If, like us, you've been lurking in the shadowy confines of your local tavern, eyeing the minstrels as they pass through with suspicion and hunger, then you're familiar with Faun Fables. They're one of the most widely-traveled of all the musical entertainers out there, and with their new album, The Transit Rider, they're going even farther! It's not just that the album has a traveling theme, nor that Faun Fables is hitting the road in extreme support of their latest musical gem. There's also this: The Transit Rider is a gem of musical theatre, and so Faun Fables will be augmented by theatrical troops to realize this material live. On the CD, the music is pretty, and pretty frightening at times too, but the drama is implied. Onstage, the drama will be brought to audience members with a hand-made charm reminiscent of Johnson, Moliere and the rest of their tent-performing brethren through the ages.