Peasantsongs by Proud Peasant

released September 3, 2021

The following songs were recorded at various points between 2013 and 2018 and feature Proud Peasant’s lineup as it evolved:

A Prelude:
David Houghton – classical guitar
Millicent Hughes – keyboards
Mark Poitras – vibraphone
Xander Rapstine – acoustic and electric guitars, snare drum, keyboards
with Henna Chou – yangqin, Lauren Lyman – flute, Mary "Sky" Skiles – odaiko (drum courtesy of Austin Taiko)

Daybreak:
Charlie Campbell – keyboards
Josh Denslow – drums
David Houghton – electric guitar
Millicent Hughes – violin
Mark Poitras – vibraphone, percussion
Xander Rapstine – electric guitar
Kyle Robarge – bass
with Josh Peters – percussion

Cencibel:
Jay Allen – keyboards
Xander Rapstine – tenor guitar
with Brian Butz – tuba, Roy Coon – clarinet, Phil Davidson – violin, Melanie Morgan – flute

Turbulence:
Jay Allen – keyboards
David Hobizal – drums
Xander Rapstine – electric guitar
Kyle Robarge – bass
Mark Poitras – vibraphone

The Avatar:
Jay Allen – keyboards
David Hobizal – drums
Xander Rapstine – electric and acoustic guitar, melodica
Kyle Robarge – bass
with Phil Davidson – violin, Chico Jones – percussion, Chris Pickens – French horn, Tony Rogers – cello, Shauna Satrom – trombone

Down at Circe’s Place:
David Houghton – electric guitar, classical guitar
Millicent Hughes – keyboards
Dave Irish – drums
Xander Rapstine – electric guitar, vocals
Clif Warren – bass

Red (live from VoyagerFest 2015):
Charlie Campbell – keyboards
Josh Denslow – drums
David Houghton – electric guitar
Mark Poitras – malletkat, keyboards
Xander Rapstine – electric guitar
Kyle Robarge – bass

Saturn, Lord of the Ring/Mercury, the Winged Messenger:
Charlie Campbell – keyboards
Josh Denslow – drums
David Houghton – electric guitar, classical guitar
Millicent Hughes – violin
Mark Poitras – vibraphone
Xander Rapstine – electric guitar
Kyle Robarge – bass

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 written by Rapstine and ©2021 Basement Avatars Music (ASCAP), all rights reserved
Track 2 written by Frank Bornemann, Fritz Randow, Wolfgang Stöcker, Manfred Wieczorke
Track 5 written by Don Gallucci, Joey Newman, and Jeff Hawks
Track 7 written by Robert Fripp
Track 8 written by Manfred Mann and Mick Rogers

Recorded and mixed by Chico Jones except for track 7, which was recorded live at VoyagerFest 2015 and engineered by Jonathan Kofahl
Mastered by Sarah Register
Produced by Xander Rapstine
Cover art by Chris Panatier. See more of his work at panatier.com
Back cover art by Nathan Beach. See more of his work at nathanbeach.com
Disc art by Tom Brown. See more of his work at hopelessmaine.com
Album design by Emil Rapstine