The duo themselves play a wide range of instruments. Steve Knightley sings lead vocals on all songs, aside from the instrumental "The Soldiers Joy", guitar on eleven of the tracks, cello-mandolin on four of the tracks, cuatro on "The Preacher" and concertina on "Time After Time". Phil Beer sings backing vocals on nine of the tracks, plays the fiddle on five of the tracks, guitar on three tracks, the cello-mandolin on four tracks, cuatro on three tracks and mandolin on "The Hunter".