Patrick Ball

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The Butterfly 00:00 Tools
Castle Kelly 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Farewell to Music 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Welcome 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Quarrel With the Landlady 00:00 Tools
Blind Mary 00:00 Tools
Londonderry Air 00:00 Tools
Sheebeg Sheemore 00:00 Tools
The Munster Cloak 00:00 Tools
Greensleeves 00:00 Tools
Bridget Cruise 00:00 Tools
The Grenadier and the Lady 00:00 Tools
Lady Maxwell 00:00 Tools
The Orange Rogue 00:00 Tools
La valse pour les petites jeunes filles 00:00 Tools
Arran Boat Song 00:00 Tools
Mrs. Judge 00:00 Tools
An Dro Nevez 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Concerto 00:00 Tools
Carolan's dream 00:00 Tools
Lamento di Tristan 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Draught 00:00 Tools
Young William Plunkett 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Ramble to Cashel 00:00 Tools
She Moved Through the Fair 00:00 Tools
The Fairy Queen 00:00 Tools
Maurice O'Connor 00:00 Tools
George Brabazon 00:00 Tools
Butterfly 00:00 Tools
Morgan Magan 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Receipt For Drinking 00:00 Tools
The Foggy Dew 00:00 Tools
Bobby Casey's 00:00 Tools
What Child Is This? 00:00 Tools
Come Live with Me and be My Love 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Cup 00:00 Tools
Three Ravens 00:00 Tools
Squire Wood's Lamentation 00:00 Tools
Down by the Sea 00:00 Tools
Miss Rowan Davies 00:00 Tools
The Blackthorn Stick 00:00 Tools
Ode to Whiskey 00:00 Tools
Rory Dall's Sister's Lament 00:00 Tools
The Ash Grove 00:00 Tools
The Top Of The White Rock 00:00 Tools
John O'Connor 00:00 Tools
Auld Lang Syne 00:00 Tools
Lord Galway's Lamentation 00:00 Tools
Lady Athenry / Fanny Poer 00:00 Tools
O Come, O Come Emmanuel 00:00 Tools
May Morning Dew 00:00 Tools
Give Me Your Hand 00:00 Tools
The Ram on Arthur's Mountain / Lullabye 00:00 Tools
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair 00:00 Tools
Thomas Burke 00:00 Tools
Mabel Kelly 00:00 Tools
Cremonea 00:00 Tools
Morgan Magan (Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Carrickfergus 00:00 Tools
The Twisting of the Rope 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Favorite Jig 00:00 Tools
Mabel Kelly (Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Dream (William Connellan) 00:00 Tools
The Buttonhole 00:00 Tools
Eleanor Plunkett 00:00 Tools
Lord Inchiquin 00:00 Tools
Cremonea (Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Planxty Irwin 00:00 Tools
Thomas Burke (Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Farewell to the Land of Mist 00:00 Tools
Rory Dall's Sister's Lament (Rory Dall Morison) 00:00 Tools
The Road to Lisdoonvarna / The Lark on the Strand 00:00 Tools
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 00:00 Tools
Dark Woman of the Glen 00:00 Tools
Coilsfield House (Nathaniel Gow) 00:00 Tools
Captain O' Kane: Captain O'Kane 00:00 Tools
Bridget Cruise (Carolan) 00:00 Tools
The First Noel 00:00 Tools
Martin Wynne's 00:00 Tools
The Star of County Down 00:00 Tools
Miss Rowan Davies (Phil Cunningham) 00:00 Tools
Coilsfield House 00:00 Tools
Limerick's Lamentation 00:00 Tools
St. Basil's Hymn 00:00 Tools
L'heritiere de Keroulez 00:00 Tools
Caitlin Triall / Farewell 00:00 Tools
Planxty Burke 00:00 Tools
Give Me Your Hand (traditional) 00:00 Tools
May Morning Dew / Morrison's Jig 00:00 Tools
Son Ar Chistr 00:00 Tools
Dr John Hart 03:01 Tools
The Star of the County Down 00:00 Tools
Caitlin Triall 00:00 Tools
Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head 00:00 Tools
Against the Wind 00:00 Tools
Dr. John Hart 00:00 Tools
Dermott O'Dowd / THe Queen's Dream 00:00 Tools
Passing Thus Alone 00:00 Tools
Song of the Nuns of Chester 00:00 Tools
Dermott O'Dowd / The Queen's Dream (Traditional) 00:00 Tools
Coilsfield's house 00:00 Tools
Song of the Water Kelpie / The Sheep Under the Snow 00:00 Tools
So Treiben Wir Den Winter Aus 00:00 Tools
Roscommon Reel 00:00 Tools
Blow, Northerne Wynd 00:00 Tools
The Oxen 00:00 Tools
L'Héritière De Keroulez 00:00 Tools
The Chanter's Tune 00:00 Tools
Interlude / Carol of the Bells 00:00 Tools
The Little Child 00:00 Tools
Son ar Chistr (traditional Breton) 00:00 Tools
Twisting of the rope 00:00 Tools
Planxty Burke / Bumper Squire Jones 00:00 Tools
Da Day Dawn 00:00 Tools
Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) 00:00 Tools
Elanor Plunkett 00:00 Tools
La Berceuse de Muffe / We Three Kings 00:00 Tools
The Road to Lisdoonvarna 00:00 Tools
In Vernali Tempore 00:00 Tools
Mabel Kelly (Carolan): Mabel Kelly 00:00 Tools
Silent Night (Stille Nacht) 00:00 Tools
Heman Dubh 00:00 Tools
Susie McGuire 00:00 Tools
Song of the Water Kelpie 00:00 Tools
Mountain Of The Woman 00:00 Tools
An Dro Nevez (traditional Breton) 00:00 Tools
Rory Dall's Sister Lament 00:00 Tools
So treiben wir den Winter aus (16th-century German) 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Dream (William Connellan): Carolan's Dream 00:00 Tools
Coilsfield House (Nathaniel Gow): Coilsfield House 00:00 Tools
Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella 00:00 Tools
Heman Dubh (traditional Breton) 00:00 Tools
McDonough's 00:00 Tools
Rory Dall's Sister's Lament (Morison): Rory Dall's Sister's Lament 00:00 Tools
Captain O'Kane (Turlough O'Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Good Morning to Your Nightcap / Martin Wynne's 00:00 Tools
Ned Of The Hill / Kean O'Hara 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Cottage (Turlough O'Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Princess Royal (Turlough O'Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Interlude / St. Basil's Hymn 00:00 Tools
Turlough MacDonough (Turlough O'Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Oxen and Sheep / The Carol of the Birds 00:00 Tools
Lady Dillon (Turlough O'Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Lamento di Tristan (late 14th-century Italian dance) 00:00 Tools
Lord Galway's Lamentation (Turlough O'Carolan) 00:00 Tools
Passing Thus Alone (traditional/anonymous) 00:00 Tools
The Chanter's Tune (traditional Irish) 00:00 Tools
Winter 00:00 Tools
Silent Night 00:00 Tools
Song of the Nuns of Chester (15th-century English carol) 00:00 Tools
Interlude / In the Bleak Midwinter 00:00 Tools
A Child's Christmas in Wales 00:00 Tools
Lady Athenry / Fanny Poet 00:00 Tools
Susie McGuire / Briget Geary 00:00 Tools
Against the Wind (traditional Irish) 00:00 Tools
Susie McGuire / Bridget Geary 00:00 Tools
Blow, Northerne Wynd (early 14th-century English) 00:00 Tools
Dermott O'Dowd/Queen's Dream 00:00 Tools
Mountain of the Women 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Draught (Carolan): Carolan's Draught 00:00 Tools
Limerick's Lamentation (Brian Boru's March) 00:00 Tools
Dona Nobis Pacem 00:00 Tools
May Morning Dew (Morrison's Jig) 00:00 Tools
McDonough's (Turlough O’Carolan [1670-1738]) 00:00 Tools
The Gloucester Wassail / When Blossoms Flowered 'Midst the Snow 00:00 Tools
Da Day Dawn (traditional Shetland carol) 00:00 Tools
In vernali tempore (from Piae Cantiones, a collection of sacred songs from 16th-century Finland, encompassing much older material) 00:00 Tools
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella 00:00 Tools
Interlude / The First Noel 00:00 Tools
Morgan Magan (Carolan): Morgan Magan 00:00 Tools
Susie Mcguire/Bridget Geary 00:00 Tools
The Gloucester Wassail / When Blossoms Flowered Midst the Snow: The Christmas Rose 00:00 Tools
The Wind in the Willows 00:00 Tools
Lady Dillon 00:00 Tools
Planxty Burke/Bumper Squire Jones 00:00 Tools
An Irish Blessing 00:00 Tools
The Gloucester Wassail/When Blossoms Flowered 'Midst the Snow 00:00 Tools
The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow (L'heritiere de Keroulez) 00:00 Tools
Princess Royal 00:00 Tools
Turlough MacDonough 00:00 Tools
Captain O'Kane 00:00 Tools
Interlude / Auld Lang Syne 00:00 Tools
Moore's Castle 00:00 Tools
Oxen and Sheep - The Carol of the Birds 00:00 Tools
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella: Un Flambeau Jeanette Isabella 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Cup (arr. P. Ball): Carolan's Cup 00:00 Tools
Song of the Water Kelpie/The Sheep Under the Snow 00:00 Tools
The Light of the Islands 00:00 Tools
Colin's Christmas Candle 00:00 Tools
La Valse Pour Les Petits Jeunes Filles 00:00 Tools
Good Morning to Your Nightcap / Martin Wynne' s 00:00 Tools
The Gloucester Wassail/When Blossoms Flowered 'Midst The Snow (The Christmas Rose) 00:00 Tools
Dona Nobis Pacem: Give Us Peace 00:00 Tools
What Child is This?: Greensleeves 00:00 Tools
Oxen and Sheep / The Carol of the Birds: Entre le Boeuf et l'Ane Gris / Noel de Ausels 00:00 Tools
The Gloucester Wassail / When Blossoms Flowered, 00:00 Tools
Maurice O' Conner 00:00 Tools
She Moved Through the Fair / Ta Me Mo Shui / Samhradh, Samhradh 00:00 Tools
Le Berceuse de Muffe / We Three Kings: Le Berceuse de Muffe 00:00 Tools
Gwilan's Harp 00:00 Tools
Dermott O' Dowd/ The Queen's Dream 00:00 Tools
Caitlin Triall/Farewell (The Hebrides) 00:00 Tools
What child is this ? 00:00 Tools
The Orange Rouge 00:00 Tools
Carolan' s Cottage 00:00 Tools
Young William Plinkett 00:00 Tools
Ned of the Hill / Kean O' Hara 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Reciept For Drinking 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Cottage 00:00 Tools
carolans quarrel with the landlady 00:00 Tools
Shebeg Sheemore 00:00 Tools
Le Berceuse de Muffe: We Three Kings 00:00 Tools
Silent Night: Stille Nacht 00:00 Tools
Whispering From Another World 00:00 Tools
Carolan's Cup (Carolan): Carolan's Cup 00:00 Tools
The Soul Agony 00:00 Tools
Limerick's Lamentation / Brian Boru's March 00:00 Tools
She Moved Through the Fair (Ta Me Mo Shui/Samhradh, Samhradh) 00:00 Tools
L'heritiere de Keroulez / The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow 00:00 Tools
Road to Lisdoonvarna/The Lark on the Strand 00:00 Tools
Dermott O'Dowd/The Queen's Dream 00:00 Tools
The Matchmaker 00:00 Tools
The Road to Lisdoonvarna/The Lark On the Strand 00:00 Tools
Cremonea (Carolan) 00:00 Tools
What Child Is This 00:00 Tools
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 00:00 Tools
Lady Athenry-Fanny Poer 00:00 Tools
Three Quarks 00:00 Tools
The Butterfly (Irish) 00:00 Tools
Greensleeves (England) 00:00 Tools
Down by the Sea (Wales) 00:00 Tools
L'heritiere de Keroulez (The Pretty Maid Mailking Her Cow) 00:00 Tools
Martin Wynnes 00:00 Tools
Ned Of The Hill/ Kean O'Hara 00:00 Tools
La Valse Pour Les Petites Jeunes Flles 00:00 Tools
The Dublin Man 00:00 Tools
The Great Rowers 00:00 Tools
The Vanishing 00:00 Tools
La Valse Pour Les Petites Jeun 00:00 Tools
An Dro Nevez (traditional Breton) 00:00 Tools
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Patrick Ball was born and raised in California and gave little thought to such things as where his ancestors came from. He went to school and supposed, when he thought about it at all, that he would one day be a lawyer, like his father. But he studied music from time to time and over the years developed a nodding acquaintance with the piano and the guitar. At university he continued his flirtatious relationship with music by playing the tin whistle, principally to annoy his roommate. But at this time he found that he was irresistibly drawn to words, to the music of words, to writers who made words sing, to writers from Ireland. Then, when he began to study history to fulfill his academic requirements, he was not surprised to find that it was the lyrical, turbulent history of Ireland that engaged him. So much so, in fact, that when his father died all his thoughts of law school died with him. He enrolled in graduate school and soon made his way to Ireland. There he fell in love with the eloquence and fire of the Irish oral tradition. There he fell in love with the Celtic harp. And there a few pieces of his life fell into place. For he came to know that marvelous unity of Irish words, music and history that would become his passion and, eventually, his livelihood. Patrick returned to California, was awarded a Master's Degree in History by Dominican College, and soon discovered that jobs in the field of Irish scholarship were not to be had for love nor money. So after laboring in various unrewarding lines of work he set off hitchhiking around the country and finally fetched up at Penland School of Crafts in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where he lived for two years and worked as a groundsman. There he encountered a branch of that living oral tradition that had captivated him in Ireland. And there for him, among the Appalachian storytellers, his love of the spoken word was rekindled. He returned to Ireland and listened, then made his way back to California, determined to put his scholarship, his love of words and his neglected musicianship to some use, to carve out for himself an occupation from the things that he loved. He sought out a maker of the rare wire-strung Celtic harp and taught himself to play. He then gathered the stories he had heard and the history he had learned and blended them with the music that had so often been their companion. He now tours extensively throughout the United States and Canada, is considered one of the premier Celtic harpers and storytellers in the world today, and has recorded nine instrumental and three spoken word albums which have sold well over one-half million copies collectively and earned national awards in both the music and spoken word categories. Along with Celtic Harp and Story, his beguiling blend of music and spoken word concerts, Patrick has also written and currently performs two solo musical theater pieces: O'Carolan's Farewell to Music, which brings to the stage the legendary life, the turbulent times and the glorious music of Ireland's most celebrated and beloved musician, Turlough O'Carolan, and The Fine Beauty of the Island, a musical journey to Ireland's legendary Blasket Islands in search of a deeply haunting tune and the vanished islanders who played it. Patrick has been awarded grants for his work by the Zellerbach Family Fund and the California Arts Council and is the recipient of the Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Association. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.