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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
The Corpus Christi Carol
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Don’t Forget About The First British Colonists in America
Americans tend to think of George Washington and the other founding fathers when we think about Independence Day. Some folks may even remember that there was a much earlier group of colonists from England, even before the Mayflower, in the early 1600s in Jamestown. But how many of us give any thought to the first […]
Lost Colony of Roanoke Song
One of the most fascinating historical mysteries in the what is now The United States is the affair of the lost colony of Roanoke. any number of papers and books have been written about the events surrounding the eventual disappearance of 116 men women and children from their brief settlement on Roanoke Island in what […]
A Song For Summer Solstice
Summer Solstice is today, and what better way to celebrate it that with a song? The song, Summer Solstice, by Ken and Lisa Theriot, is sort of a landmark song in its own right, since it was the very first collaboration for Lisa Theriot and Ken Theriot! That songwriting couple have since written such SCA […]