Album Notes

Tanya Brody can't remember a time she wasn't singing. From childhood on she was acting and singing on stage, in school and professionally around Minneapolis, MN where she grew up. At 13 she joined the Bel Canto Voices, a professional girls choir that toured around the country and internationally. At 14 she joined the entertainment staff at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and performed with a guitar on the street. Soon after she was given a harp for the holidays, which became her primary instrument. She performed around Minneapolis, and then branched out by going to the Carolina Renaissance Festival in 1994. That launched her Renaissance Festival Circuit career. Tanya has branched out from her Renaissance roots into other venues including Scottish Games, Folk Festivals libraries and Colleges with her new Celtic band, The Muses. Check out her web page to see where they might be playing near you.

"Lady Rowan" is Tanya's second CD and is a bit more fun, because of the bawdy bent to it. Approximately half the songs on this album are traditional bawdy songs from various time periods, mostly Elizabethan. (And you thought they were all stuck up and proper!) One is even an original written by a friend of hers. (The Legendary Redhead Song) Also included on this album is the title track "Lady Rowan", a beautiful tune written for Tanya by her friend and student Cern McAtee. This album is sure to please all ears, innocent or not.

Tanya has been compared to Loreena McKennitt in vocal style, among others. Many people claim that she has "The voice of an angel". Music is Tanya's first love and it comes across in her passionate playing.