary, by Dan Diviney; Inside background - The Burren, Co. Clare, by Heather Genievich; recording studio - Dan Diviney; band photo - by Ashley Folkemer; with background O'Brien's Castle, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, Co. Galway, by Dan Diviney; CD - Connemara ponies at Ballinakill Cemetary, Connemara, Co. Galway, by Heather Genievich. Back tray - The Brig o' Doon, a late medieval single-arch bridge on the south side of Alloway, South Aryshire, made famous in the poem Tam o' Shanter by Robert Burns (1759-96), by Pete Heywood. If you look closely, you'll see Beth and Nate standing on the bridge.

Recorded and mastered at Racetrack Sound Studios, Gettysburg, PA Produced by Sal Chandon and Cormorant's Fancy Engineered by Sal Chandon, Shane Moore, and Bobby Ross