Editing Ian Robb

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{{Infobox musical artist
|name=Ian Robb
|Image=
|caption=
|image_size=
|background=solo_singer
|origin=England
|instrument=[[concertina]]
|genre=[[Folk music]]
|occupation=
|years_active=1976–current
|label=Fallen Angle, [[Folk-Legacy Records|Folk Legacy]]
|associated_acts=[[Friends of Fiddler's Green]], [[Finest Kind]], Jiig, Old Sod Band
|website=http://ianrobb.com
}}

'''Ian Robb''' is an [[England|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".<ref>{{cite web |last=McGuire |first= Richard |title=Ottawa Musicians |url=http://www.richardmcguire.com/music/otfolk99/ottawa.htm |accessdate=2008-01-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725032228/http://richardmcguire.com/music/otfolk99/ottawa.htm |archivedate=2008-07-25}}</ref>  He was the recipient of the [[2005 in music|2005]] [[Canadian Folk Music Award]] for Best Traditional Singer, for his work on the CD ''Jiig''.<ref>[http://www.ottawafolk.org/2007/pastevents.html Ottawa Folk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514095418/http://www.ottawafolk.org/2007/pastevents.html |date=2008-05-14 }}</ref>

==Notable songs written by Robb==
* "They're Taking It Away"<ref name="ianrobb.com">{{cite web|url=http://ianrobb.com/recordings/famUSA.htm|title=CDs: USA|website=Ianrobb.com|accessdate=9 June 2018}}</ref>
* "The Old Rose and Crown"<ref name="ianrobb.com"/>
* "Garnet's HomeMade Beer"<ref name="ianrobb.com"/>
* "Diana" (commemorating [[Lady Diana]]'s 1981 marriage to [[Prince Charles]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIjpniT-Jfo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/NIjpniT-Jfo| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Diana|last=Ian Robb - Topic|date=5 November 2014|website=Youtube.com|accessdate=9 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiPRNCSSDI.html|title=Diana|website=Sniff.numachi.com|accessdate=9 June 2018}}</ref>

==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 <ref>{{cite web |last=De Lint |first=Charles |title=Jiig |url=http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/music-2006column01.htm |format=Web Review |accessdate=2008-01-13}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.finestkind.ca/ian.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050203181247/http://www.finestkind.ca/ian.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2005|title=Ian Robb|date=3 February 2005|accessdate=9 June 2018}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/garnetsh.htm|title=Garnet's Homemade Beer - Ian Robb (Lyrics and Chords)|website=Guntheranderson.com|accessdate=9 June 2018}}

==Bibliography==
* Schmid, Will. (1987). ''[http://www.folklib.net/index/discog/bibliog.shtml#fp New Folk Favorites: For Guitar, Vocal, Acoustic Instruments]''. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Publishing Corp., ([http://www.folklib.net/graphics/book/folklib_bibliog_fp_robb_p17.gif Ian Robb entry page 17)]

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