Herga Kitty, are you sure Jim Eldon has written a Widder of Brid song? The late Jake Thackeray is famous for having written a song of this name, and having all Jim's recordings I know that if he has written a Widder of Brid he hasn't recorded it. However, on the question of modern ballads, Jim performs an extraordinary fiddle and song version of Bat out of Hell on his latest CD ( Fiddle & Song )which is bound to be of interest to anyone who is into the ballad song form.Another tremendous modern ballad in my opinion is Kate McGarrigle's Jacques Et Giles on the Matapedia CD.