SCA Bardic Music By SCA Bards
La Marche Des Rois is a carol describing the caravan of the magi, the "three kings," to present gifts to the child born in Bethlehem. Unlike the typical imagery we get in more modern songs like "We Three Kings," this carol describes the caravan of 30 pages, an honor guard, and armed men. THAT is … [Continue reading]
We just received a review of Ken and Lisa Theriot's Christmas Album, "The Gift of Midwinter." It is a wonderful summary of this unique album of Christmas songs, and is to be published in the newsletter of a group in The SCA (world-wide medieval … [Continue reading]
Today, October 25th, is St. Crispin's Day. This might not mean much in 2014 if it had not been for Mr. Shakespeare and his play, Henry V. King Henry makes a rousing speech before the Battle of Agincourt whose words entered the English-speaking … [Continue reading]
We just finished creating a music video for the song, "The Dragon," from Ken's album, Outlaws and Bystanders. It seemed like a sign that shortly after the album's release, a movie about (with a twist) the historical Dracula - Dracula Untold - … [Continue reading]
Running an SCA Lists on One Sheet of Paper In the early days of the West Kingdom, Duke Paul of Bellatrix brought the completely lovely and rational tournament format he had used in martial arts tournaments to the SCA, and it was embraced for the … [Continue reading]
Sure, there was no TV, and literacy was pretty thin on the ground, but the common folk of the late Middle Ages weren’t hurting for sensational entertainment. The songs that we’ve come to know as “traditional ballads” often had stories that would put … [Continue reading]
On Tuesday night (August 5th, 20124), Ken and Lisa Theriot took the stage at the Pennsic (SCA event) Performing Arts pavilion to a packed house. Joining them in the concert as always were Michele Buzbee, Kevin Valiquette and Robert G. Ferrell. Ken … [Continue reading]
"Soldier of God" is the first song on Ken Theriot's new album, "Outlaws and Bystanders." The song was written by Lisa Theriot (lyrics) and Ken Theriot (music). So what is the song about? What The Song Is About? Lisa was doing research for a song … [Continue reading]
The final large piece of the puzzle for Ken Theriot's "Outlaws and Bystanders" - its availability on iTunes - is finally in place! A lot of folks have been waiting for this, since mobile devices are probably the main music-playing method used in … [Continue reading]
Just a quick note to everyone who was waiting for word - "Outlaws and Bystanders," by Ken Theriot, is now available as both download (full album or individual songs) and/or physical CDs here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kentheriot2. Also, I said we'd … [Continue reading]