Info
Artist
Name: Brobdingnagian
Bards
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Musical Idiom: Irish and Celtic folk music with a comedic twist
Latest Album: Real Men Wear Kilts
Members
& Instruments:
Marc Gunn - autoharp, vocals
Andrew Mckee - recorder, mandolin, vocals
Downloads
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Stage Plot (pdf)
34kb
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Downloadable Flyer (pdf)
1.94MB
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Angelo Branduardi, The Beatles, Bjork, Cat Stevens, Johnny Cash, Leonard
Cohen, Radiohead, Stone Temple Pilots, The Wolfe Tones
Accomplishments
- #1 Best Folk Act in 2007 Austin Music Awards
- Sold
over 10,000 CDs on their own indie label, Mage Records
- One of the Top
10 most-downloaded bands on the original mp3.com with over five million downloads
- Editor's Pick on CD Baby, the largest internet record store for independent musicians
- Cool Music Group of DragonCon Award
- Top downloaded Celtic band on SoundClick
- #1 None of the Above in the 2006 Austin Music Awards
- Performed at a Lord of the Rings Oscar Party for Return of the King
- #1
Best Performing Novelty Band in 2004 Austin Music Awards
- Voted
Best of Austin 2002: Best Renaissance Men
- 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
- Over 2,000 performances since band's formation
News & Accomplishments
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
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