With her rich voice and strong songwriting, Lisa Theriot enriches the great bardic traditions of the past. She not only strengthens old ballads with original music or lyrics but also incorporates an interesting array of timeless modern songs. Her newest solo CD “The Keys of Canterbury” is made up of all original songs that distill Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” into a fabulous collection of unforgettable & addictively catchy songs. She and Ken Theriot also have a Christmas album - "The Gifts of Midwinter," with medieval & original songs.
“Hallow’s Eve,” by Lisa Theriot is not your typical love song. Well not – that is – unless you consider love songs where the lady falls for a dead man to be typical. The song is from Lisa’s album, A Turning of Seasons. Perfect for Halloween. your dead-man booty-call pleasure. Female Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk
"Rejoice, a child is born!" Thanks to the ideals of Martin Luther, who believed people should know what they were praying and singing, this song was translated into German from Latin plainchant. This is an original English translation with much faster tempo for when the lyric says “Rejoice!”, Mixed Vocals, Christmas, Christmas Vocals
Hopeful and contemplative, beautiful song about the gifts of light, warmth and love. Optimistic about the future and content with the present. Female Vocals, Christmas, Christmas Acoustic
Adapted from Sir Walter Scott's "Marmion," (1808) an epic poem set around the time of the Battle of Flodden Field (1513). In the middle of the work is an unrelated description of a jolly Christmas party at Mertoun House in Scotland, which I arranged and set to the tune of “The Sussex Carol." Mixed Vocals, Christmas, Christmas Vocals
A dark update of the traditional John Barleycorn story, that as the grain grows high, it will inevitably be cut down. Harvest home thanksgiving is both for the bounty received and for the sacrifice that made it possible. This song is a perfect bridge as summer ends, leaves fall, and days shorten. Female Vocals, Folk, Folk Pop
Noel Nouvelet is a French language Christmas carol dating back to the 15th c. Along with the story of the birth in Bethlehem, the song features ecstatic visions of Christ as the risen sun and a new bud on a flowering tree. Beautiful voices of women and lots of vocal harmony. Haunting and hypnotic. Female Vocals, Christmas, Christmas Vocals
Written in 1917 by Frances Chesterton, wife of author G. K Chesterton, as a Christmas card sentiment, this lovely story precedes by decades the "Little Drummer Boy" idea of simple people, especially children, visiting the newborn Christ child. The haunting melody imparts a dream-like quality. Female Vocals, Christmas, Christmas Vocals
