Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
74 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsScottish and Irish folk songs combined with the Lord of the Rings music and a wee bit o’Celtic fun. The Brobdingnagian Bards (pronounced brob-din-nahg-EE-en) were The Original Celtic Renaissance music duo from Austin, Texas. Their unique brand of folk music on the autoharp, recorder, and mandolin made them one of the most-popular Celtic music groups online where they continue to give away thousands of free Celtic MP3 downloads daily.
From 1999 to 2008, the Brobdingnagian Bards performed coast-to-coast, and in a given month could be found at a Lord of the Rings Oscar Party, a Celtic festival, or a Science Fiction Convention. However, they were an absolute favorite at Renaissance Faires where they added high-energy and wit to make every show a memorable experience.
Thanks in part to this podcast, their shows are never done!
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Episodes
Explicit Writer’s Strike
January 31, 2008 08:25 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBWelcome to Season 3 of A Brodingnagian Minute. We’re back with more zany bardic goodness… whatever that may be. This month, we’re talking about Wil Wheaton, the Ireland tour, our presidential nomination, and a “crapload” of shows for the spring. Show Notes: Writer’s Strike Wil Wheaton on Pulp Gamer Join the Bards Tour of Ireland Bards on SoundClick Brobdingnagian Bards for President Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Love Bites” Movie comments: Juno, Charlie Wilson’s War and Atoneme...
Drunken Scotsman on Bourbon Street
October 13, 2007 08:09 - 18 minutes - 17 MBShow Notes: Dune Red Dwarf Mobile Pack New CD: LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus New Bards Video Podcast Coming Soon Six Weeks at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival Bourbon Street and The Drunken Scotsman video And We’re Back! Booking for 2008 How to Find Good Mexican Food Songs This Week: “Finnegan’s Wake” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus, “LOOB” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus, “Donald, Where’s Your Drunken Scotsman?” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risi...
3 Steps to DragonCon
September 05, 2007 02:48 - 32 minutes - 30 MBThis weeks Brobdingnagian Bards podcast was recorded on the drive to DragonCon 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. Show Notes: Marc’s fancy sports car Lots of shows at DragonCon New CD: LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per Risibus The Bardy Balls: The Case of the Bardic Treasure The Stalkers Union of DragonCon A Word from our Table People Other bands at DragonCon: Voltaire, Bedlam Bards, Boogie Knights, Emerald Rose Songs This Week: “Pachelbel’s Canon/Old Dun Cow” from LIVE: Nex Monoceroti, Per...
Live from Lisdoonvarna, Ireland
July 19, 2007 07:26 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBRecorded live in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland while on the Brobdingnagian Bards Tour of Ireland. Songs This Week: “Man of La Mancha” “Old Dun Cow” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “Frog Kissin’” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “A Fairy Story” from A Faire To Remember, “Lily the Pink” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “Spancil Hill” from Songs of Ireland, “Whiskey in the Jar” from A Faire To Remember, “An Irishman Who Doesn’t Drink“ “Donald, Where’s Your Trousers Medley” from A Fa...
Live from Cliffs of Moher in Ireland 2007
June 14, 2007 07:43 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBNotes: Talking about Ireland while viewing the Cliffs of Moher on the Brobdingnagian Bards Tour of Ireland. Don’t you wish you were here? Question or Comment for the Bards at 512-879-NEWT (6398)
International Bards of Mystery
June 06, 2007 03:59 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBNotes: Live recordings and CD?, Oklahoma Renaissance Festival, Bardic passports,Stamps, Indulgences, and toe bones in Vatican City, Shakespeare and Friends Renaissance Festival, Learning not to wear tights, Nickel Shakespeare Girls, Interview with WANC, “My Prison Time with Paris Hilton”, Role Models, Snowball fights in Colorado, Stoa Galleries, Opus Fantasy Arts Festival, 3 Summer Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Shrek 3, and Spider-Man 3, and Harry Potter, S...
Hoaxes, Flubs, Parodies and Ren Faires
April 19, 2007 03:29 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBNotes: The World’s Biggest Flubs by the Brobdingnagian Bards, The Hoax, Based on a True Story, Splash with Tom Hanks, George Lucas and the Director’s Guild, South Park Easter Special ala Da Vinci Code, Four Winds Renaissance Faire, Another Random Andrew Quote, Songs This Week: “My Darling Clementine Blues (Live from I-Con)”, “Old Dun Cow (live)” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “A Fairy Story (live)” from A Faire To Remember.
Live from the 2007 Austin Music Awards
April 18, 2007 12:29 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBNotes: Voted “Best None of the Above” in the 2006-2007 Austin Music Awards KUT with John Aielli Thanks to everyone who voted for us, Other winners we met: Guitar Center, Lucid Dementia, Eklektikos, John Aielli, KUT, and Bobby Bones, Shameless self-promotion Songs This Week: “Spancil Hill” from Songs of Ireland, “Lily the Pink” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)” from Songs of the Muse, “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from...
Real Men, Real Kilts at Austin Music Awards 2007
March 16, 2007 12:48 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBNotes: What Do You Do with a Drunken Bard? Playing Music with Voltaire at Elysium Inspired to Record Real Men Wear Kilts, An OCD Moment by Andrew McKee The Jamaican Intro Photo shoot at Laguna Gloria and Mayfield Park for The Austin Chronicle Austin Music Awards 2006-2007 Announced on March 15th Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon on DVD Songs This Week: “Donald, Where’s Your Drunken Scotsman?” from Real Men Wear Kilts, “Loch Lomond” from Real Men Wear Kilts, “Oor Hamlet” from...
New Season: Bards of Terror!
February 01, 2007 12:54 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBNotes: First Show of the Second Season Winner of “Best Ineligible Band” in the Renaissance Festival Awards How we decide songs to play in the podcast Bard Focus Groups Bards with Voltaire at Elysium “Death to the World” Another Random Andrew Quote: #8 and #24 The Vista Operating System Slice of Sci Fi Groundhog Day! An OCD Moment by Marc Gunn Songs This Week: “Beer, Beer, Beer” from The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs, “Paddy McCullough” from Songs of Ireland, ...
End of Season, Non-Traditional Scottish Music
January 13, 2007 00:44 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBNotes: End of Season One Vote for us in the Austin Music Awards ShadowCon, the First Show of the Year Craving Dungeons & Dragons Bard Age Conversion Chart The Life of Mozart on autoharp Bardic New Years Resolutions Finishing Real Men Wear Kilts, non-traditional Scottish music, like the Other Bible, or The Dark Horse of Scottish Music The Holy Grail of Irish Drinking Songs, a CompilaNew CD Real World: Ren Faire. Comedy Gold at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival with Vince C...
Happy Halloween Music, Concluding the Story of How We Started Playing Music Together
October 26, 2006 04:47 - 34 minutes - 24 MBNotes: The William Shatner Bards The story of the Brobdingnagian Bards cont. Coming up with the Band Name The first songs we played at faire BrobdingnagianBards.com Trying out for Excalibur Fantasy Faire Daily Texan Comic – Bards on the South Mall Remembering us at the Alamo Drafthouse Mentors at faire: Bedlam Bards Halloween music What’s important about Halloween? Dressing up for Halloween Cool Halloween costumes Willow for Halloween Opening for the Rolling Sto...
Goths, UT South Mall, Ireland Vacation, Jedi Prequel
October 06, 2006 02:35 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBNotes: TV Shows: Bards vs. Sci Fi Channel Friday, October 6th at Elysium, Goth Club Part 2: How Did The Bards Get Started? Love/hate relationship with Celtic Rock Coming Out of the Closet Practicing on the South Mall of the University of Texas at Austin One Bard ponders the Air Force, another Dreams of the Texas Renaissance Festival VH1’s Where Are They Now – Renaissance Festival Version Vacation Tour of Ireland with the Brobdingnagian Bards Things Celtic Jedi Drinking...
Live from DragonCon 2006
September 09, 2006 02:42 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBNotes: Promo: The Signal Firefly Podcast Live Show from DragonCon in 2006 from the Sunday night filk show Songs This Week: “Old Dun Cow“ “Lily the Pink“ “Wild Mountain Thyme“ “The Leprechaun“ “If I Had A Million Ducats“ “Do Virgins Taste Better Medley“ “The Orange and The Green“ “Jedi Drinking Song“ “Mari Mac” “The Irishman Who Doesn’t Drink“ “Jedi Drinking Song Prequel“ “The Bridge“ “Exclamations“ “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life“ If you enjoyed th...
Star Wars Drinking Songs, How Bards Got Started
June 30, 2006 10:12 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBWhere did our “Jedi Drinking Song” come from? What was the first album we recorded on together? You’ll learn that and more in the Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast. Notes Listener Comment – Request for More Jedi Songs Jedi Drinking Song Prequel Other Jedi drinking song ideas… and George Lucas Listener Comment – How Did the Bard’s Get Started? Things You Really Hope Marc Doesn’t Say In Bed How NOT to Record a CD Tom’s Podcast Songs This Week “Jedi Drinking Song” from Brobdingnagia...
Complaints Against Scottish Music
April 10, 2006 09:30 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBNotes: Complaints against Scottish music, Song request for Oor Hamlet from Casey in Kansas City, How many episodes should we do in each season of A Brobdingnagian Minute, and what constitutes a season?, Greek promo done for Vry Pannet Radio, Promos around the globe, New songs: “The Irishman Who Doesn’t Drink” and “Jedi Drinking Song Prequel”, Upcoming gigs: C.W. Post Renaissance Faire, Georgia Renaissance Festival and Opus Fantasy Arts Festival. Songs This Week: Oor Hamlet fr...
St. Patrick’s Day Music Parties in Brobdingnag
March 15, 2006 20:22 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBIt’s that happy time of year for everyone who is Irish–St. Patrick’s Day. We recorded our first ever St Patrick’s Day special edition of A Brobdingnagian Minute. And it’s pretty dang funny! Notes: All about St Patrick’s Day, Talking with Irish accents, The difference between Irish and Irish Americans, Irish fashion police, What’s happening around the world for St Patrick’s Day? St Patrick’s Day Parties, Wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day, Moonlighting Leprechauns, Chef on So...
Trip to Ireland and DVD Review
February 23, 2006 20:20 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBNotes: Now have music posted on the Podsafe Music Network Thanks to Matt Taylor for inspiring us to write our first Serial. Find out more Big T Studios Vacation in Ireland with the Brobdingnagian Bards? Western DVD Pick: High Noon Song this week: “The Holy Ground” “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” “Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye”
Radio Serials?
February 08, 2006 20:17 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBNotes: Should we do a Brobdingnagian Bards Radio Serial? – Got an idea for a Bards radio serial, write a one-page script and send it to us. Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Bards Comic Upcoming Gigs House Concert Update Wise Words from Andrew McKee “Rip Jarvis of the Space Cadets, Adventures in the 94th Century”, Episode 1 from We’re Really In It This Time Doo Dah Song this week: “Dirty Old Town” “Scarborough Faire” from A Faire To Remember “Liquid Sunshine”
A New Year, Sleeping Habits of Musicians
January 27, 2006 20:15 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBNotes: Holidays in Review New Ren Fest Compilation CD: The Circle Happy Songs of Death Sleeping Habits of Musicians Vote in the Austin Music Awards Song this week: “A Prudent Thief” “Come Out Ye Black and Tans” “Auld Lang Syne”
Tribute to the Irish Dragoon Pub
August 24, 2005 20:12 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBOur apologies for the popping sound that shows up throughout the podcast. We can’t seem to fix that. The Irish Dragoon Pub closed last week. So this podcast is a tribute to one of our all-time favorite pubs. Notes: Irish dancing at the Dragoon ArmadilloCon How to Kill Wasps Garry Owen Set Reprinting green shirts? Songs this week: “Old Dun Cow” “Seven Drunken Nights” “Garry Owen Set” “Big Strong Man (My Brother Sylvest), and “Lily the Pink” Get a client like iPodder o...
Live at Andrew’s
August 14, 2005 20:09 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBSongs this week: Mari Mac Follow Prince Charlie Wild Mountain Thyme The Mermaid Song Sellinger’s Round Notes: Slice of Sci Fi interview with Marc Real Men Wear Kilts CD History of Entymology/Etymology DragonCon
Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales Hits #1
August 05, 2005 20:07 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBNotes: Marc DIES! in a movie — Deadbacks Send Jedi Drinking Song to your friends Vote for Jedi on Dr Demento DragonCon Tour. If you live in the Southeast and have ten friends, you can have us come play in your house. Contact us Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales Hit #1 on CDBaby Firefly Shindig this weekend in Austin, Texas. Get the Firefly DVD Lone Star Shindig Practicing The Ballad of Jayne If you’re not familiar with podcasting, it’s like a downloadable radio program. In th...
Real Men Wear Kilts
June 30, 2005 20:06 - 21 minutes - 7.85 MBAfter much urging from Mur Lafferty of Geek Fu Action Grip, we have created our very own Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast — A Brobdingnagian Minute. Notes: Bard Shows this Fall Real Men Wear Kilts 9 days till Marc Quits his job… July 8th is coming! Firefly TV Show early videos with Marc’s rock bands, Ben Stroud Power Hour, Moore-Hill Players present “Monty Python’s Holy Grail” and “The Princess Pride” Jedi Drinking Song If you’re not familiar with podcasting, it’s like a downloadab...