Christmas Album – The Gifts of Midwinter – by Ken and Lisa Theriot

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unique christmas songsThis is the long-awaited Christmas album by Ken and Lisa Theriot. It is the first Raven Boy Music release by both Ken Theriot AND Lisa Theriot together. In the beginning (ca. 1988) their different song selections and writing styles were different enough that separate “solo” albums made sense. Then they just kept doing it that way. But since The Gifts of Midwinter is a collection of holiday songs, it seemed a good time to to put out a “Ken and Lisa Theriot” album.

Speaking of the songs, here is how the album is described on CD Baby: Songs you don’t hear on every Christmas album, a mix of songs from the secular to the sacred, the medieval to the modern. Two original songs, one cover, and everything else is traditional. The goal from the beginning was to create an album that wasn’t just a rehash of all the same Christmas songs you hear everyone doing. We think we succeeded in that.  Even songs you’ve heard before, like “Gaudete,” “Personent Hodie,” and “Do You Hear What I Hear?” you probably haven’t heard the way they are done here.

Here is a list of songs on the album:

Gaudete (in Latin)
Marmion’s Christmas Song
Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) (in French)
Do You Hear What I Hear?
How Far to Bethlehem?
Riu, Riu (in Spanish)
Lully, Lully (The Corpus Christi Carol)
Drink to the Holly Berry
Noël Nouvelet (in French)
This Endris Night
La Marche Des Rois (in French)
Puer Natus (A Child is Born) (in Latin)
The Boar’s Head Carol
Personent Hodie (in Latin)
The Gifts of Midwinter

You can get the physical CD (as well as the digital album and song downloads) at CD Baby here: The Gifts of Midwinter. That’s also where you can download songs or the whole album from iTunes here: Ken and Lisa Theriot.   BTW, since you cannot get the liner notes anywhere but here (limitations with the manufacturing process we use), we offer them free as a pdf download here: The Gifts of Midwinter liner notes.

Take a look and a listen to the songs below:

Gaudete

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Marmion’s Christmas Song

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Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)

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Do You Hear What I Hear?

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How Far to Bethlehem?

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Riu, Riu, Chiu

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Lully, Lully (The Corpus Christi Carol)

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Drink to the Holly Berry

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Noël Nouvelet

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This Endris Night

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La Marche Des Rois

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Puer Natus (A Child is Born)

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The Boar’s Head Carol

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Personent Hodie

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The Gifts of Midwinter

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The Corpus Christi Carol

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The Corpus Christi Carol is the 7th song on The Gifts of Midwinter, the Christmas CD by Ken and Lisa Theriot.  The song is originally associated not with Christmas, but a very different time of the year in the church calendar.  Here is a clip from the song as recorded on The Gifts of Midwinter, followed by the liner notes summary and lyrics.

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Lully, Lulley
(The Corpus Christi Carol)
Hill Manuscript, circa 1500

Though it developed into the Christmas Carol “Down in
Yon Forest” this carol was originally from the Feast of
Corpus Christi. We learned the tune from Archie Fisher,
who got it from Robin Hall, who…

Chorus: Lully, lulley, lully, lulley!
The falcon hath borne my make away.

He bare him up, he bare him down,
He bare him into an orchard brown.

In that orchard there was an hall
That was hangèd with purple and pall.

And in that hall there was a bed
It was hangèd with gold so red.

And in that bed there lieth a knight
His wounds bleeding day and night.

By that bed there kneels a may
And she weeps both night and day.

And by that bed there stands a stone
‘Corpus Christi’ writ thereon.

Arranged by Ken and Lisa Theriot
© 2010 Raven Boy Music

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Marmion’s Christmas Song

November 22, 2011

Marmion’s Christmas Song is the 2nd song on The Gifts of Midwinter, the Christmas CD by Ken and Lisa Theriot.  We tried our best to infuse it with all the feel of a traditional Christmas song.  Lisa set the poem to the tune of “The Sussex Carol” and voila!
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Your Home Studio and Reaper – No Additional Audio Editor Needed

November 17, 2011

I’ve been saying that for your home studio, with Reaper software you also need an audio editing software program.  It turns out that for most people in most situations, this is simply untrue.  I know, crazy right?  I’ve been giving out advice that may have been wrong.  Gasp.  For me, sadly, I think there is [...]

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Band of Brothers and Agincourt Featured on Archery Video

November 2, 2011

Had to share this.  We just received a message regarding Ken Theriot’s songs Band of Brothers and Agincourt.  The message was entitled “The Chills” and read:
Hi Ken,
just saw a video on youtube, your music was the chosen soundtrack. You can see the vid here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtwyGmpO3OE&feature=channel_video_title
I was completely blown away by the songs that vid promoted and [...]

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Personent hodie

October 18, 2011

Personent Hodie is the 14th song on The Gifts of Midwinter, the Christmas CD by Ken and Lisa Theriot.  Personent Hodie is a Christmas Carol published in 1582 (yay for period music that RAWKS).
Here is an audio clip of the song followed by the entry from the liner notes (download here!) for the album, written [...]

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The Boars Head Carol

October 10, 2011

The Boar’s Head Carol is the 13th of 15 songs on the winter holiday album The Gifts of Midwinter by Ken and Lisa Theriot.
From the liner notes of the album:
The Boar’s Head Carol
Words: T.F. Dibdin’s Typographical antiquities, 1812
(based on Jan van Wynken’s Christmasse Carolles, 1521)
Music: traditional, Queen’s College, Oxford
This carol always reminds me of a [...]

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The Tabard Inn – By Lisa Theriot

October 6, 2011

Lisa Theriot, along with Michele Buzbee, Ken Theriot, and Kevin Valliquette, perform The Tabard Inn at Pennsic 2011.  The Tabard Inn is the opening song on her CD The Keys of Canterbury, which as the title suggests, is an album of songs themed around The Canterbury Tales. “The Tabard Inn” is The General Prologue.
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Raven Banner

October 5, 2011

 Kevin Valliquette performs Raven Banner, written by Debra Doyle and Melissa Williamson, at Pennsic 2011.  Kevin will very soon be recording with Raven Boy Music.

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Sumer Is Icumen In

October 4, 2011

Michele Buzbee leads and performs Sumer Is Icumen In along with Ken and Lisa Theriot at Pennsic 40 in August 2011.
Below is a studio recording of Michele singing Sumer Is Icumen In.  Yes, she sings all six parts!  Awesome.
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