Throughout the years they have toured worldwide, attracting recognition and appreciation for their eclectic choice of material, unusual and exciting arrangements, and notable vocal harmonies.
Fiddler Jenny Gardner was the fifth member but left before the band recorded their first album Chantoozies, on which she appears as a guest on the track "Foggy Mountain Top".
Kate Rusby joined the band as lead vocalist, and this line-up released one EP, Come Raise Your Head (1997), and a full-length album, Infinite Blue (1998).
A quieter period followed; Patsy Seddon's husband, folk singer Davy Steele, fell ill with a terminal brain tumour and Eilidh Shaw started a family.
The first album from this line-up, Punch was produced by Inge Thomson and had a mix of traditional and composed music, songs and instrumentals.