Ken is a singer/songwriter and has been performing his brand of pop-folk for about 15 years. He has released three CDs with Raven Boy Music, and is scheduled to release the long-awaited new "Human History" in March of 2008. The CD will consist mainly of songs that view famous historical (usually medieval or older) events from the point of view of a single character who was there. The result is a series of songs that make make you think, laugh, cry while enjoying the excellent folk-pop music that brings the songs to life.
In The Beginning
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). Lisa had been playing folk music as part of her activity in the SCA, and since I was a musician too, I began learning some of the songs that were popular.
The First Recordings
Then I combined my 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. I 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. Anyway, after I did 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 I 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.
Next Live Performance:
Pennsic War 37 -- July 25 - August 10, 2008
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Ken and Lisa Theriot can be seen live at Gulf Wars, Pennsic, and local SCA in Texas. Other live engagements will be updated here as they are scheduled
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