FilkCast

In the summer of 2025 we asked the community what were your favorite Filk songs about books. We got 5 shows out of it, and there are still some songs that we have not put in a show yet. Maybe next year. 

We have a week off for whatever reason, so here is one of those shows.


Brocelïande - Lament For Boromir - The Starlit Jewel
Brocelïande - Lay Of Nimrodel - The Starlit Jewel
JRR Tolkien

Brobdingnagian Bards - Legolas - Memories of Middle Earth
JRR Tolkien

Anne McCaffrey Tania Opland Mike Freeman - Lessa's Ride - The Masterharper Of Pern
Anne McCaffrey's Dragons Of Pern

Daniel Kelly - Little Cthulhu - Harp of Stars
HP Lovecraft

Anne McCaffrey Tania Opland Mike Freeman - March Of The Wings - The Masterharper Of Pern
Anne McCaffrey's Dragons Of Pern

Anne Passovoy - Mary O’Meara - Filkcon 1
World Without Stars by Poul Anderson

Brocelïande - Merry Old Inn - The Starlit Jewel
JRR Tolkien

Mikey Mason - Hat Full Of Sky - M
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett

Playing Rapunzel - Mina's Song (Nyrond) - Abseiling for Beginners
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Mike Whitaker - Murderer In Grey - Shattered Dreams
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas

Mike Whitaker - No Turning Back - Shattered Dreams
Peter Morwood’s Alba series

Rogow And Company - Our Lady Of The Storm - People And Places
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover Series

Bill and Gretchen Roper - Oz - Live in Germany (mostly...)
Frank Baum's Oz Books

Echo's Children - Quaddie Ballet - From the Hazel Tree
The Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold

Best Classic Filk Song

Before The Dawn - Mike Whitaker
City Of Doors - Dr. Mary Crowell
Crispy Danish - Andrew Ross
High Desert - Jeff Bohnhoff
Sedona - Gary Ehrlich

Best Filk Song

Courage, Dear Heart - Summer Russell
Half Cremona - Talis Kimberley
Middle Ages - Mich Sampson & Marilisa Valtazanou
The Tiniest Bit Of The Powder - Dr. Mary Crowell
Twilight Starlight - Jen Midkiff

Links to the Podcast
http://filkcast.com
http://facebook.com/groups/FilkCast
https://archive.org/details/FilkCast
tiedyeeric at filkcast.com

For a searchable list of everything played on FilkCast
https://filkcast.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-complete-list_25.html

Intro Music - Following Our Dreams - Lawrence Dean

Best Performer

Tim Griffin - My Heart
Leslie Hudson - She Followed Me Home
Sunnie Larsen - Wreck Of The Martian Observer
Three of a Kind - Watchmaker Hill
Via Bella - Lets Not Fight

Best Writer/Composer

Edwin Brady - Half Way Around The Sun
Naomi Hinchen - Fight The SnaiIs
Bill Roper - Electric Skies
Sheegui - Moonsong
Marilisa Valtazanou - Freefall

Links to the Podcast
http://filkcast.com
http://facebook.com/groups/FilkCast
https://archive.org/details/FilkCast
tiedyeeric at filkcast.com

For a searchable list of everything played on FilkCast
https://filkcast.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-complete-list_25.html

Intro Music - Following Our Dreams - Lawrence Dean

Best End of the World Song

Business Plan for the Apocalypse - Eric Distad
(Goin' Down the) Cosmic Drain - Sally Childs-Helton
Earth That Was - Cecilia Eng
The End, or, Ragnapocalypsageddon - Lawrence Dean
Tanz mit mir - Eva Van Daele-Hunt

Best Humorous Song

Apology - Bill & Gretchen Roper
Beacon Men of Gondor - Phil Allcock
Clicky Clacky Math Rocks - Eric Distad
Future Me - Robert Beckwith
The Prophecy Hotline - Kari Maaren 

Links to the Podcast
http://filkcast.com
http://facebook.com/groups/FilkCast
https://archive.org/details/FilkCast
tiedyeeric at filkcast.com

For a searchable list of everything played on FilkCast
https://filkcast.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-complete-list_25.html

Intro Music - Following Our Dreams - Lawrence Dean

We'll miss you Kathy

Songbird - Plus C'est La Meme Chose (The More Things Stay The Same)
Boy Genius - Bamboo Wind
Crystal Singer - Plus Ca Change (The More Things Change)
Drink Up The River - Plus Ca Change (The More Things Change)
Flowers For Algernon - Bamboo Wind
Legend - Songbird
When Giants Walked - Bamboo Wind
Bamboo Wind - Bamboo Wind
Merlin - My Favorite Sings
Shapeshifter - My Favorite Sings
Velveteen - Plus Ca Change (The More Things Change)
Give My Children Wings - Songbird
World Inside The Crystal - Plus Ca Change (The More Things Change)
Marching In The Streets - Plus C'est La Meme Chose (The More Things Stay The Same)
Hope Eyrie - Kathy Mar Live

Music

Chantelle Smith & Richard Wileman - Wychwood - Samhain Tree
https://chantellesmith.co.uk
https://smith-wileman.bandcamp.com

Dr Stephen M Baird - Evolution Is the Way - Hallelujah! Evolution!
http://www.scientificgospel.com

Tricky Pixie - Good Beltane Fire - Tricky Pixie Live!
https://trickypixie.bandcamp.com

Mike Whitaker - Wildflower - Shattered Dreams
https://mikewhitaker1379.bandcamp.com

Zanda Myrande - No Greater Quest - On The Battlements
https://zandernyrond.bandcamp.com

Zen Nine From Outer Space - Sandglass - Hip Deep In Heroes

Dots and Lines - Leatherwing Bats - Chiroptera
https://dotsandlines.bandcamp.com

Daniel Kelly - The Light On The Wreck - One More Day
https://www.folklounge.org
https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com

Karen Willson - Wishing Wood - Dragonsong

Ju And Katy - Troll Fiord - Filk From A Developing Country, Vol. 2 - Beyond
https://jukaty.bandcamp.com
https://musicsales.filk.de

Aislinn - West With The Night - High Wings

Sheegui - The Moon And The Night - Heimweg Im Nordlicht
https://sheegui.bandcamp.com

Beth Kinderman - The Light In The Tunnel - Sisyphus: Ten Songs About Hope
https://bethkinderman.bandcamp.com

Toyboat - This Island Earth - Toyboat
http://toyboatband.com
https://toyboatband.bandcamp.com


Wôks Print Catalog
https://woksprint.com/product-category/music


Conventions

FilkCONtinental - October 2-4
https://www.filkcontinental.de/fc/home/index_e.php

Windycon - October 9-11
https://windycon.org

OVFF - October 30-November 3
https://ovff.org/

TusCon - November 13-15
https://tusconscificon.com

Loscon - November 27-29
https://loscon.org


Online Filk

Eurofilk Circle
October 1
18:00 Central European Time

Festival of the Living Rooms
December 11-13 2026
https://www.fotlr.org

Fourth Week Filk
September 23
kxcj.org
1pm-2pm Pacific Time


Bandcamp waives their fees Friday Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4, all money goes directly to the artist!


Get on the MASSFilc email list
https://www.massfilc.org


Filk Information

Interfilk
https://interfilk.org

Friends Of Filk
https://friendsoffilk.org

Filk News
https://liberal.city/@filknews
https://liberal.city/@filknews.rss

Geekspin Podcast
https://geekspinpodcast.castos.com/

Filk Quest
https://www.youtube.com/c/vanceamania

Vintage Filk Preservation
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0EXmacvKF3MDrKZbzmux6g


National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish.
800-273-8255

Links to the Podcast
http://filkcast.com
http://facebook.com/groups/FilkCast
https://archive.org/details/FilkCast
tiedyeeric at filkcast.com

For a searchable list of everything played on FilkCast
https://filkcast.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-complete-list_25.html

Intro Music - Following Our Dreams - Lawrence Dean

Music

Tom Smith - Kidnapped By Pirates Is Good - iTom 3.0: True Love Waits
https://tomsmith.bandcamp.com

Mark Horning - Arizona Piracy Blues - Arizona Piracy Blues
https://markhorning.bandcamp.com

Blind Lemming Chiffon - The Parody Pirates - Filk On Filk, Heartache On Heartache

Marc Gunn - Our Pirate Crew Of Ten - Pirates Vs Dragons
http://marcgunn.com

Clearly Guilty - A Pirate Shanty - Character Sheet
https://clearlyguilty.bandcamp.com

Michael Longcor - Pirates In England - Kitchen Junk Drawer

Gary Anderson - Pirate - Conchord 2 - There's A Filksing Here Tonight!

Leslie Fish - Pirate's Jig - Starsinger (March, 2024)
http://www.prometheus-music.com
https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com

Two Bard Party - Swabbin' Scat Pirates - The Misadventures of Two Bard Party
https://twobardparty.bandcamp.com

Sage Liberty Horning - Wild Wendal - Heroes, Martyrs, and Fools

Apryl Knight - Pirate Chain Mail - One Nerdy Knight
https://aprylknight.bandcamp.com

Lawrence Dean - Dread Pirate Robers - Labyrinth Of Shadows
https://mikewhitaker1379.bandcamp.com/album/labyrinth-of-shadows

Bryan Baker - King Of The Pirates - Phan Service
https://ka-klick.com

Uffington Horse - Pirate Bill & Squidly - Enchantment
https://heatheralexander.bandcamp.com

Tom Smith - Talk Like A Pirate Day - And They Say I've Got Talent
https://tomsmith.bandcamp.com

Wôks Print Catalog
https://woksprint.com/product-category/music


Conventions

FilkCONtinental - October 2-4
https://www.filkcontinental.de/fc/home/index_e.php

OVFF - October 30-November 3
https://ovff.org/

TusCon - November 13-15
https://tusconscificon.com

Loscon - November 27-29
https://loscon.org


Online Filk

Eurofilk Circle
September 17
18:00 Central European Time

Festival of the Living Rooms
December 11-13 2026
https://www.fotlr.org

Friends Of Filk Bytes
FoFB - September 19 10am Eastern Time

Fourth Week Filk
September 23
kxcj.org
1pm-2pm Pacific Time


Bandcamp waives their fees Friday Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4, all money goes directly to the artist!


Get on the MASSFilc email list
https://www.massfilc.org


Filk Information

Interfilk
https://interfilk.org

Friends Of Filk
https://friendsoffilk.org

Filk News
https://liberal.city/@filknews
https://liberal.city/@filknews.rss

Geekspin Podcast
https://geekspinpodcast.castos.com/

Filk Quest
https://www.youtube.com/c/vanceamania

Vintage Filk Preservation
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0EXmacvKF3MDrKZbzmux6g


National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish.
800-273-8255

Links to the Podcast
http://filkcast.com
http://facebook.com/groups/FilkCast
https://archive.org/details/FilkCast
tiedyeeric at filkcast.com

For a searchable list of everything played on FilkCast
https://filkcast.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-complete-list_25.html

Intro Music - Following Our Dreams - Lawrence Dean

Music

Joe Bethancourt - 500 Pound Mouse Blues - Cactuscon Choruses

Diana Gallagher - Ad Astra - Cactuscon Choruses

Murray Porath - Great Defender - Songs That Go Filk In The Night

Frank Hayes & Murray Porath - Cheap Lawyer - Songs That Go Filk In The Night

Bill Maraschiello - Danny Deever - Songs That Go Filk In The Night

Juanita Coulson - Solitary Singer - Songs That Go Filk In The Night

Tera Mitchel - Solitary Yeoman - The Adventure Continues

Bill Roper - Challenge - Songs That Go Filk In The Night

Larry Warner - Kathleen - The Adventure Continues

Debbie Ohi & Mike Stein - Nightmare Lord - Songs That Go Filk In The Night

Cynthia McQuillin - Shifting Faces - The Adventure Continues

Clif Flynt & Mary Ellen Wessels - Song In Three Parts - Songs That Go Filk In The Night

Mitchell Burnside Clapp - I Don't Do Dylan - Songs That Go Filk In The Night

Jordin Kare - Vow Of Vengeance (Julia Ecklar) - The Adventure Continues

Barry & Sally Childs-Helton - Stairway To Fandom (B Childs-Helton-Gamble & Huff) - Marcon Grows Up

Kathy Mar - Demon In The Dark - The Adventure Continues

Kathy Mar - Doppleganger - Songs That Go Filk In The Night



Wôks Print Catalog
https://woksprint.com/product-category/music


Conventions

FilkCONtinental - October 2-4
https://www.filkcontinental.de/fc/home/index_e.php

OVFF - October 30-November 3
https://ovff.org/


Online Filk

Eurofilk Circle
September 17
18:00 Central European Time

Festival of the Living Rooms
September 11-13 2026
December 11-13 2026
https://www.fotlr.org

Friends Of Filk Bytes
FoFB - September 19 10am Eastern Time

Fourth Week Filk
September 23
kxcj.org
1pm-2pm Pacific Time


Bandcamp waives their fees Friday Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4, all money goes directly to the artist!


Get on the MASSFilc email list
https://www.massfilc.org


Filk Information

Interfilk
https://interfilk.org

Friends Of Filk
https://friendsoffilk.org

Filk News
https://liberal.city/@filknews
https://liberal.city/@filknews.rss

Geekspin Podcast
https://geekspinpodcast.castos.com/

Filk Quest
https://www.youtube.com/c/vanceamania

Vintage Filk Preservation
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0EXmacvKF3MDrKZbzmux6g

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish.
800-273-8255

Links to the Podcast
http://filkcast.com
http://facebook.com/groups/FilkCast
https://archive.org/details/FilkCast
tiedyeeric at filkcast.com

For a searchable list of everything played on FilkCast
https://filkcast.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-complete-list_25.html

Intro Music - Following Our Dreams - Lawrence Dean

In the summer of 2025 we asked the community what were your favorite Filk songs about books. We got 5 shows out of it, and there are still some songs that we have not put in a show yet. Maybe next year. 

We have a week off for whatever reason, so here is one of those shows.


Julia Ecklar - Fellowship Going South - Indistinguishable From Magic (Bonus Tracks)
JRR Tolkien

Feng Shui Ninjas - livin every dae as though yer deid - livin every dae as though yer deid
Terry Pratchet

Cynthia McQuillin - Fever Dreams - Moon Shadows
Fevre Dream by George RR Martin

Anne McCaffrey Tania Opland Mike Freeman - Fighting Thread - The Masterharper Of Pern
JRR Tolkien

Kathy Mar & Zander Nyrond - Flowers For Algernon - Best Classic Filk Song
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Water Street Bridge - Frodo Come Down to Mount Doom - Filkers Handbook
JRR Tolkien

Summer Russell - Frodo's Song - Courage -  Dear Heart
JRR Tolkien

Dave Clement - Green Hills Of Harmony (Hal Frank and Hamish Henderson) - Shai Dorsai!
Gordon R. Dickson Dorsai books

Sunnie Larsen - Homecoming (Debbie Ridpath Ohi) - The Space Between Notes
The Rocket Man by Ray Bradbury

Brenda Sutton - Hound Of The Baskervilles - Harlequinade - Nolacon II
Hound Of The Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Bill Roper - I Am The Destroyer - Highlights From FilkCon 2
Gordon Dickson's Soldier, Ask Not

Three Weird Sisters - In A Gown Too Blue - Rite The First Time
The Domesday Book by Connie Willis

Leslie Fish - Invocation of Cthulhu - Avalon is Risen
HP Lovecraft

Chuck Rein - In Western Lands - In Western Lands 7''
JRR Tolkien

Lawrence Dean - Labyrinth Of Shadows - Labyrinth Of Shadows
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake

In the summer of 2025 we asked the community what were your favorite Filk songs about books. We got 5 shows out of it, and there are still some songs that we have not put in a show yet. Maybe next year. 

We have a week off for whatever reason, so here is one of those shows.

Echo's Children - Alys' Lullabye - A Dancing World
The Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold

Mike Whitaker - Ancient Light - Shattered Dreams
Mary Gentle’s Golden Witchbreed

Maureen O'Brien - Barrayaran Roses
The Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold

Mike Whitaker - Belle Ile - Shattered Dreams
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Joey Shoji - Bloodchild - Mister Author (Conchord II 1985)
Bloodchild by Octavia Butler

Anne McCaffrey Tania Opland Mike Freeman - Brekke's Cry - Sunset's Gold
The Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

Echo's Children - Butterbug Blues - A Dancing World
The Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold

Jordin Kare - Callahan's Bar - Fire In The Sky
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson

Mark Horning - Children of the Lightning - Space & Freedom
Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Leslie Fish - Cold Iron - Cold Iron
Cold Iron Rudyard Kipling

Roberta Rogow - Cold Metal Garrett - Rogow Rides Again
Garrett Files by Glen Cook

Tom Smith - Crystal Gayle Killed Frank Herbert - Who Let Him In Here
Dune by Frank Herbert

Tom Smith - Cthulhu Fthagn (w/The Great Luke Ski) - Homecoming: MarCon 2005
The Call Of Cthulhu by HP Lovecraft

Mikey Mason - Dibbler's Lament - Dodecahedron
Terry Pratchett's Discworld

Brocelïande - Elvish Lullabye - The Starlit Jewel
JRR Tolkien

Larry Warner - Ender's Game - Through My Eyes
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Bob Asprin And Al Frank - Fafhrd And Mouser - Filkcon 1
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Fritz Leiber

Tom Smith - Falling Free - Plugged
The Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold