Celtic Music Live and Recorded Since 1980
Golden Bough Table of Contents
- Traditional Music from many Celtic Lands
- Golden Bough on CD Baby
- Golden Bough (2006-20008) on Amazon
- Golden Bough (1999-2006) on Amazon
- Golden Bough (1995-1999) on Amazon
- Golden Bough (1980s-1994) on Amazon
- Golden Bough's Earlier Recordings
- Golden Bough Links
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Traditional Music from many Celtic Lands
Photo: Kathy Sierra, Margie Butler and Paul Espinoza are Golden Bough
Paul Espinoza's early musical influences were his mother, who used to sing American folk songs while working around the house, Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie. His first instrument was the accordion, but in his early teens he switched to guitar because, he writes, "The Beatles did not have an accordion player!" The Liverpool lads are his biggest influence, and discovering Bob Dylan convinced him he wanted to write his own songs. His interest in Celtic styles comes from discovering Scotland's Incredible String Band.
Espinoza and Margie Butler were part of a Bay Area quartet, The Everyman Gypsy Band for a few years before becoming a duo and settling in San Francisco. When they formed Golden Bough, they were joined by Lief Sorbye, violinist Margot Duxler and Simon Spaulding. They recorded their first album. This lineup remained together through 1980 and 1981. In early 1982, Paul, Margie and Lief toured as a trio, developing music for the next recording. Later that year they were joined by violinist Florie Brown.Golden Bough toured the United States and Europe over the next few years and released four albums. Lief left the group in 1987 and formed Tempest, a Celtic-rock band. Flute player Richard Ferry joined the group in 1993 and played through 1996.
In 1992, Nina Black became Golden Bough's manager. She has handled bookings, created promotional materials, contributed artistic ideas and served as director on several projects. Nina has a degree in music and has done musical research and scored musical arrangements.In 1997, Florie Brown left to raise a family and Alison Bailey replaced her until 1999. She was replaced in turn by Sue Draheim, who has performed and recorded with John Renbourn of Pentangle fame. After two years, Sue left to join Leif Sorbye in his band Tempest.
Kathy Sierra, Golden Bough's current violinist, joined the group in 2001. She majored in drama and music and has performed with orchestras in Hawaii and California as she developed her fiddle style. Her voice blends naturally with Paul's and Margie's and together they have a rich sound and a comfortable stage presence.
Golden Bough began playing in Europe on the streets and in small folk clubs in the early 1980s. Soon they were doing major European tours and had a recording contract with a top European folk label. In Europe they have been involved in peace marches, and events for human rights, religious freedom and drug rehabilitation. They've also performed for thousands of children in elementary schools.Golden Bough's programs and recordings consist of traditional ballads, jigs, reels, sing-alongs, and their own compositions. Their acoustical instrument arsenal includes Celtic harp, penny-whistle, violin, octave-mandolin, mandolin, accordion, guitar, harmonica, recorder and bodhran.
Golden Bough on CD Baby
Pirate Gold1. The Reluctant Pirate
2. Pirate Gold
3. The Wind From the West
4. Captain Ward & the Rainbow/
Ned Coleman's
5. Shifty Morgan
6. Eanach Chúin/
Oró! sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile
7. Henry Martin
8. The Wild Barbary
9. Seafaring Men /
Three Sea Captains/One-Legged Man
10. Sea Queen of Connemara
11. The Bold Princess Royal/
Byrnes Hornpipe
12. The Sea Gypsy
13. Pillaging, Plundering Pirate
or the MP3 at CD Baby - Pirate Gold
Jug of Punch: Popular Irish Pub SongsThis is a solo album by Paul Espinoza.
1. The Real Old Mt. Dew/
Whiskey, You're the Devil
2. The Jug of Punch
3. The Irish Rover
4. The Rocky Road to Dublin/
The Butterfly
5. Courtin' in the Kitchen
6. Whiskey on a Sunday
7. Johnny McEldoo
8. Whiskey in the Jar
9. The Hiring Fair
10. The Spanish Lady/Stanton Island
11. Roisin The Bow
12. The Little Beggarman
13. Carrickfergus
14. The Mermaid
or the MP3 from CD Baby - Jug of Punch: Popular Irish Pub Songs
Christmas in a Celtic Land1. Drive the Cold Winter Away
2. Christmas Bells
3. The O'Rourke's
4. Dear Joseph
5. Praise Midwinter
6. Ochiag Nollag
7. Green Grow'th the Holly
8. The Raddle Man
9. Christmas Morning
10. Mrs. Fogarty's Christmas Cake
11. A New Year Song
12. Il Est Ne
13. The Snow Storm
14. Bring Us a Bowl
15. Farewell on a Cold Winter's Day
or the MP3 from CD Baby - Christmas in a Celtic Land
Winter's Dance - A Celebration of the Season1. Christmas Day in the Morning
2. The Holly and the Ivy
3. The First Noel/We Three Kings/What Child is This?
4. The Gloucestershire Wassail
5. Tomorrow is my Dancing Day
6. Det Va Den Heilage Jolekvell
7. Logs to Burn
8. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
9. Christmas Comes But Once A Year/Lord Mayo
10. One Bottle More/Humors of Winter/Apples in Winter
11. Down in Yon Forest
12. Lullaby/Ma Chaora Bhan (My White Lamb)
13. The Toymaker/Last Day of the Year
14. Please to see the King/The Cutty Wren
or the MP3 at CD Baby - Winter's Dance - A Celebration of the Season Golden Bough (2006-20008) on Amazon
Amazon release dates may differ from dates seen on Golden Bough's website. Pirate Gold, for example, was available at the Portland Pirate Festival in September 2007.
Margie Butler has a new solo album, Celtic Harp for Pets, not yet available from Amazon. At the Portland Highland Games in July 2008, Margie explained it was too new for Amazon to have picked it up yet. It is available from Golden Bough's website - see the link following the CD listings.
Celtic Lullabies
1. Baloo Balerie
2. Lea Rig/Kind Robin
3. Gaelic Cradle Song
4. Suo Gan
5. Morag's Cradle Song
6. Suantrai
7. Dereen Day
8. October Winds
9. Garten Mother's Lullaby
10. To and Fro
11. Lullaby
12. Deep in My Heart
13. Gaelic Lullaby
14. Manx Lullaby
15. The Eagles Whistle
Release Date: 06/24/2008
Amazon Price: $11.98 (as of 12/22/2009) 
Pirate Gold
1. The Reluctant Pirate
2. Pirate Gold
3. The Wind From the West
4. Captain Ward & the Rainbow/
Ned Coleman's
5. Shifty Morgan
6. Eanach Chúin/
Oró! sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile
7. Henry Martin
8. The Wild Barbary
9. Seafaring Men /
Three Sea Captains/One-Legged Man
10. Sea Queen of Connemara
11. The Bold Princess Royal/
Byrnes Hornpipe
12. The Sea Gypsy
13. Pillaging, Plundering Pirate
Release Date: 02/05/2008
Amazon Price: $18.99 (as of 12/22/2009)
Jug of Punch: Popular Irish Pub Songs
1. The Real Old Mt. Dew/
Whiskey, You're the Devil
2. The Jug of Punch
3. The Irish Rover
4. The Rocky Road to Dublin/
The Butterfly
5. Courtin' in the Kitchen
6. Whiskey on a Sunday
7. Johnny McEldoo
8. Whiskey in the Jar
9. The Hiring Fair
10. The Spanish Lady/Stanton Island
11. Roisin The Bow
12. The Little Beggarman
13. Carrickfergus
14. The Mermaid
Release Date: 02/05/2008
Amazon Price: $21.49 (as of 12/22/2009)
Celtic Folk Songs
This is a re-release of 1999's "Song of the Celts"
1. Polca Dos Campaneiros/An Dro/The Minstrel's Tune/The Sporting Boys
2. Jock O'Hazeldean
3. Ballyconnel Fair
4. Mona's Delight
5. Your Daughters And Your Sons
6. The Mermaid's Song/Song Of the Seals
7. Planxty Burke/Farewell To Ireland
8. The Airy Wee Hill Of Kilmurray
9. My True Love's Gone A'Sailing
10. The Wild Rover
11. The Keel Laddie/Lass Of the Gowrie
12. Ellan Vannin/Eriskay Love Song/Gentle Maiden
Release Date: 08/14/2007
Amazon Price: $11.98 (as of 12/22/2009)
Golden Bough Live
This includes a CD and a DVD Songs on the CD are:
1. Country Life
2. John Barleycorn
3. My Little Boat
4. The Blind Harper of Lochmaben
5. The Power of the Harp
6. All Across the Green
7. O'Carolan's Draught
8. Black Jack Davy
9. The Blarney Pilgrim/
The Merry Blacksmith
10. Riders of the Sea
11. The Highland Soldier
12. Mursheen Durkin
13. The Colleraine Jig / Shark's Favorite /
Far From Home /
Maids of Mt. Cisco
14. Little Lizzie
In addition, the following songs are on the DVD:
Mairie's Wedding
Wee Jack
Zingaro
The Song of the Fisher Lassies
The Wizard
Release Date: 10/09/2007
Amazon Price: $34.99 (as of 12/22/2009)
Golden Bough (1999-2006) on Amazon
Songs of the Irish Immigrants
1) Mursheen Durkin / The Ballydesmond Polka
2) Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears
3) Paddy's Green Shamrock Shores /
The First Night in America
4) Sliabh Gallon Braes / Siubhán Ni Dhuibhir
5) John Riley
6) Paddy's Lamentation
7) Exile Jig / Ships are Sailing /
My Love is in America
8) North Americay / Farewell to Erin
9) When New York was Irish
10) The Shores of Amerikay / Spancil Hill
11) My Lovely Irish Maid
12) A Song of the Celts
Amazon Price: $15.98 (as of 12/22/2009)
Celtic Harp: Carolan's Draught
1. False Love
2. Parting of Friends/The Piper's Hut
3. Beauty of the North/Glen of Copsewood
4. Knight's Blessing
5. Marsh of Rhudlands
6. Is Trua Gan/Cuaichin
7. Mrs. McDermott's/Planxty George Brabazon
8. I'll Go No More to Yon Town/Amelia Murrys
9. Limerick Is Beautiful/Kilcash
10. Siege of St. Malo/Flitter Dance
11. I Will Leave This Country
12. Carolan's Draught
13. Maid from the Parish of Penderyn
14. Pointe du Van
Amazon Price: $11.98 (as of 12/22/2009)
Songs of Scotland
1. The Gypsy Laddie
2. Caledonia
3. Lizzie Lindsay/Miss Maule's Waltz
4. Ye Banks & Braes of Bonnie Doon
5. The Highland Soldier
6. Ladies' Evening Song
7. Laird's Favorite/The Picnic Reel/Traditional Reel
8. Donal Og
9. Kilbogie
10. Hey, How, My Johnie Lad/Hey Ca' Thro'
11. Wheels of Fortune/East Neuk of Fife
12. Aye, Waukin' O
13. Sixteen Come Sunday/Golden Penny
Amazon Price: (as of 12/22/2009)
Contemporary Songs: The Night Wind
Disc 1
1. Zingaro
2. Riders Of The Sea/Welsh Tune
3. Fog On The Bay
4. John Of Dreams
5. Brown Skin Ladies/Mangoes Are Ripe
6. Running Through The Wildwood
7. Brothers Of The Sun
8. Flight Of Fantasy
9. Sing Us A Sad Farewell
10. Cathi Milligan's Fancy
11. The Green Fields Of France
12. Meeting With The Huldra
13. Upon An Island
14. The Night Wind
15. Under The Forest Moon
Disc 2
1. Across The North Sea/The Tater Polka/Farewell To Coosbania
2. Call Me To The Dance
3. The Wizard
4. If I Had Wings
5. Sakijarven Polka/Gypsy Wedding Song/Mickey's Chewing Bubblegum
6. Down By The Greenwood
7. All Across The Green
8. Dandelion Ladies
9. The Trees, They Do Grow High
10. The Spectre
11. The Deepest Green/The Pipes Of Lorac
12. The Toymaker/The Last Day Of The Year
13. Winding Road
14. Bicycle Of Dreams
15. Stand In The Light
Amazon Price: $45.99 (as of 12/22/2009)
Song of the Celts
1. Polca dos Campaneiros/An Dro/
The Minstrel's Tune/The Sporting Boys
2. Jock O'Hazeldean
3. Ballyconnell Fair
4. Mona's Delight
5. Your Daughters and Your Sons
6. The Mermaid's Song/
Song of the Seals
7. Planxty Burke/Farewell to Ireland
8. The Airy Wee Hill of Kilmurry
9. My True Love's Gone a'Sailing
10. The Wild Rover
11. The Keel Laddie
12. Ellan Vannin/Eriskay Love Song/
Gentle Maiden
Amazon Price: (as of 12/22/2009)
Golden Bough (1995-1999) on Amazon
The Magic Celtic Harp, Vol. 2: Lure Of The Sea-Maiden
1. The Window Pane / The Sweet Nightingale
2. The Hills of Ireland / The Willow Tree
3. Turtle Dove / Dance of theWaves
4. Celia Conallon / Sunday Morning
5. Swans Among the Rushes
6. The Lure of the Fairy Hill
7. Pilib an Cheoil / A Wet December /
Tarbolton Reel
8. Sleeps the Noon/We Brought
the Summer With Us/
The Song of the White Strand
9. Lure of the Sea Maiden / The Mermaid
10. Lord Inchiquin
11. Snow Geese
12. Alala das Marinas / An Hini Dilezhet
13. Manannan
Amazon Price: (as of 12/22/2009)
Celtic Music from Ireland, Scotland & Brittany
1. The Collaraine Jig/Sharks'Favorite/Far from Home/etc.
2. The Brewer Lad 3:11 $0.99 Buy Track
3. Farewell to Whiskey
4. Country Life
5. The Stolen Child
6. One Morning in Spring / Hunting the Hare
7. John Barleycorn
8. She Moved Through The Faire
9. Breton Tunes
10. Song of the Swan Maiden
11. The Merchant's Son/Who made your Breeches?
12. Lullabye/Ma Chaora Bhan
13. The Cold North Wind
14. The Carrion Crow
15. Follow Me Down
16. The Rattlin' Bog
17. Fond Farewells
Amazon Price: $17.98 (as of 12/22/2009)
Far from Home
1. Zingaro
2. Breton Tunes
3. Last Leviathan
4. Lady Owen's Delight/Eleanor Plunkett/My Bonnie Boy
5. Collaraine Jig/Shark's Favorite/Far from Home/Maids of MT. Cisco
6. Song of the Wandering Aengus
7. Calling of the Road
8. Farewell to Whiskey
9. Brewer Lad
10. Springdans/Vals Aette Thorval Transgard
11. Stolen Child
12. Brown Skin Ladies/Mangoes Are Ripe
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Christmas in a Celtic Land
1. Drive the Cold Winter Away
2. Christmas Bells
3. The O'Rourke's
4. Dear Joseph
5. Praise Midwinter
6. Ochiag Nollag
7. Green Grow'th the Holly
8. The Raddle Man
9. Christmas Morning
10. Mrs. Fogarty's Christmas Cake
11. A New Year Song
12. Il Est Ne
13. The Snow Storm
14. Bring Us a Bowl
15. Farewell on a Cold Winter's Day
Amazon Price: $13.98 (as of 12/22/2009)
The Magic of the Celtic Harp
1. False Love
2. Parting of Friends
3. Mary, Young and Fair
4. The Knight's Blessing
5. Marsh of Rhudlands
6. Is TruaGan/Cuiachim
7. Mrs. McDermott's/
Planxty George Brabazon
8. I'll Go no More to Yon Town
9. Limerick is Beautiful/Kilcash
10. Siege of St. Malo/
Flitter Dance
11. I Will Leave This Country
12. Carolan's Draught
13. The Maid from the
Parish of Penderyn
14. Pointe du Van
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Golden Bough (1980s-1994) on Amazon
Beyond the Shadows
1. Stand in the Light
2. Call Me to the Dance
3. Lovely Molly
4. Doue Lan a Vadeleh/AR Serjant Major/Jan en Piet
5. If I Had Wings
6. Merchant's Son/Who Made Your Breeches?
7. Night Wind
8. Brothers of the Sun
9. One Morning in Spring/Hunting the Hare
10. Lark in the Clear Air
11. Bicycle of Dreams
12. Gamal Ralla Reinlander
13. Song of the Fisher Lassies/Blast of Wind
14. Fond Farewells
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Kids at Heart
1. Frog in the Well
2. Rain and Thunder
3. Fair Haired Child/Garden of Butterflies
4. The Rattlin' Bog
5. Dilly, Dilly/Sir Sidney Smith's March
6. Little Lizzie
7. Wee Jack
8. Monday, Tuesday
9. Crabs in the Skillet
10. The Tailor and the Mouse
11. The Fiddler/Dalamarsch
12. All God's Creatures
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Boatman's Daughter
1. Black Jack Davy
2. Riders of the Sea
3. Witch of the West-mer-lands
4. Fog on the Bay
5. Down by the Greenwood
6. Across the North Sea/The Tater Polka/
Farewell to Coosbania
7. Follow Me Down
8. The Blind Harper of Lochmaben
9. Country Life
10. Flight of Fantasy
11. Milligan's Fancy
12. All Across the Green
13. Meeting With the Huldra
14. The Midnight Sun
15. The Blarney Pilgrim/The Merry Blacksmith
16. The Parting Song
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Flight of Fantasy
Originally released on vinyl by Kicking Mule, later on CD by ARC Music in 1984.
1. Flight of Fantasy
2. Still, I Love You
3. Cathi Milligan's Fancy
4. The Midnight Sun
5. All Across the Green
6. Meeting With the Huldra
7. The Toymaker/The Last Day of the Year
8. Magic Mists/Long Ago, Now
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Winter's Dance - Chirstmas and Winter Songs
1. Christmas Day in the Morning
2. The Holly and the Ivy
3. The First Noel/We Three Kings/
What Child is This?
4. The Gloucestershire Wassail
5. Tomorrow is my Dancing Day
6. Det Va Den Heilage Jolekvell
7. Logs to Burn
8. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
9. Christmas Comes But Once A Year/
Lord Mayo
10. One Bottle More/Humors of Winter/
Apples in Winter
11. Down in Yon Forest
12. Lullaby/Ma Chaora Bhan
(My White Lamb)
13. The Toymaker/Last Day of the Year
14. Please to see the King/The Cutty Wren
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Golden Bough's Earlier Recordings
Golden Bough - their first recording
Winding Road
Sun and Shadow - Songs based on the writings of fantasy author Mercedes Lackey that tell the story of Sunsinger and Shadowdancer
Best of Golden Bough
1. The Collaraine Jig / Sharks' Favorite / Far From Home / The Maids Of Mt. Cisco
2. The Song Of The Swan Maiden
3. The Wizard
4. Cathi Milligan's Fancy
5. Logs To Burn
6. The Last Leviathan
7. My Little Boat; 8. Black Jack Davy
9. Stand In The Light; 10. The Toymaker / The Last Day Of The Year
11. Across The North Sea / The Tater Polka / Farewell To Coosbania
12. The Greenfields Of France
13. Doue Lan A Vadelah / Ar Serjant Major / Jan En Piet
14. Zingaro
15. Lullabye / Ma Chaora Ban
Amazon Price: (as of 12/22/2009)
Golden Bough Links
- Golden Bough's website
- Bio, tour dates, photos, ordering CDs, T shirts, etc. Several recordings not available from Amazon can be ordered here.
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