Another Faire to Remember #92

About this episode

The episode discusses the Brobdingnagian Bards' new album 'Another Faire to Remember' and their journey in the Renaissance festival music scene.

Another Faire to Remember is our 10th full-length, studio album. We are now funding the album on Kickstarter. Click here to make a pledge . In 2001, we released our fourth album. A Faire to Remember was a tribute to our love of Renaissance festivals. It featured our pick of the Top 10 most-popular Renaissance festivals that we had seen in the two years since we started playing music. Then it had some other found favorites like "Do Virgins Taste Better Medley", "Irish Ballad", "A Fairy Story", Monty Python's "Always Looking on the Bright Side of Life", plus our hit song, "If I Had a Million Ducats.". The album was a smashing success. A years after it's release, my step-mom was at a party talking with someone. She mentioned me and said I played with the Brobdingnagian Bards. They person responded, "Brobdingnagian Bards?! They're legendary!" I don't know about that. But the album was a big part of our success. It includes a bunch of our early-on, most-popular songs. Another Faire to Remember is a continuation of that triumphant album. We're recording it 23 years after that hit album. But we're not just making a B-side. Instead, we're showing our growth as musicians and as…

People in this episode

Hosts: Marc Gunn, Andrew McKee

Topics covered

• music
• Renaissance festivals
• album funding
• songwriting
• musical growth

Keywords

• Renaissance festivals
• music album
• Kickstarter
• Brobdingnagian Bards
• songwriting

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Another Faire to Remember, A Faire to Remember, Do Virgins Taste Better Medley, Irish Ballad, A Fairy Story, Always Looking on the Bright Side of Life, If I Had a Million Ducats

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