[1] The songs on the album include the Child ballad "The Two Sisters" and "Death (Rock Me to Sleep)", based on a poem said to have been written by Anne Boleyn,[4] set to a tune by Lucy Ward.

She may be surrounded by established musicians, but doesn't rely on them, as she proves with her unaccompanied treatment of A Stitch in Time, Mike Waterson's story of a wife's revenge against a drunken husband.

Elsewhere, she provides a delicate solo vocal on The Fairy Boy, before being joined by Belinda O'Hooley's bravely sparse piano accompaniment, and demonstrates more gutsy singing on a rousing Maids When You're Young.

"[2] Allan Wilkinson, for Northern Sky music magazine, said: "The traditional songs are each delivered with a confidence and expressiveness, unusual for one so young...A truly exceptional debut.

[1] Ward's song "Old Alice in the Bacon Box" inspired several paintings by the artist Bartholomew Beal of Derbyshire's folklore, people and the industrial history of the Derwent Valley Mills heritage site that were exhibited at Derby Museum and Art Gallery from September to November 2013.