hi by Ashley Maher

From out of nowhere - well, almost - Ashley Maher has emerged with one of those audacious, fully formed first albums whose very self- confidence and completeness is kind of hard not to admire. ... her songs are densely worded affairs that invariably rely on the rhythmic tug of The Dark Continent in a way that Joni Mitchell hinted at all those years ago around the time of 'The Hissing of Summer Lawns. ...rich, deeply textured ... lush, ethnically induced ... this is just the kind of gently persuasive noise that can get under the skin and stay there. 
--Peter Kane, Sounds Magazine, U.K.

Tracklist

1.	Dreaming	3:16

2.	So Many Times	4:28

3.	Honeycomb Grey	4:30

4.	Shine Shine Shine	3:54

5.	Tick Tock	4:25

6.	Giving	5:54

7.	Step by Step	5:03

8.	Homecoming	4:40

9.	Jumping Mouse	3:08

10.	Hush Child	4:40

11.	The Sage is Under My Feet	4:16

12.	Dreaming Re-Dreaming	3:22

Credits

released January 1, 1990

PHILIP GIFFIN - producer
FRANCIS BUCKLEY - engineer at Studio Ultimo
JAMES GUTHRIE - mix
DOUG SAX & ALAN YOSHIDA - mastering at the Mastering Lab

Additional Engineers
JON WILKINSON - Steamrooms, London
GABE MOFFAT - Studio Ultimo
ROBERT IRVING - Robert Irving Studio
JEFF KLIMENT - Russian Hill Studio
KEN ALLARDYCE - Studio Ultimo
BARRY RUDOLPH - Studio Ultimo

MUSICIANS:
RAMON STAGNARO - guitar, charango
ABRAHAM LABORIEL - bass
VINNIE COLAIUTA - drums
ALEX ACUÑA - drums, hand percussion
MUNYUNGO JACKSON - hand percussion
EFRAIN TORO - hand percussion
KAREN BLAKE - backing vocals
KATE MARCOWITZ - backing vocals
DARRYL PHINNESSEE - backing vocals
KEVIN DORSEY - backing vocals
BILL FRISELL - solo guitar
JUDD MILLER - electric valve instrument
AL VESCOVO - pedal steel guitar
BYRON BERLINE - violin, viola
ROGER LEBOW - cello
DAVID McKELVY - harmonica
EMMANUEL TAGOE - African drums, perc
SEAN DEVONISH - African drums, perc
ROWLAND ENO - African drums, perc
CHARLES JAMES - African drums, perc
TOMMY MORGAN - harmonica, jew harp
KRISTINA OLSEN - dulcimer
TODD PARKER McLAREN - voice over
ASHLEY MAHER - vocals

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