Shadows (O'Hooley & Tidow album)

In a five-starred review for The Guardian, Robin Denselow said that O'Hooley & Tidow "sing together with the ease of a married couple, matching delicate and increasingly brave harmony vocals against O’Hooley’s thoughtful piano work. And they are exceptional songwriters, as they prove with this unusual set".^[1] In a four-starred review for Mojo, Colin Irwin said that "the overriding tone of this album is as deep and subtly dramatic as the piano instrumental that gives the long-player its title".^[2]

1. "Colne Valley Hearts" (O'Hooley/Tidow) (3.40)
2. "Made in England" (O'Hooley/Tidow) (3.40)
3. "Blanket" (O'Hooley/Tidow) (4.54)
4. "The Needle & the Hand" (O'Hooley/Tidow) (4.46)
5. "Small, Big Love" (Kathryn Williams/Graham Hardy) (3.30)
6. "Shadows" (Belinda O'Hooley) (4.14)
7. "Beryl" (O'Hooley/Tidow) (3.45)
8. "The Pixie" (O'Hooley/Tidow) (4.53)
9. "Reapers" (O'Hooley/Tidow) (4.58)
10. "The Dark Rolling Sea" (O'Hooley/Tidow) (2.36)
11. "River" (Joni Mitchell) (3.56)

The album includes a song, "Small, Big Love", which Kathryn Williams presented to Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow at their wedding.^[4]

• Belinda O'Hooley – vocals, piano, programming, accordion
• Heidi Tidow – vocals, percussion

• Jude Abbott – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Hazel Askew – backing vocals
• Pete Flood – drums, percussion
• Hannah James – backing vocals
• Grace Petrie – vocals, backing vocals
• Rowan Rheingans – fiddle, viola, backing vocals
• Andy Seward – double bass
• Michele Stodart – electric bass, electric guitar, EBow
• Ben Stone – tattoo needle