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    About Me Raven Boy Music is an independent record company. It started in 1988 when Ken Theriot married Lisa and became involved in the medieval re-creation group she was a member of called the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). Ken combined his love of recording with this new kind of music and released a tape in 1988 of folk music that was mostly written by contemporary folk musicians from Scotland, Canada and the US, as well as a few original tunes. He tried to keep to a combination of SCA-appropriate (meaning the songs had to be about medieval or timeless themes) while pleasing to the modern ear. The songs are mostly acoustic guitars and singing with the occasional fiddle, piano or flute showing up. After recording 2 tapes, "Outside of Time" and "Home From The Sea," we wanted to do a recording of Lisa. She chose some great songs that were more traditional (as in British Isles traditional balladry) and released another tape. That one was called "Up the Great North Road." Next Ken decided to expand a bit and do a CD, recorded mainly at other studios around town. The content was roughly of the same type, but the technology, and hence sound quality was a little better. So the result was a CD called "Everything that Matters." That release garnered a bit more attention in that it was reviewed in the folk magazine, Dirty Linen. Their review was positive except for the comment that my covers sound too much like the originals. That got me determined to do more original music. Thomas Bordeaux The next project was to record another artist's music for his first album. Thomas Bordeaux is a friend who had written several songs that he performed in SCA settings. Talk about going all original! So we recorded 13 of his songs and put out the tape called "Prodigal Bard." Though he writes some very powerful stuff, his most popular songs are the SCA-specific comedy songs called "Ban the Fencers" and "I'm A Duke and You're Not." Sometimes your audience determines your fate! Baldwin of Erebor Before Ken came on the scene, Lisa had done a lot of singing with Baldwin of Erebor. After years of bugging him, we finally got him into the studio (or second non-family member artist!) and his CD has been hugely popular. What's Up More projects than we have time for! Ken just released a new album, Lisa is working on an album, and we're working on an album for our third non-family member artist. Keep watching for the latest stuff!
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    New CD from Ken Theriot

    Saturday, May 10, 2008, 08:39 AM CST [General]

    Hey Everyone, this is Melissa from Raven Boy Music. The Raven Boy Label represents several SCA bards including, Baldwin of Erebor, Sir Keneth McQuarrie of Tobermory (Ken Theriot), and Mistress Adelaide de Beaumont (Lisa Theriot). Several of you are familiar with Lisa Theriot’s music from her CD “A Turning of Seasons.” I just wanted to announce the release of the new CD from Ken Theriot called “Human History.” We’re really excited by the reception we’ve gotten so far to these songs, which are all original (written by Ken and Lisa Theriot) plus two traditional songs. A bulk of the songs tell stories of historical (and some Celtic mythical) events (Battle of Agincourt, Battle of Maldon, The Lost Colony of Roanoke, Ancient Irish myth, etc.) from the perspective of a character who might have lived through it. The result is a unique collection of catchy, harmonious, and emotional acoustic folk-pop. You can hear some of the songs at http://www.myspace.com/kentheriot.

    For those that made it to the Green Dragon at Gulf War to see Ken's concerts you know what a must have CD this is! If any vendors are interested in carrying CD's from any of the artists on our label, let me know!

    Thanks!

    Melissa

    www.ravenboymusic.com

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