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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".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was the recipient of the 2005 Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Traditional Singer, for his work on the CD Jiig.<ref>Ottawa Folk Template:Webarchive</ref>
Notable songs written by RobbEdit
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- "Diana" (commemorating Lady Diana's 1981 marriage to Prince Charles)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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RecordingsEdit
- 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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BibliographyEdit
- Schmid, Will. (1987). New Folk Favorites: For Guitar, Vocal, Acoustic Instruments. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Publishing Corp., (Ian Robb entry page 17)
