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Ian Robb
Origin	England
Genres	Folk music
Instrument	concertina
Years active	1976–current
Labels	Fallen Angle, Folk Legacy

Website	http://ianrobb.com

Ian Robb is an English-born folk singer and songwriter, currently based in Ottawa, Ontario. He was a founding member of Friends of Fiddler's Green, and a columnist for Sing Out! He is also a member of the Canadian folk trio Finest Kind. He wrote a parody of Stan Rogers song "Barrett's Privateers", titled "Garnet's Homemade Beer".^[1] He was the recipient of the 2005 Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Traditional Singer, for his work on the CD Jiig.^[2]

Notable songs written by Robb

"They're Taking It Away"^[3]
"The Old Rose and Crown"^[3]
"Garnet's HomeMade Beer"^[3]
"Diana" (commemorating Lady Diana's 1981 marriage to Prince Charles)^[4]^[5]
"God and the Orange Clown" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hMLG42_YZs

Recordings

Solo CDs

Ian Robb and Hang the Piper, Folk-Legacy Records
Rose and Crown, Folk-Legacy Records
From Different Angels, 1994

CDs as part of Finest Kind

Lost in a Song 1996
Heart's Delight 1999
Silks& Spices 2004
Feasts & Spirits (with John D. Huston) 2004
For Honour & For Gain 2010

Other CDs

Ian Robb and Hang the Piper with Grit Laskin, Seamus McGuire, John Goodman, Terry Rudden, 1979
Margaret Christl & Ian Robb with Grit Laskin The Barley Grain for Me 1998

CD as part of jJiig

Jiig 2005 ^[6]

References

^ McGuire, Richard. "Ottawa Musicians". Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
^ Ottawa Folk Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c "CDs: USA". Ianrobb.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ Ian Robb - Topic (5 November 2014). "Diana". Youtube.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ "Diana". Sniff.numachi.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ De Lint, Charles. "Jiig" (Web Review). Retrieved 2008-01-13.

External links

"Ian Robb". Web.archive.org. 3 February 2005. Archived from the original on 3 February 2005. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
"Garnet's Homemade Beer - Ian Robb (Lyrics and Chords)". Guntheranderson.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

Bibliography

Schmid, Will. (1987). New Folk Favorites: For Guitar, Vocal, Acoustic Instruments. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Publishing Corp., (Ian Robb entry page 17)

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