Brobdingnagian Bards: Songs of the Muse
In February, 1999, Marc Gunn and Andrew McKee joined together to perform at the Excalibur Fantasy Faire in Smithville, Texas to form the Brobdingnagian Bards. They combined their unique instruments--autoharp, recorder, and mandolin--together to form a unique sound they dubbed 'Celtic Renaissance'.
Following in the great bardic tradition, the Bards perpetuate their musical genre by performing songs of old while still writing songs for a new generation that maintain the eternal sound that is still sung to this very day.
Marc Gunn forms the backbone of the Bards playing the autoharp and singing. He composes original Renaissance-style and Celtic-sounding music while performing traditional Celtic and Renaissance music for inspiration. His voice is low, romantic, and inspiring, singing songs about fairy tales, love, rebellion, and lullabys that have brought tears to peoples eyes.
Andrew McKee forms the energy and melodys of the Bards, writing and arranging brilliant classical and original pieces evoking a sound as beautiful a baby blue sky. Andrew plays his recorder with a soft subtle sound that perfectly compliments Marc's autoharp and sweeps the listener back to the Renaissance while still holding on to the Celtic isles with his mandolin.
Together, the Bards play throughout the Southwest from Texas to Missouri, enchanting audiences and delighting people ages eigth to eighty.
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We received the CD "Songs of the Muse" which contains the song Tolkien (The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings). Although this is the only Tolkien related song on the CD, the CD as a whole is very good. The song Tolkien is a huge hit on mp3.com and we think this popularity is justified. The whole CD is very celtic and the songs are the kind of songs you would expect to hear from two bards wandering through Middle-earth or some other fantasy setting. The whole CD is instrumental with a very typical sound produced by the autoharp and the mandolin. One of the sentences written on the back of the CD says: " We're bards and we're friendly." The same seems to apply to the music which is friendly and uplifting. Our favourite song: Tolkien.
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Contributed by: Marc Gunn - Link: http://www.TheBard.net
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