We need your advice! Ken will have a new album out – Outlaws and Bystanders – by Gulf Wars 2014. We promise this time! Ken had multiple surgeries last year (nothing life-threatening) that basically put him out-of-commission for an entire year. The album was planned for release before the 2013 Gulf Wars event when it […]
Drink To The Holly Berry – Original Christmas Song By Ken and Lisa Theriot
Drink to the Holly Berry is an original Christmas song about that age-old tradition of caroling and begging for booze, basically. Who doesn’t like a good wassailing song at this time of year? The song is from the Christmas album, The Gifts of Midwinter, by Ken and Lisa Theriot. Below are lyrics and notes on […]
Riu Riu Chiu
Riu Riu Chiu appears on Ken and Lisa Theriot’s latest album, The Gifts of Midwinter. You can listen to the song below: Lisa Theriot says: “Ríu, ríu, chíu” is a very popular song, considering it dates from the 16th century and was only seemingly preserved in one copy. Add to that the fact that the […]
Personent Hodie – By Ken And Lisa Theriot
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 […]
Cantique de Noel
Cantique de Noel is the French (and original) version of the popular Christmas carol, O Holy Night. The music was written in 1847 by Adolphe Adam, to go along with the poem Minuit, Chrétiens (which means Midnight, Chistians) written by Placide Cappeau. The song is on The Gifts of Midwinter, by Ken and Lisa Theriot. […]
Do You Hear What I Hear?
When Ken and Lisa’s Christmas album – The Gifts of Midwinter – was being planned, they asked friends and fans what songs they would like to have on the album. At the same time though, they wanted to make sure the songs were not just the same old tunes you hear on every Christmas album. […]