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Music & Projects

Immerse thyself in the anachronistic soul of Balladir

Balladir Music​

Travis Puntarelli is the heart of Balladir, a chamber punk folk group which has been gigging off and on from 2008 around the United States and Abroad. Playing in Indiana for years as "Upfolk", and on the West Coast as "Prospex" and "Travis Levity", this eclectic outfit has 

had a fantastic time and come up with an odd variety of arts. Below are some examples of some of our adventures.

Theater & Puppetry

From 2010-2019 in Indiana we performed theater pieces and puppet shows about Goblins, Witches, Sea Magic, and Quings. With a troupe that ranged from 4-14, we put together and performed at least a show per year throughout the 2010s. Working with artists, puppeteers, carpenters, and musicians, our projects reached thousands of locals and transformed the community.

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Stark Levity

A new project with my dear friend and collaborator, Marya Stark. Actually, it's hardly new, as we've been working together for a decade, but we're mixing our first album, due to release in October of 2023! Check out our musical meanderings on Spotify, or watch me pretend to ride a horse in Marya's music video "Crossroads.

Marya Stark- 'CROSSROADS'  - Official Music Video
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Marya Stark- 'CROSSROADS' - Official Music Video

www.marya-stark.com http://www.gypsypoprecords.com Stream Marya on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/2lntMaVHOro0wJYMYHco9d?si=VD4dPm1QRxWEINa9OaOeag Track | CROSSROADS Artist | MARYA STARK Album | THE GARDEN Label | GYPSYPOP RECORDS Director / DP | COHEN 2nd Camera OP | TESSA SHIELDS Storyboards | TORY ELENA Production | GYPSYPOP RECORDS Visual Effects | SEE HANG Art Directors | MARYA STARK, NEENA MOON, TRAVIS PUNTARELLI Lighting Technicians | BENJAMIN PITZER JACOBS, WORD SMITH, GOLD E HARMON Props Master | ASH ASHU Hair Stylist | RAIN AZURE Make-up Artists | CARLOS LOPEZ, ILIANA CHAVEZ Rune Painter | LISA FLORA Stills Photographer | LOGAN NORTON Horse Trainer | ANNE HOWARD Production Assistant/s | TANGELINA, RA.BE Kraft Services | KAIJA RUNA, WORD SMITH, LISA MARIE CAST: Artist | MARYA STARK Talent | TRAVIS PUNTARELLI String Triad | JOEY CHANG, CHRIS LYNCH, ALEXIS HAWKS Spirits | CARMEN GUTIERREZ, NEENA MOON, HEATHER LEE, HALEY DAWN Special Thanks : FA JUN, TUBBY LOVE, MAYA EVE, BRANDON BROWN for Cabin Location and WOLVES, AMERICAN SPORTHORSE in Watsonville CA. Ling Qi Dao Center in santa Cruz lyrics: You leave this road behind you far enough that no one catches your trail the only thing I have to find you is a telegram you dropped off in the mail It Reads: "She's the only one the only one I've ever loved the one I left back at the crossroads keeper of many keys she is the midnight queen How I loved her so she holds my heart in spades" Your dark enchanting mistress sees the smoke and she feels the fires burn and the spark of her holocaust lights the very rainbow trail for which you yearn She's the only one the only one you've ever loved the one you left back at the crossroads keeper of many keys she is the midnight queen How you loved her so she holds your heart in spades She is called by many names Hecate, Oh Persephone, Innana, Ishtar, and Scarlet Moon well go ahead! call her many names! maybe I'll appear before you too You leave this road behind you as you make your way to find your holy grail Scarlet! Scarlet! Scarlet! IF she's the only one the only one you ever loved why'd you leave her at the crossroads singing songs for stars dividing earthly skies shooting prose in arrows from bows of promises you made If I'm the only one, the only one you've ever loved why'd you leave me at the crossroads tending karmic seeds in the garden of your prophecies while licking honey off the edges of razor blades Scarlet! Scarlet! Scarlet! #scarletmoon #bloodmoon #eclipse
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