Hi. Check this LARP music site out: www.sonic-legends.com

There's no actual music posted there yet... it's supposed to launch in the spring of 2009. But it looks pretty cool, I thought.

This is a beautiful piece that Leland taught me a couple of years back. It's been performed by lots of people, first I believe by Suzanne Vega, then a beautiful fully orchestrated duet between Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts, and then a more folky/emo-ish version by Joni Minstrel.

The Queen and the SoldierThe soldier came knocking upon the queen's ( Read more... )

A bawdy classic for any tavern. Best when sung as a male-female duet.

Recordings: The Dubliners, Arrr!, The Pogues have a modernized version, I'm sure there are many more

( As I came come on Monday night... )

Some bands to look into and some super-useful websites.

Brobdingnagian Bards' Celtic Lyric Directory - Delicious lyrics for all occasions
Cantaria: The Bards - List of artists with links to lyrics and song samples
Ireland First! Irish Song Lyrics Archive - Mostly lyrics, MIDIs attached to some
Lesley Nelson's Folk Music - Largest lyric and MIDI ( Read more... )

Welcome to larptunes!

This community is the brainchild of youthculture and myself. We were sitting online trying to share our vast amounts of music before an upcoming event and suddenly we realized, "Why don't we just put it all in one place for everyone to see?" And thus, our treasure chest was born ( Read more... )