Today would’ve been the birthday of Leslie Fish, folk musician and filker. She passed away at the end of November 2025.
Decades ago when I first discovered filk, Fish was one of the names I started to soon recognize. Some of the songs I still remember include “Carmen Miranda’s Ghost”, “Signy Mallory” with Mercedes Lackey, “Space Hero” and “One Last Battle” with Vic Tyler (I believe), and “Wind’s Four Quarters” with Mercedes Lackey and Heather Alexander.
Here, as a hat-tip, is her song “Hope Eyrie”:
Hope Eyrie by Leslie Fish on YouTube
“Hope Eyrie” is the only one of hers I’ve sung in a crowd, the last time at a filk worshop at Ropecon 2024 or 2025 (or maybe both), which is an indication of her enduring influence.
RIP, Ms. Fish.
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