Beowulf Parody

This was submitted to my Renaissance Festival Podcast compilation CD. The recording was a little long, but it’s very cool! And just in time for the Beowulf movie. BEOWULFby Rathflaed DuNoirThe Black Bard of Meridiesmka: Stephen R. Melvin See Grendel. See Grendel eat. Eat, Grendel, eat. Grendel is eating a few Danish for breakfast. Grendel […]

Cat Loving Fame

So tonight we did a promo at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival site. Andrew and I were playing “Wild Rover” by the beer garden. After the song, the pretzel man stopped us and said, “Have you heard that CD, ‘Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers‘?” I laughed. He then went on to say how he played […]

Celtic Christmas Music

Everyone seems to release a Christmas Music CD this time of year. So it is no big surprise that there is also a lot of great Celtic Christmas music out there as well. The idea of Celtic Christmas music is actually kinda funny since Christmas is not a typical Celtic holiday, except outside of Wales. […]

Heart and Soul MP3

I don’t remember where I first heard this song. But my favorite version was in the movie BIG. But I was really surprised to find out that there were lyrics to the song. I started singing it and I sounded like Jimmy Durante. But I soon worked out an arrangement for my CD, “A Tribute […]

Heart and Soul (Lyrics)

words by Frank Loesser, music by Hoagy Carmichael I don’t remember where I first heard this song. But my favorite version was in the movie BIG. But I was really surprised to find out that there were lyrics to the song. I started singing it and I sounded like Jimmy Durante. But I soon worked […]

Updates from the Past Couple of Weeks.

It’s been an interesting couple o’weeks. Right now, Andrew and I are performing as the Brobdingnagian Bards at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival. And it’s filled with interesting things. So let’s take a step back and recap. Just a few weeks ago, we were hit with a booking/internet fraud. We lost $2500. But thanks to our […]

Notes about the Louisiana Renaissance Festival

Oh! I was just reminded of a couple of corrections I need to point out if you plan to come see us at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival. If you’ve checked the faire’s schedule, you’ll note it differs a bit from the schedule on our website. The times are the same, but the acts are not. […]