The Child Ballads are a collection of traditional ballads originally from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child during the second half of the nineteenth century. The Child Ballads have been performed and recorded by musicians from the classical, folk, jazz, and roots traditions, but never before have the genres amalgamated. Many of the ballads also appear in other collections. It is specifically the connection to Irish collections and folklore that is the focus of this project and which gives the recording a distinctly Irish flavour.
Laoise O’Brien- recorders, voice
Malachy Robinson- viol, double bass, banjo, voice
Eamon Sweeney- baroque guitar, lute, steel string guitar
Francesco Turrisi- piano, percussion
Aoife Doyle- voice
O Deer: Oisín Walsh-Peelo- voice, guitar, harp
Aoife Moore- voice
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo- voice
Ultan O’Brien- fiddle
Fionn Ó hAlmhain- pipes, flutes, whistle, voice
Recording: Ben Rawlins
Graphic design: Kieran O’Sullivan
The Child Ballads are a collection of traditional ballads originally from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child during the second half of the nineteenth century. The Child Ballads have been performed and recorded by musicians from the classical, folk, jazz, and roots traditions, but never before have the genres amalgamated. Many of the ballads also appear in other collections. It is specifically the connection to Irish collections and folklore that is the focus of this project and which gives the recording a distinctly Irish flavour.
Laoise O’Brien- recorders, voice
Malachy Robinson- viol, double bass, banjo, voice
Eamon Sweeney- baroque guitar, lute, steel string guitar
Francesco Turrisi- piano, percussion
Aoife Doyle- voice
O Deer: Oisín Walsh-Peelo- voice, guitar, harp
Aoife Moore- voice
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo- voice
Ultan O’Brien- fiddle
Fionn Ó hAlmhain- pipes, flutes, whistle, voice
Recording: Ben Rawlins
Graphic design: Kieran O’Sullivan