Info

Artist Name: Brobdingnagian Bards
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Musical Idiom: The Original Celtic Renaissance - Irish Drinking Songs, Filk & Fantasy
Latest Album: Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales
First Single: "Jedi Drinking Song"
Buy CDs: Celtic Music CD Store

Members & Instruments:
Marc Gunn - autoharp, vocals
Andrew Mckee - recorder, mandolin, vocals

Downloads

· Stage Plot (pdf) 34kb
· Downloadable Flyer (pdf) 1.94MB

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Favorite Musicians

Enya, The Dubliners, Sinead O'Connor, U2, Clannad, Dolores Keane & John Faulkner, The Irish Rovers, Bryan Bowers, Ed Miller, Solas, Old Blind Dogs, Loreena McKennit, Jean Redpath, Lunasa, Great Big Sea, Black 47, Elvis Presley, Fabrizio de Andre, Jars of Clay, David Garza, Altan, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Mozart, Beethovan, Al Grierson, Roger Miller, Rogers & Hammerstein, Bill Joel, Paul Simon, Wierd Al Yankovich, Clandestine, Bing Crosby, Barenaked Ladies, They Might Be Giants, Jackopierce, Angelo Branduardi, The Beatles, Bjork, Cat Stevens, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead, Stone Temple Pilots, The Wolfe Tones

News & Accomplishments

• Bards Band Together for Katrina Relief
• Announcing the Winners of the 1st Annual Renaissance Festival Performer Awards
• #1 Best Performing Novelty Band in 2004 Austin Music Awards
• #2 Best Performing Folk Band in 2003 Austin Music Awards
• Voted Best of Austin 2002: Best Renaissance Men
• Currently recording sixth studio album, Memories of Middle Earth, a tribute to JRR Tolkien
• Received over five million music downloads
• City of Austin Band of the Week, August 8, 2002
• Best Stage Act 2002, Excalibur Fantasy Faire
• Best New Act 2001, Kansas City Renaissance Festival
• #3 Best Performing None of the Above Band in 2002 Austin Music Awards:
  # 3 None of the Above
  # 3 Strings: Marc Gunn, autoharp
  # 4 Misc Instrument: Andrew McKee, Recorder
  # 5 World Music
  # 6 Folk
  # 10 Song of the Year: Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)
• Sold over 600 CDs online in 2001
• Performed over a thousand performances since band formation
• Top 10 most-downloaded bands on the original mp3.com

Festivals & Special Events

• Into the West, Lord of the Rings Oscar Party, Hollywood, CA
• Dragon*Con Sci Fi Convention, Atlanta, GA
• Texas Renaissance Festival, Plantersville, TX
• South By Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference, Austin, TX
• Opus Fantasy Arts Convention, Denver, CO
• Louisiana Renaissance Festival, Hammond, LA
• Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Kansas City, MO
• Mid-Missouri Renaissance Festival, Sedalia, MO
• I-CON Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention, Stony Brook, NY
• Castle Muskogee, Muskogee, OK
• King Arthur Pendragon Faire, Stroud, OK
• Austin Celtic Festival, Austin, TX
• Celtic Harvest Festival, Houston, TX
• Excalibur Fantasy Faire, Smithville, TX
• Celtic Christmas, Houston TX
• Houston Highland Games, Houston, TX
• UT Austin's Madrigal Dinner, Austin, TX
• Saint Patrick's Day Fiesta, Austin, TX
• Scarborough Faire, Waxahachie, TX
• Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games, Arlington, TX