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 the the entry from the liner notes (download here!) for the album, written by Lisa Theriot, followed by an […]
Gaudete – By Ken and Lisa Theriot
Gaudete is the 1st song on the Christmas album The Gifts of Midwinter by Ken and Lisa Theriot. A lot of people ask “what does Gaudete mean? Well, the word itself is Latin for “rejoice.” The chorus, “Gaudete, gaudete! Christus est natus Ex Maria virgine, gaudete!” means “Rejoice, rejoice! Christ is born Of the Virgin […]
What Is The Status Of Ken Theriot’s New Album?
Yes, Ken Theriot’s upcoming album – Outlaws and Bystanders – has been delayed several times – primarily (well, pretty much entirely) due to medical issues. But progress IS being made. Here is the status: The song “William Tell” is about 95% of the way to being final. The new lead vocal track just needs some […]
The Dogs Of War Is Now A Song
Lisa Theriot, who has written the lyrics for all the songs (save the one cover – Queen of Lilies, written by Sherry Kramer and Dave Thewliss) for Ken Theriot’s upcoming album, Outlaws and Bystanders, has been patiently waiting for Ken to finish the songs by composing the music. This has been their song-writing process for […]
The New Song Is William Tell
Ken and Lisa just finished writing William Tell. Well, Lisa wrote the lyrics months ago. Ken spent the last few days composing, and the tete-a-tete that follows where they both tweak and haggle has just ended, heralding the completion of a new song. That means there are four songs remaining that have either no music […]
Get SCA Music For The Drive to Gulf Wars
It’s a long drive to Gulf Wars and you’re going to want some music, right? Well be sure to check out some of the songs in the widget over there on the right You can get them from iTunes CD Baby as downloads or CDs with the store widget on the right. OR you can […]
Bards Song Book – Human History
Get your copy of the Human History Bard Book, just in time for Gulf Wars (just barely!). You’ll need some songs to sing at all the bardic circles you’ll be going to at Gulf Wars, right? Well The Human History Bard Book contains chords and lyrics to all 12 songs (such as The Feast Song, […]
Marmion’s Christmas Song
Marmion’s Christmas Song is the 2nd song on The Gifts of Midwinter, the Christmas album by Ken and Lisa Theriot. Lisa adapted the lyrics from a poem by Sir Walter Scott, called “Marmion.”Then Lisa set these lyrics to the tune of “The Sussex Carol” (ca 1684) and voila! Marmion’s Christmas Song was born. We tried […]
Band of Brothers and Agincourt Featured on Archery Video
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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtwyGmpO3OE&feature=channel_video_title I was completely blown away by the songs […]
