This is not the REAL album release just yet... We're sharing the tracks here so folks can vote on them for the Audio Verse Awards!
These are part of our story podcast - The Boar Knight (available for free):
open.spotify.com/show/4Y3sSwe8snHGdFRgnjG864
Please stay tuned for the official release later this year :)
credits
released September 12, 2023
Cover Art by K.A. Statz and James Cartwright
Dedicated to Susan McQuinn, a good friend, flautist, and mother.
Song Lyrics by K.A. Statz & Travis Vengroff
Music:
"Here Comes the Boar Knight" – Written by Steven Melin, Orchestrated & Performed by Mike Pettry, Vocals by Julie Seechuk
"Memory Mining Moles" - Written by Steven Melin, Orchestrated & Performed by Mike Pettry, Vocals, Accordion, & "Mining" Percussion by Travis Vengroff
"A Journey Begins" - Written and Performed (guitar) by Brandon Strader, Arranged and co-written (accordion) by Travis Vengroff
"Introspective Boar Knight", "A Verified Friend", "Mystic Falls", “Ripple in the Pond”, & "Unicorn Awesomeness - Outro Theme" - Written & Performed by Steven Melin
"Ballad of the Bear King" - Written by Ryan Mcquinn, Vocals by David Devereux, with additional vocals by Ryan McQuinn & Travis Vengroff, Accordion by Travis Vengroff, Fiddle, Flute, Cello, & Trombone by Studio Pros
"Swamp Witch Swing" - Written & Performed by Travis Vengroff, with clarinet by Kevin Workman
"Wood of Wonders" - Written, Performed, & Mixed by Ryan Mcquinn. Vocals by Ryan McQuinn, Juliana Gutiérrez Arango, & Lindsay Zana
"Sinister Stirring Stories" - Written by Steven Melin, Orchestrated, Arranged, Performed by Mike Pettry & Mixed with backing vocals and more instruments by Ryan Mcquinn. Drums by Phil Robertson. "" - Trumpet, Trombone, Violin, & Cello recorded with Studio Pros - Directed by Travis Vengroff, Vocals by David Cummings
"Baba Yaga Saga" - Written, performed, and arranged by Travis Vengroff & Mixed with backing vocals and more instruments by Ryan McQuinn. Trumpet by Joseph "Hiro" Sanzo, Trombone by Alex Nauth, Bass by "Rook" of Random Encounter, accordion by Travis "Careless" Vengroff, Guitar by Paul "Juja" Mella & "Miggz" Miguel Morales, Cello by Andrew Dunn, Violin by Matheus Souza, Clarinet by Kevin Workman, Drums by Phil Robertson, Vocals by Erebusodora. "The Careless Juja Brass Band" - Additional Trumpet, Tuba, Mandolin, & Cello recorded with Studio Pros - Directed by Travis Vengroff (Originally recorded as "" by Random Encounter - written by Travis Vengroff & Jon Frank)
"In These Rows" - Written, performed, and arranged by Ryan McQuinn. With Vocals by Peter Joseph Lewis
"Bad Days Behind Us" - Written, performed, and arranged by Ryan McQuinn. Co-Vocals by Jack Houghton. "The Careless Juja Brass Band" - Trumpet & Trombone recorded with Studio Pros, Drums by Phil Robertson
"Cutthroat Ewe" - Written by Steven Melin, with additions by Mike Pettry, Arranged and performed by Ryan McQuinn. Vocals by the sheep! Violin by Matheus Souza, Drums by Phil Robertson, Accordion by Travis Vengroff
"Hail to the Seven Cs" - Written, performed, and arranged by Ryan McQuinn. With backing vocals by Ryan McQuinn and Dayn Leonardson
"Misunderstood" - Written, performed, and arranged by Ryan McQuinn. With vocals by Justin Kautz, and "The Careless Juja Brass Band" - Trumpets, Trombone, and Saxophones recorded with Studio Pros
"Ballad of the Bloom" - Written by Steven Melin, performed and arranged by Ryan McQuinn
"We May Have Started a Shrimp Cult..." - Written, arranged, and performed by Ryan McQuinn, with drums by Phil Robertson, and vocals by Dallas Wheatley, Erika Sanderson, & Ryan McQuinn
"Home to the Meadow" - Written, arranged, and performed by Loren Daniel Turner & Peter Pepper, with vocals by Frankie Raye
"Ocean King" - Written, co-arranged, and performed with accordion by Travis Vengroff, co-arranged, orchestrated, mixed, with vocals by Ryan McQuinn, featuring Ryan's mother (Susan McQuinn) on flute, Phil Robertson on drums, and Trombone / Trumpet / Tuba by William Haubrich, Clarinet by Annelize De Villiers
"Fond Farewells" - Written by Steven Melin & Ryan McQuinn, arranged, and performed by Ryan McQuinn, with vocals by Travis Vengroff, Ryan McQuinn, David Ault, David Devereux, & Juliana Gutiérrez Arango, featuring Susan McQuinn on flute
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