s ▁" West ern ▁Highway ." ▁After ▁numerous ▁album ▁heavily ▁inspired ▁by ▁American ▁new gr ass ▁music , ▁O ' Con nell ▁returned ▁to ▁her ▁Irish ▁roots ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁release , ▁W and ering ▁Home . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁new ▁mill en ni um ▁approached , ▁O ' Con nell ▁signed ▁with ▁the ▁Sug ar ▁Hill ▁label ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁began ▁working ▁on ▁her ▁sevent h ▁album . ▁Instead ▁of ▁working ▁with ▁her ▁long time ▁producer ▁Jerry ▁Douglas , ▁O ' Con nell ▁had ▁Ray ▁Kennedy ▁( who ▁worked ▁with ▁Steve ▁Ear le , ▁Luc inda ▁Williams ) ▁produce ▁W alls ▁and ▁Windows , ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁featured ▁an ▁ec lect ic ▁collection ▁of ▁songs , ▁including ▁work ▁by ▁Kim ▁R iche y , ▁Van ▁Mor r ison , ▁John ▁Pr ine , ▁Eric ▁Cla pton ▁and ▁Pat ty ▁Griff in . ▁Her ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁album , ▁Don ' t ▁I ▁Know , ▁contained ▁musical ▁text ures ▁added ▁by ▁everything ▁from ▁f idd les , ▁to ▁cla vin ets , ▁to ▁lap ▁steel ▁and ▁B - 3 ▁organ . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁album , ▁N aked ▁With ▁Fri ends , ▁is ▁Ma ura ’ s ▁first ▁a ▁c app ella ▁album . ▁Gu est ▁vocal ists ▁include ▁Mary ▁Black , ▁Paul ▁Br ady , ▁Mo ya ▁B ren nan , ▁Jerry ▁Douglas , ▁Al ison ▁Kra uss ,