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 separate “solo” albums made sense. Then they just kept doing it that way. […]
Ken And Lisa Theriot Concert At Pennsic 2018
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 (Sir Kenneth MacQuarrie of Tobermory) and Lisa Theriot (Mistress Adelaide de Beaumont) […]
Harvest – Song From Lisa Theriot’s A Turning Of Seasons
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. But nobody ever seems to give any thought to Thanksgiving music – […]
Hallow’s Eve – A Love Song For Halloween
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 that is perfect for Halloween. […]
Band of Brothers – A Song For St. Crispin’s Day
Today, October 25th, is St. Crispin’s Day. This might not mean much in 2024 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 popular culture and stayed. We still hear references to it today. Whenever […]
How Far To Bethlehem?
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, the original title was How Far Is It To Bethlehem? […]
Ken And Lisa Theriot Concert At SCA 50 Year Celebration
Ken and Lisa Theriot will be performing live at the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) 50 Year Celebration! The concert will be on Wednesday, June 22nd from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm at The Tavern. Here is the blurb that will appear in the 50 Year Celebration schedule: Ken Theriot (Sir Kenneth MacQuarrie of Tobermory) […]
Noël Nouvelet by Ken and Lisa Theriot
Noël Nouvelet is one of several French language songs on Ken and Lisa Theriot’s Christmas album, “The Gifts of Midwinter.” From the liner notes, Lisa writes: The book in which I found this song dates it as “1483 (?)”. Isn’t that like saying it’s approximately 2:37? How can you be that specific and unsure at […]
The Boars Head Carol
The Boar’s Head Carol is the 13th of 15 songs on the Christmas 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 […]
Agincourt, The Musical – Sort Of
The first three songs on Ken Theriot’s album, Human History, are all about The Battle of Agincourt. It was not necessarily intentional. It’s just that Ken has had a fascination with Agincourt for years, and the first songs written (lyrics by Lisa Theriot and music by Ken Theriot) for the album were those three. And […]