The Iron Stone

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The Iron Stone
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Studio album by
Robin Williamson
ReleasedOctober 2006
RecordedSeptember 2005
Genre Folk jazz • folk • jazz
Length64:19
Label ECM
Producer Steve Lake
Robin Williamson chronology
Four Gruagach Tales
(2006)		The Iron Stone
(2006)		 Just Like The River And Other Songs For Guitar
(2008)
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The Iron Stone is an album released in 2006 by Robin Williamson. It is the third in a trio of Robin Williamson albums on ECM Records. "The Yellow Snake" and "The Iron Stone" are originally from the album Wee Tam and the Big Huge by The Incredible String Band, and "Verses At Ellesmere" and "Political lies" are from Ten of Songs .

Contents

Reception

The Iron Stone received critical acclaim for its lyrical ambition and sonic experimentation. Writing for All About Jazz, Nenad Georgievski described the album as “a celebration of language and poetry mixed with music,” highlighting Williamson’s ability to merge traditional verse with contemporary improvisation. He noted that the album presents “a moody collage demonstrative of his great musical spectrum,” blending folk, jazz, and spoken word into a deeply introspective and unconventional listening experience. [1]

Track listing

  1. "The Climber" (Maneri, Möller, Phillips, Williamson)
  2. "Sir Patrick Spens" (Traditional)
  3. "Wyatt's Song of Reproach" (Williamson, Wyatt)
  4. "There Is a Music" (Maneri, Phillips, Williamson)
  5. "Even Such Is Time" (Morison, Raleigh)
  6. "The Iron Stone" (Williamson)
  7. "The Badger" (Clare, Maneri, Möller, Phillips, Williamson)
  8. "Political Lies" (Williamson)
  9. "The Yellow Snake" (Williamson)
  10. "Loftus Jones" (Maneri, Turlough O'Carolan, Phillips, Williamson)
  11. "Bacchus" (Emerson, Maneri, Möller, Phillips, Williamson)
  12. "The Praises of the Mountain Hare" (Maneri, Möller, Phillips, Williamson)
  13. "To God in God's Absence" (Williamson)
  14. "Verses at Ellesmere" (Williamson)
  15. "Henceforth" (Maneri, Phillips, Williamson)

Personnel


  1. ↑ Nenad Georgievski (17 April 2007). "Robin Williamson: The Iron Stone". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
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