Joshua Burnell is a UK based musician who has released several albums since 2013, including his album Lend An Ear which has two song that are Tolkien's poetry put to music; Bilbo's Last Song which is a cover of Donald Swann's arrangement, and Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold which he put to his own tune. The album Lend An Ear was originally published in 2013, and in 2026 he re-recorded the album due to being unhappy with his first album's results. For the 2026 album Lend An Ear [Revisited] he made his re-record cover of Bilbo's Last Song more of his own.
He also posted on YouTube under the name Runcible Spoon[1] fourteen songs from the Hobbit.
Tolkien Discography
Joshua Burnell
- Lend An Ear (album) 2013 & 2026
Runcible Spoon (Songs From The Hobbit)
- Opening Theme
- That's What Bilbo Baggins Hates
- Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold
- O! Where Are You Going?
- Down To Goblin Town
- Fifteen Birds In Five Fir Trees
- The Wind Was On The Withered Heath
- Old Fat Spider Spinning In A Tree
- Barrels Out Of Bond
- The King Beneath The Mountain
- Under The Mountain Dark And Tall
- Come Back To The Valley!
- Sing All Ye Joyful
- Roads Go Ever On