Alan's Recordings

•  Tales from the Celtic lands – traditional   tales and legends, ancient myths and ghost stories Includes: 
• Sean O’Reilly –   one of the best known Irish stories of leprechaun  
• Lochlan Mor – a   Scottish tale of the fight for freedom from the Vikings 
• The Return of Ossian – perhaps the greatest of the ancient legends of Finn McCumhail. 
• The Legend of Inverawe – a classic Scottish ghost story 
• Midher and Etain   – an epic Celtic myth of love and longing 
• Thomas the Rhymer   – a tale of art and the artist, from one of Scotland’s great ballads  
• Recommended for ages 8-adult 

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•  The love stories that truly move us are not the happy ever after ones, but the other tales – the tragic tales of love lost, of heartache and sorrow. These are those tales. Tales include: 
• Romeo and Juliet- adapted from Shakespeare's play
• Tiverton  Castle – based on a legend of a haunted castle in England. 
• Lady Anne – an original tale of a love between the living and the dead. My favorite story. 
• Recommended for ages 13-adult 

• Now available for download and streaming. Purchase from Bandcamp.

• The tale of the The Southern Front of the French and Indian War, the struggle that settled the question of whether North America would be English or French. It proved the forge for a new American identity and set the stage for the American Revolution. The fight for the control of the Ohio River valley was a key part of the War. This is the story of that fight and the founding of the city of Pittsburgh.
• Recommended for ages 13-adult 

• Now available for download and streaming. Purchase from Bandcamp.

•  The Tain bo Cuailnge, or, in English, The Cattle Raid of Cooley, is the  great heroic epic of Celtic Ireland. It is the story of how the  warrior Cuchullain must defend the kingdom of Ulster by standing alone  against a great raid led by Queen Maeve of Connaught. It is a tale of  battles and striving, of courage and folly, of triumph and sorrow, a  tale that recreates the world of the ancient Celts like no other.      
• Recommended for ages 13-adult 

•  “Alan Irvine always seems to know the right story to   tell…On this, his latest recording, dragons take center stage and because they   are of the European variety, you can expect some truly nasty critters…very   highly recommended.”  Robert Rodriquez,  Territorial Tattler   Tales of Dragons and Dragon slayers. Tales include:  
• The Lambton Worm   – a traditional English legend 
• St. George and the Dragon– the classic dragon tale - listen to an excerpt of the tale 
• Nikita and the   Dragon – a Russian tale of a different sort of dragon slayer 
• The Dragon of Rhodes – a medieval romance of dangers even greater than dragons 
• Leviathan – the great dragon from the Book of Job        
•  Recommended for ages 10-adult 

•  “Irvine has a powerful, hypnotic voice that irresistibly draws listeners into the   stories. He is a master at recreating the medieval world and making it come   alive.” Larry Cooperman, School Library   Journal   Tales include: 
• Merlin’s Prophecy   – Dragons and visions concerning Uther Pendragon and the coming of Arthur The Sword and the   Stone – A land torn by war awaits the coming of a king and beholds a   miraculous sign. 
• Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight – Sir Gawaine, the most gallant of Arthur’s knights faces   temptations of many sorts in this retelling of the great Middle English poem. 
• Sir Gawaine and the Loathly Lady – a comic retelling of a favorite tale, based on the 12th   century original.  
• Recommended for ages 8-adult 

•  "If your kids’ favorite uncle came over to tell them bedtime stories, they might be a lot like these.” -Marilyn McPhie National Parenting Publications   “Irvine’s   friendly, conversational style will gently invite listeners into the familiar   stories and his energetic delivery is guaranteed to maintain their   attention.” Naomi Leithold Chicago Parent   Humorous versions of traditional tales including: 
• Goldilocks
• The Three Little  Pigs 
• The Three Billy  Goats Gruff 
• The Bremen Town Musicians 
• Cinderella 
• How The Animals Got Their Coats – an African tale 
• Jobuti and the  Jaguar – a Central American tale   
• Recommended for ages 3-8 

•  Midnight Visions is my very first album, released back in 1993. (Way back in the cassette days. Note the odd dimensions on the cover art.) It is also my ghost story collection. Every October, these stories still come back to life. Even after over 40 years of performing, "I've Got the Keys" remains one of the scariest stories I tell.
  In 2012, Midnight Visions became the basis for a collaboration with the dance troupe Geek Danz, which choreographed dance pieces to these stories and others. That's when I recorded "The Judge's House" and added it to the collection. Stories include:
• The Hitchhiker - a classic American ghost story
• Bartlett's Tale - an original story
• "I've Got the Keys" -  a terrifying tale
• Macbeth - my adaptation of Shakespeare's tale of horror
• The Judge's House - adapted from the tale by Bram Stoker

Now available to download individual tracks or entire album from Bandcamp.com