by Marc Gunn
Last year, I screwed up. When we were compiling the Renaissance Festival Awards, I realized the form did not properly add the Best New CD category. So we compiled a list of all the new CDs that were released in 2009.
This year, we remembered that category. But what a great way to promote all the great Ren Faire musical groups out there! I asked Ren Fest Awards compiler Tony Artym to compile this year’s list. So without further adieu, here is what we hope is a complete list of new Renaissance Festival CDs for 2009.
- “Castle-Queen’s Side” by Queen’s Gambit
- “High Sea’s Drifter” by Musical Blades
- “Serenata” by Serenata
- “The Rakish Rogue and the Sultry Sirens Of Sin” by The Sultry Sirens Of Sin
- “Home Brew” by 3 Pints Gone
- “A Kilted Christmas” by Coyote Run
- “The Life and Rhythms of Arthur Greenleaf Holmes” by Arthur Greenleaf Holmes
- “Band on the Rum” by Pirates for Sail
- “Bawdy by Nature (EP)” by The Bawdy Boys
- “Sex, Drunks & Folk Music” by The Bawdy Boys
- “Bitter & Stout” by The Poxy Boggards
- “Secret Voyage” by Blackmore’s Night
- “Blood Red” by Blackwolf the Bard
- “Celtic Mayhem” by Celtic Mayhem
- “Drunk & Sailor” by Cheap Green Beer
- “On The Salt Sea” by Henry Martin
- “Eleven Lives” by Circa Paleo
- “Live in Berlin” by Corvus Corax
- “Manticores and Owlbears” by Dan Marcotte
- “Vibrabimus!” by Diabolis In Musica
- “Faire Play” by Terry Griffith
- “Live at Pubs and Pirate-Core” by Musical Blades
- “Happy Endings” by Merry Wives of Windsor
- “Happy Songs of Death” by Marc Gunn
- “Heart’s Ease: Instrumental Autoharp Music“by Marc Gunn
- “Irish Drinking Songs“by Marc Gunn
- “Heroes and Scoundrels” by The Lost Boys
- “Twisted Path” by Michi
- “The Misfits of Avalon” by Misfits of Avalon
- “The Dance Goes On” by Mystic Minstrels
- “Wrath of LepreKAHN!” by O’Danny Girls
- “Dreadnaughts & Derelicts” by Porter and Stout
- “Samsara” by Wine & Alchemy
- “We Brought the Summer With Us” by Sarah Marie Mullen
- “The Crossroads Faire” by Season’s Melody
- “Shine” by ShaeLaurel
- “Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?” by The Dregs
- “Dance of Souls” by Three Men and a Bunch Of Drums
- “The Gold Ring” by Ogham
- “Rennies Of Unusual Sound” by Tulstin Troubadours
Feel free to contact us if we missed some. Slainte!
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Marc Gunn is an acoustic Celtic folk musician, called “The Godfather of Celtic music online” for his steadfast support of indie Celtic music, free Celtic music downloads, and his award-winning Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, one of the most-popular music podcasts on iTunes. He has helped 1000s of musicians save and make money with their musical groups through The Bards Crier Music Marketing Ezine. Now you can get FREE “how-to” music marketing and promotion advice, plus tips on how to sell more CDs when you subscribe today. Subscribe at www.bardscrier.com!
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