I want to say a massive thank you to Tim Eriksen for his time, words and music. You can explore more of his work by heading to www.timeriksenmusic.com. You can purchase his albums through Bandcamp. I also highly suggest exploring any number of Tim Eriksen’s many collaborations, not limited to but including:

- Bottle (a collaboration between Tim & Eliza Carthy)

- Žabe i Babe, (Bosnian folk-pop group, composed of Tim, his late wife, Minja Lausevic, Trista Newyear & Donna Kwon. The group recorded one album, Drumovi, in the 90’s as a statement against the genocide and war happening in the former Yugoslavia).

- Northampton Harmony (Sacred Harp music)

- Cordelia’s Dad (hard-core punk, turned ballad-singing folk musicians)

If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it with friends, supporting my work through Patreon, or subscribing and rating it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. These days, the only way a podcast can grow is directly through the listeners. Special thanks to the band Enkel for use of the song Taho as our opening theme. To read the monthly articles on these episodes, head to www.folkworks.org and subscribe to their mailing list.

You can buy Barbora’s album, Oilin Ennen, directly and find out about her upcoming tour dates + other projects by visiting her website at www.barboraxu.com. Olin Ennen is also available everywhere you can buy music. Special thanks to Barbora for her words, music & time. Her current project, Ask Your Elders, can be found & contributed to www.askyourelder.com. Special thanks, also, to the band Enkel for use of the song Taho as our opening theme and to Lauren MacColl for our closing theme, Lady Isabella.

If you enjoy this podcast and this episode, please consider sharing it with friends or subscribing and rating it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. These days, the only way a podcast can grow is directly through the listeners. Many thanks.

Special thanks to Scott Gardner, Shona Donaldson & to all the bothy ballad singers featured in today’s episode!

This episode discusses some adult-themed issues. The opinions & thoughts voiced regarding these folk songs are speculative, personal & not set in stone. If you have corrections, opinions, arguments or agreements you wish to voice, they are most welcome in the FOLKING Facebook group or privately through songsfordarktimes@gmail.com.

If you wish to offer other heroine-centric folk songs, stories or traditions, they are joyously welcomed! This episode was created to incite discourse.

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Special thanks to Dowally for their use of “Wally Pumpkin” for the theme music in Season 1.