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The latest music news, stories, and events of The Original Celtic Renaissance music group, the Brobdingnagian Bards. CELTIC GEEK at its Best! Find out more from the Nagians page.

This is your last weekend if you want to go see Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off. It's been a great hit here in Austin. Check out the reviews from the Austin Chronicle:
"Ann Marshall (as La Corbie) sprouts wings in an impressive debut"
"(Paul) Norton executes Knox as a repressed wife-beater whose Pharisee politics would make Billy Graham look like a backseat petitioner."
"As director, (Lorella) Loftus' masterstroke may be the inclusion of music at the forefront of all the proceedings."
"Loftus, the producer, prevails by enticing some of Austin's finest actors from the Shakespearean courts back to the realm of the experimental."

To find out more info, click here.

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Wednesday, April 24, 2002
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What an incredible weekend! Andrew and I just got back from I-CON 21 in New York. And we had an incredible experience. It looks like we've found a fantastic new outlet for our music--Sci Fi and Fantasy Conventions. This one was so successful that we are now planning on performing at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia.

This means that not only will we play Georgia, but we're also going to try and plan a tour of the Southern U.S. at the very end of the summer. If you would like to have us visit your town, email me and tell your friends to the same. We're planning on hitting places with a demand for our music. So if you can make a demand, we'll play your town! Also, if you have some venue suggestions, send those along as well.

A wee bit later, I'll give you my break down of the convention. Talk to ye soon!

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Monday, April 22, 2002
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I was born on St. Patrick's Day, but I, unlike Andrew (he's Irish), am of Scottish descent. That always perplexed me. I was born on an Irish holiday? Well then we started playing Celtic music...at last, it's the Celtic-thing. I was destined to play Celtic music. But that's not all. I just learned from the Electric Scotland newsletter that there is another reason...St Patrick was Scottish.

[breathes a sigh of relief] I can relax now, it all makes sense!)

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Friday, April 19, 2002
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The Second Annual Lanigan's Ball is under development! Last night, I talked to David Armstrong of Widening Gyre. We are tenatively planning to put together another fest sometime around mid-July. I'm thinking we're gonna turn this into a Nagian Appreciation Party with giveaways too, but I have to convince the people I'm working with to go along with all that. But keep you July fairly free.

Last night, I was pleased to meet Brian McNeill. Brian is a singer, songwriter, and fiddle player from Scotland. In 1969, he formed the Battlefield band and has gained significant attention for his many well-crafted songs.

He was in town helping to produce local Scottish favorite, Ed Miller's latest CD which should be done this week. Ed Miller is a master singer, storyteller, and folklorist, and if you ever get a chance to see him perform live, GO! You won't be sorry. But hey, you can find out for yourself. Go listen to some of his music on mp3.com. Any case, I had a great time meeting this legend and catching up with our local legend. They will both be joining us at the Texas Scottish Festival, so if you're not busy during the first week of June, Sinclair Day, come on out and cheer us on.

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Thursday, April 11, 2002
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Build your own lightsaber. Have you ever wanted to own your own lightsaber? Like Luke? And Darth Vader? And Obi-Wan? Well now you can through Obi-Wan's Jedi Academy. Okay, it might not be able to slice through a body like sliced bread, but it'll look really nifty. :)

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Wednesday, April 10, 2002
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Many years ago, I was a major Dungeons & Dragons fanatic (so performing at Renaissance Festivals is no big change for my world). I used to read every issue of Dragon Magazine cover to cover. And gamed for hours on end. But one of my biggest joys about reading Dragon was a wonderful comic strip called SnarfQuest.

SnarfQuest was an imaginative story by Larry Elmore about some strange creature named Snarf who went out in search of money and glory so that he could become king of his homeland. It was such a wonderful story, I bought a copy of it for my mom and she even enjoyed it. But then the book went out of print. Lo and behold, I'm surfing the web last night, and I happen upon the story. And the book has been republished too!

If you have a wee bit'o'time and want to read a great story, head on over to Larry Elmore's website and read the 9 chapters of the book that got me hooked.But be warned. It's an addictive story!

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Wednesday, April 10, 2002
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Well, it is confirmed. We will be performing the full run of Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville, Texas from October 5th through November 17th. This will be our third non-consecutive year performing at TRF. Last year, we played the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, where we won an award for Best New Act. Unfortunately, it didn't happen this year, but we still hope to be out for a couple weekends at KCRF.

Meantime, I am now looking for people to hawk for our shows. If you'd like to have free entry to the biggest Renaissance festival in the nation for seven straight weeks (can you put up with us that long?), then drop me a line.

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Friday, April 05, 2002
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Boy, did we have a packed audience today on the South Mall. There must've been a good 50 people out there...okay, they were all under 3 feet tall, but it was one heck of an audience. Apparently, some school of grade-schoolers was on a field trip to U.T. and they took their break right under George Washington. So we held off sing Virgins and stuck with our kids repetoire.

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Friday, April 05, 2002
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I uploaded two of our popular MP3s to Amazon.com. They are "The Scotsman Unbound", a dance remix of our popular a capello version on MP3.com. And "TOLKIEN (Lord of the Rings Remix)" which is a version we recorded heavy on effects. Drop by and get those songs climbing the charts by downloading them. Thanks!

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Thursday, April 04, 2002
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I know you're saying right. Gosh, I wish some would insult me. Well wait no longer. Now you can be insulted and have it done right. That's right, be insulted the Shakespearean way with the Shakespearean Insulter. It's a fun program where you can learn from the master!

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Thursday, April 04, 2002
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Happy April Fool's Day! After my last big joke to years ago when I said the Brobdingnagian Bards were breaking up, I've decided to avoid playing pranks on April 1st. Instead, I'll the news as it is.

The final weekend of Excalibur Fantasy Faire went amazing, and it's sad to think it'll be another year before we return to the faire. Saturday, the faire held the First Annual Golden Ogre awards and we're pleased to announce that we won the awrd for Best Stage Act.

Our shows grew in size every week. Probably our most entertaining performance took place thanks to the Excalibur cast. As we came to our closing song, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, all the knights and ladies of the faire, including King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, were up dancing a Can-Can behind us. Andrew made the mistake to look back while he was giving his speech and just lost it. It was hilarious. I want to thank everyone (cast, crew, patrons, nagians, etc) who made our weekends there so amazing.

This Saturday is Tartan Day. We'll be at the San Antonio Highland Games in the early morning. I hope some of you can make it out.

--posted by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Celtic Folk Music
  Monday, April 01, 2002



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