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BiosShort Program Bio (Folk/Festival/Goddess-leaning)Alyssa Yeager is known for her magickal, mystical story-telling. She weaves a tapestry of personal tales, myths, and moral choices in a chaotic world with her folk style and instrumentation. Rhiannon's Lark is an accolade-winning musician including the Pegaus award for "Best Performer" and Guest of Honor appearances at various festivals and conventions. This geek-goddess-girl has eight full-length original albums and tackles everything from krakens to ethical dilemmas with insightful lyrics, gorgeous vocals, and gentle humor. Short Program Bio (Convention/Geek-leaning) Have you ever wanted to hear a Disney princess singing about the things you love...board games, ninjas, and krakens? Rhiannon's Lark is happy to make your wish come true. Alyssa Yeager is an accolade-winning musician including the Pegaus award for "Best Performer" and Guest of Honor appearances at various festivals and conventions.This geek-goddess-girl has eight full-length original albums and tackles everything from t-rexes to moral dilemmas with insightful lyrics, gorgeous vocals, and gentle humor. Full Length Bio Have you ever wanted to hear a Disney princess singing about the things you love...board games, ninjas, and krakens? Rhiannon's Lark is happy to make your wish come true. Alyssa Yeager is an accolade-winning musician including the Pegaus award for "Best Performer" and Guest of Honor appearances at various festivals and conventions.This geek-goddess-girl has eight full-length original albums and tackles everything from t-rexes to moral dilemmas with insightful lyrics, gorgeous vocals, and gentle humor. Creator Alyssa Yeager is both a professional musician and practicing music therapist. In 2007, she released her first album, an all-original children's album, "Normal is Boring", inspired by her work at Rainbow Babies and Children's hospital in Cleveland, OH. Later that year, things got a little heavier (musically speaking) as she joined up with world class drummer Sue Balaschak of Primal Rhythm and Burning Sage. As the duo "Telling Point", Alyssa and Sue began touring the festival and convention circuits with their unique brand of tribal rock. 5 years and 2 albums later, Alyssa headed back to her home state of New York to pursue personal and professional goals. In 2013, Alyssa's solo project "Rhiannon's Lark" was born, bringing together her unique perspective on nerdery, spirituality, and moral choices in a chaotic world. Over the last several years, Rhiannon's Lark has made appearances at sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming conventions as well as pagan-centered events including Gen Con, DragonCon, Sirius Rising, Origins, the Northeast Fire and Arts festival, and Pagan Prides. Her first EP under the new project, "Initiative" showcased exactly what you can expect from a Rhiannon's Lark show: a deep-dive into board games and general geekery, some sweet personal stories, and a questioning look at society's current values. Building on this introduction, Alyssa released her first full length Rhiannon's Lark album in 2016, "Sky Full of Phoenix". This was an ambitious undertaking that allowed Alyssa to create much fuller arrangements of her repertoire and perform on a variety of instruments in the studio: guitar, bass, ukulele, percussion, harmonica, jeans, and corduroy (yes, she played pants). Several songs also featured guest musicians adding piano, flute, drums, and bagpipes. According to fans, the favorite songs from this album are "Corduroy Ninja", about a ninja who has to learn to be sneaky while wearing corduroy, "Birds of Rhiannon", a story that explains how Alyssa chose the name "Rhiannon's Lark" based on the welsh legend of the Goddess Rhiannon, and "Job, the armored donkey", about how sometimes your animal companions become the most memorable part of an RPG campaign. In 2018, Rhiannon's Lark released a different sort of album, "Meditations for Geeks". Meditations about Hobbits, the Dark Crystal, the Force, cats, and more? Yes please! Alyssa drew on her experience leading guided meditations as part of her music therapy work to create a unique collection of guided meditations based on sci-fi and fantasy themes. In 2019, Rhiannon's Lark released a studio album with a stripped down live feel: "Sugar and Spice and Dinosaurs" (that's what geek girls are made of). This recent collection is right in line with Alyssa's favorite themes and includes songs about sloths, gender equality, cartoons, love, crafting, and more. 2020 shifted Alyssa's focus from live performance and touring to livestreaming and virtual connection! Rhiannon's Lark performed at virtual festivals and conventions ranging from the Ninefold Festival and Sirius Rising at Home to DragonCon and GenCon. Late in 2020, Alyssa ran her first Kickstarter and funded her newest album in under 48 hours. The album "The Long Road" features collaborations with numerous musicians and an exploration of how we move forward in this chaotic time with purpose and hope. |
Videos and SongsListen to the complete Guest of Honor concert performed at Balticon 2024: Find the full discography here. Listen to sample songs below or download by clicking the links to the right of each song. |