Time Magazine has said "Linda Thompson may be rock's best woman singer", and anybody with an interest in contemporary music would expect that description to be expanded to include folk music. Although Linda hasn't made a recording for seventeen years, the pure, fragile beauty of her voice hasn't deserted her - indeed, time has only increased the emotional quality of her performance. This is a remarkable comeback, featuring nine songs either written or co-written by Linda. The tenth, Evona Darling, is from the pen and free spirit of Lal Waterson.

• "Album of the year" Financial Times
• "Top 50 best album of the year" Mojo
• "Top 10 best Folk album of the year" Mojo
• "Folk album of the year" Daily Telegraph
• "A long overdue gem from one of Rock & Roll’s finest voices. The real queen of Britain returns after a seventeen-year silence – with this record of magnificent anguish – the triumph is Linda’s alone" Rolling Stone
• "A superb collection rendered with consummate style and imagination - studded with brilliant individual performances. A marvelous return, impossible to recommend too highly" The Independent

• BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2003: Best Original Song ("No Telling")
• Nominated for BBC Radio 2 Folk Album of the Year 2003

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Among those collaborating on this outstanding recording are:
Teddy Thompson (guitars & vocals)
Richard Greene (fiddle)
Van Dyke Parks (accordion & Hammond B-3 organ)
Kate Rusby (acoustic guitar & vocals)
Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes)
Eliza Carthy (fiddle & vocals)
Chris Cutler (drums)
Rufus Wainwright (vocals)
Kamila Thompson (vocals)
Richard Thompson (electric guitar and vocals)
John Doyle (acoustic guitar)
Danny Thompson (double bass)
Martin Carthy (acoustic guitar)
Jerry Donohue (electric guitar)
Geraint Watkins (Hammond B-3 organ)
Dave Mattacks (drums)