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Pastoral Folk. Courting Autumn was recorded largely by Pamela on her own throughout New England and is a rustic almanac of autumnal songs burnished with a melancholy mood, wistful vocals, and delicate hand-spun guitar playing.
Since 2003, Wyn Shannon has lived a largely isolated pastoral life as a caretaker in various estates throughout New England and the United Kingdom . With portable recording equipment, she produced Courting Autumn. Her "studios" included an 18th century house museum, a 19th farmhouse and stable, tool sheds, cow barns, sheep farms, a Colonial piggery, bathrooms and basements. The album was mixed in Philadelphia by Producer/Engineer Brian McTear (Espers, Mazarin, Marissa Nadler, Matt Pond PA, Danielson), and comes complete with packaging which Wyn Shannon hand assembled herself.

Musician credits: Pamela Wyn Shannon (voice, guitars, banjo, dulcimer, psaltery, harmonium and percussion); Anna Patton (clarinet, penny whistle); Bill Shontz (recorders); Chris Hale (sitar); Ethan Hazard-Watkins (violin); Liz Knowles (violin, viola, cello); Michelle Kinney (cello) and Stephen Katz (cello).
1 O Bittersweet Dear Madeline2 Tis Rambletide In Ambleside3 Courting Autumn4 Woolgathering5 Ca' The Yowes6 September's Way7 Pipkin8 Michaelmastide9 Netherworld10 Vespertine Autumn11 Cold Blows The Wind12 Fare-Thee-Forlorn