Bardic Arts and Artists Online

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SCA Bardic On Line Groups

SCA Bardic Arts FB Page:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/bardicarts/

SCA Bards Google+ Community:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/117737964597022343697 

SCA Minstral Homepage - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/minstrel.html

Bards and Performers of Atlantia - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BardsandPerformers/

Bards of An Tir - https://www.facebook.com/groups/133058436766263/

Bards of Avacal -https://www.facebook.com/groups/306685679415890/

Pennsic Bardic Arts - Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/pennsicbardic/ 

Pennsic Bards by Day / Bards by Night (Clone) - https://sites.google.com/site/pennsicbbdbbn/

Personal Websites and Blog Pages

Aaron Pavao / John Chandler (Northshield) - http://pavao.org/music.html

Analeda Falconsbridge – Song Page - http://mbouchard.com/aneleda/category/music/original-songs.

Brendan O Corraidhe - The Brendan Book - http://www.itasca.net/~corrie/brenbook.htm  bardlog.wordpress.com

Brion and Anna - Welcome to the Royal Website of KingBrion II and Queen Anna II  - http://www.duchytarragon.org/

Cariadoc's Miscellany - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/miscellany.html

Miscellany - 10th edition in .PDF http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Misc10/Misc10.pdf

Cerian Cantwr - YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuY4MOGCHamcV2FbAoWxMaQ

D. Sebastion - Sir Diomedes Sebastianus - http://mattyds.com/song.php 

Drake Oranwood – Bardic Songs  - http://drakethebard.com/bardic-songs/

Efenwealt Wystle - Minstrel by Trade - http://camelot-treasures.com/music/efenwealt/Minstrel/index.htm

Elashava Bas Riva - ShavaSue's Video Songbook - http://www.youtube.com/user/ShavaSue

Eliane Halevy's Bardic Book - http://www.gflower.org/bardic.htm

Emir Nic Aiden - http://bardicsong.wordpress.com/lyrics/

Fridrikr Tomasson - A Skald's Journey - http://askaldsjourney.blogspot.com/

Heather Stearns - http://moderndaybard.net/

Isolde de Lengadoc - http://welltemperedharpy.blogspot.com/

Katriana's Songbook - http://www.calonsong.org/songbook.html (A collection of other's songs of Calontir and around the Known World)

Katherine Ashewode (aka: The Pocket Bard): http://pocketbard.wordpress.com/

Ken & Lisa Theriot - Raven Boy Music & Lyrics http://www.ravenboymusic.com/get-cds

Lion & Lily - http://lionandlily.wordpress.com/

Lillie von der Tann - http://www.lilliethebard.com/

Marian of Heatherdale (mka: Heather Dale) - http://heatherdale.com/ - my "Call The Names", "The Green Knight" and "Avalon" recordings are all inspired by the real&current Middle Ages.  My "This Endris Night" is all period Christmas music (12th-early 17th c.)  I do a lot of traveling around the Known World, and am always happy to meet other bards!

Marion Quyn - https://sites.google.com/site/marionquyn/

McKenzie's Folly - https://www.facebook.com/MckenziesFolly 

Michael Kelly -

• CD's:  http://kunaki.com/MSales.asp?PublisherId=141858

• MP3's:  http://michaelkellymusic.bandcamp.com/releases

• Free videos:  https://www.youtube.com/user/BardMichaelKelly

Rathflaed DuNoir (The Black Bard of Meridies) - http://www.chivalry.com/blackbard/index.html

Rosalind Jehanne - http://www.rosalindjehanne.com/index.html

Silence de Cherbourg - http://www.silencethebard.com/

Sionann in Ui Fhlaithbheartaig (AKA - Gala Eriksdottir) - http://songstress1973.wix.com/songstressgallery

Bardic Research:  https://independent.academia.edu/SheilaWright1

Videos:  https://www.youtube.com/user/songstress73

Songbook of (Ioseph of Locksley) W.J. Bethancourt III   http://www.whitetreeaz.com/joeb/songbk.htm

Terrae Finis Household Songbook - http://www.terraefinis.org/bard.html

William the Alchymist - Bardic and Performance Arts - jeffsuzukiproject

Other Bardic Material Sites

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(Not SCA Specific, but still really funny) Making Light: Folksongs are Your Friends, or

Things I’ve learned from British folk ballads : 

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006448.html

A Celtic Lyric Directory: A combination of traditional Celtic lyrics, original folk songs, and filk songs

http://www.thebards.net/music/

A Traditional Music Library: A large archive of traditional and folk music divided up into categories so you can find the ones appropriate for SCA gatherings. http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/

The Music of the Sixteenth Century Broadside Ballad. This page contains links to printable musical notation with words.

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ballads/music.html

A music archive which includes sheet music and midi for assorted medieval, renaissance and folk period music collected by Master Arden of Icombehttp://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/music.html

Other SCA Bardic Pages Found:

Liam St. Liam's Thirty Essential SCA songs  http://liamstliam.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/thirty-essential-sca-songs/

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Cry of the Wolf V A "prejudiced (Top 10) collection of Ealdormerean songs compiled by THL Justinian Clarus Bard to their majesties Aaron and Rustique" - http://www.unclej.ca/TopTen.All.asp

Stefan's Florilegium Bardic Archive -

http://www.florilegium.org/?http%3A//www.florilegium.org/files/PERFORMANCE-ARTS/idxperformance.html

West Kingdom - College of Sainte Katherine Song Book

http://www.horntip.com/html/books_&_MSS/2000s/2008-10-22_www-users-york-ac-uk--~jsu100--Song_Book_(PDF)/2008-10-22_www-users-york-ac-uk--~jsu100--Song_Book.pdf

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The Official Songbook of Ioseph of Locksley http://www.whitetreeaz.com/songbk.htm

The (Banned) Black Books of Ioseph of Locksley - (A collection of random bardic material of the early SCA - *Note - some of the material is lacking complete bi-lines; which is how the books became 'banned'.) 

http://www.skeptictank.org/files/en003/bard_01.htm (General SCA Songs of Various Artists transcribed by Iospeh of Locksley **inclues the SCA 'Happy Birthday Dirge'**)

http://www.skeptictank.org/files/en003/bard_02.htm (Songs by Ioseph of Locksley -copyright 1988 W. J. Bethancourt III unless otherwise noted)

http://www.skeptictank.org/files/en003/bard_03.htm (Traditional and period songs for the SCA transcribed by Iospeh of Locksley)

http://www.skeptictank.org/files/en003/bard_04.htm (More General SCA Songs of Various Artists transcribed by Iospeh of Locksley)

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**Drakenfjord *RESOLVED* 5/25/15:  Author was contacted - she is working to get all copies pulled down.

5/20/15 - Passing along warning to SCA Songwriters:  Please review the following document if it reappears as it may contain lyrics that are mis/non-attributed to your own (c) works:

"Introduction to the Bardic Arts - Bardic Babblings - A Bardic Primer and Collection of Performance Pieces" - (GIANT Bardic Book and Primer from the 'Free Kingdom of Drakenfjord' - of the High Fantasy Society, a LARP Group.  Includes a **ton** of SCA music, can be found in the just over 1100+ pages)

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