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Track 1: K

Featuring Anxo Pintos (Galicia, Spain)

TRACK 2: A Miña Burriña

Featuring Xosé Liz & Hugo Franco (Galicia, Spain)

Track 3: Calum's Road / The Hut on Staffin Island /
Duck River

Featuring Alan Kelly (Galway, Ireland)

Track 4: She Moved Through the Fair

Featuring Tommy O’Sullivan (Dingle, Ireland)

Track 5: Musical Priest / Toss the Feathers / Lucy Campbell's

Featuring Blackie O'Connell & Cyril O'Donoghue (Doolin, Ireland)

Track 6: The Smith's a Gallant Fireman / Donald Blue / S’iomadh Rud a Chunnaic Mi

Featuring Eilidh Shaw & Ross Martin (Highlands, Scotland)

Track 7: Manyota dao Jibonke

Featuring Arko Mukhaerjee (Kolkata, India)

Track 8: Aye Nagari

Featuring Rina Das Baul, Dibakar Das Baul, Bama Choron Das, Moyna Das (West Bengal, India)

Track 9: Baaro Saadhanakerige

Featuring Raghu Dixit (Bengaluru, India)

Track 10: Little Cabin Home on the Hill

Featuring Taro Inoue (Miyama, Japan)

Track 11: Ecchu-Owara-Bushi / Sakura, Sakura

Featuring Yutaka Oyama & Akihito Obama (Tokyo, Japan)

Track 12: Kouon Frouva

Featuring Esko Järvelä (Kaustinen, Finland)

Track 13: Jos sä olet minun hellunani

Featuring Maija Pokela & Antti Järvelä (Härmä, Finland)

Credits

Produced & Mixed by Casey Driessen at DADA Studio (Asheville, NC)
Recorded on location by Casey Driessen (except where noted)
Mastered by Michael Hynes at Nomatic Studio (Asheville, NC)

Cover by Brad Henderson
Cover Photo by Casey Driessen

All tracks arranged by Casey Driessen (C-String Tunes, ASCAP) with [1] Anxo Pintos, [2] Xosé Liz, Hugo Franco, [3] Allan Kelly (SGO Ltd, IMRO), [4] Tommy O’Sullivan (IMRO), [5] Michael O’Connell (IMRO), Cyril O’Donoghue (IMRO), [6] Eilidh Shaw (MCPS), Ross Martin (MCPS), [7] Arko Mukhaerjee, [8] Rina Das Baul, Dibakar Das Baul, Bama Choron Das, Moyna Das, [9] Raghu Dixit (Raghu Dixit Music), [10] Taro Inoue, [11] Yutaka Oyama, Akihito Obama, [12] Esko Järvelä (Teosto), [13] Maija Pokela (Teosto), Antti Järvelä (Teosto)

THANKS

This was a huge undertaking that spanned seven countries, and when you include planning time and post-trip activity, lasted over one year. I have so much to be thankful for and so many to thank.

To my adventurous traveling team, my wife Molly and daughter Emmette. I can't imagine any two people better to explore the world with. Molly, it was your suggestion that set this all in motion. I couldn't have done it without your support, understanding, or patience—nor would I have wanted to. I'm still in shock we pulled it off, and I'm eternally grateful we didn't wait an extra year. Emmette, you really blossomed in these nine months. You grew so much that none of the clothes or shoes you had at the beginning came home with you at the end. I'm so proud of your adventuresome spirit, sensitivity to different cultures, and perseverance with your parents. This trip was our gift to you. Our lives and family are forever changed by this experience and as the years go by, its significance will continue to be revealed. I love you both so much.

To our family Tom & Karen, Regina, Madonna, Phyllis, Candace, Steve, Luke, Melanie, Nate and Ezra. We missed you these past years and are glad to reunite at home. Your help with our reentry camping/tiny house quarantine was amazing. I'm lucky to have family like you, and I owe you all a big Valencian paella...or five.

To Bridget Driessen & Justin McGrath, for cat sitting Buck and Rose while globetrotting. We probably owe you a couch. To Erika, Thurman, Ellis, and Olive Richie, for taking care of our precious dog Ella, RIP.

To my dear friends and colleagues who entertained my ideas, offered their expertise and advice at different stages of the project, and encouraged me to go for it. Things went better than I could have ever imagined. Brad Henderson, Javier Vercher, Liz Teutsch, Pablo Munguia, John Gibbe, Matt Mangano, Tom Krueger, Carla Parisi, Michael Weintraub, and Al Davis.

The success of this project and the incredible memories collected along the way would not have been possible without the generosity of so many kind souls. You have helped my family and me realize a dream, and I am forever grateful. I look forward to our paths crossing once again and hope that I can welcome you to my country and my home one day. Until we meet again!

Spain: Sergio Martínez, Alfonso Franco, Tere Zabaleta Sinverghuensa
Ireland: Tommy & Saundra O'Sullivan, Sean Smyth, Tim O'Brien
Scotland: Drew & Kirsten Harris, Darrell Scott, Jackie Robinson, Emma Weir, Sarah Winnington-Ingram, Jeri Foreman
India: Banglanatak dot com, Amitava Bhattacharya, Debalina & Ayush Bhowmick, Moumita Kundu, Arpan Thakur Chakraborty, Kaushik Guha, Koustav Dey, Billy Cardine, Arko Mukhaerjee, Mysore & Suma Manjunath, Malavi & Sumanth Manjunath, Raghu Dixit, Darshan, Paramita Bhattacharyya, Bharath & Maša Ranganathan, Hema & Bharath Ranganathan, Bhaskar Tarafdar, Apoorva Krishna, Abigail Washburn
Japan: Yuriko Inoue, Yui Inoue, Jonny Webber, Tomoko Akaboshi, Shin Akimoto, Taro Inoue, Hide Wantanbe, Bosco
Finland: Hanna Järvelä, Timo Järvelä, Mauno & Marit Järvelä, Arto Järvelä, Esko & Pilvi Järvelä, Maija Pokela, Antti Järvelä, Aili Järvelä, Mika Virkkala

To the people and companies that helped provide reliable gear to facilitate creation. John Silakowski, D'Addario Strings, Laura Davison and Shure Microphones, Schertler

And finally, last but not at all least, to all the amazing musicians and technicians who shared their time, talents, and culture with me along the way. If you don't know each other yet, I sincerely hope you cross paths one day. I've tried my best to include everyone...with the exception of all the pub jams. Seeing this list of names leaves me speechless. You have enriched my life.

Aili Järvelä, Akihito Obama, Alan Kelly, Antti Järvelä, Anxo Pintos, Aonghus Grant, Arko Mukhaerjee, Arpan Thakur Chakraborty, Arto Järvelä, Bama Choron Das, Bangalore Amrit, Begoña Riobo, Blackie O'Connell, Chizuko Hirachi, Cyril O'Donoghue, Debalina Bhowmick, Deepmoy Das, Dipannita Acharya, Éamonn Coyne, Eero Grundström, Eilidh Shaw, Emilia Lajunen, Esko Järvelä, Felix Roquero, Hugo Franco, Ian Scionti, Javi Gomez, Koustav Dey, L. Subramaniam, Maija Pokela, Michael Biggins, Minoru Tanaka, Moyna Das, Mrityunjoy Das, Mysore Manjunath, Navonil Sakar, Neil Mukherjee, Pankaj Paul, Partho Saratha Das, Pritam Guha, Purnendu Das Baul, Raghu Dixit, Reisui Ban, Ricardo Bustamante, Rina & Dibakar Das Baul, ‪Roop Poddar Swarup, Ross Martin, Sadesuri Das, Saundra O'Sullivan, Sean Smyth, Shin Akimoto, Sounak Roy, Subhrajyoti Talapatra, Sudharsan Krishnakumar, Sudhir Das Baul, Suvi Oskala, Tanmoy Pan, Taro Inoue, Tirthankar Ray, Tommy O'Sullivan, Toshio Watanabe, Tsuyoshi “Josh” Otsuka, Ushnish Kanti Chakraborty, Xosé Liz, Yukky, Yutaka Oyama

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