SCA Bardic Music By SCA Bards
"Dogs of War" is a song written by Lisa Theriot and appears on the album, Outlaws and Bystanders, by Ken Theriot. The phrase "dogs of war" is from the Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar. It is spoken by Mark Antony in the line "...with a Monarch's voice cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war." … [Continue reading]
Today, October 25th, is St. Crispin's Day. This might not mean much in 2022 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]
Everything is pretty much all digital these days - Amazon Music/iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, etc. We are all over those and several other services as well. See the full list in the Downloads/digital section below. To Get Physical CDs You can still … [Continue reading]
Here is some news about purchasing physical Raven Boy Music artist CDs. We just found out that CD Baby - the place where you USED to be able to buy our physical CDs - has completely stopped doing retails sales across the board (digital AND physical). … [Continue reading]
This is the 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 … [Continue reading]
All of the Raven Boy Music albums have been recorded in a home recording studio. It started in an apartment in California in 1988. I recorded "Outside of Time" on a 4-track cassette recorder with cheap stage microphones in the living room. But hey. … [Continue reading]
Ken and Lisa Theriot will be performing live at Pennsic 47 (Aug 2018) The concert will be on Tuesday, August 7th from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm at the Performing Arts Pavilion. Here is the blurb that will appear in the Pennsic schedule: Ken Theriot … [Continue reading]
It's Thanksgiving in a couple of weeks, the time of year when we think of the harvest and giving thanks for good food and, well, anything and everything really. And soon, people will also be turning their minds toward Christmas and Christmas music. … [Continue reading]
The song, "Hallow's Eve," by Lisa Theriot is not your typical love song. Well not - that is - unless you consider love songs where the lady falls for a dead man to be typical. The song is from Lisa's album, A Turning of Seasons. So here is a song … [Continue reading]
How Far To Bethlehem? - from The Gifts of Midwinter Christmas album by Ken and Lisa Theriot, was a poem written in 1917 by Frances Chesterton, wife of author G.K Chesterton. She wrote it on a Christmas card to family and friends that year. Actually, … [Continue reading]