Legendary musician Sting is releasing his album "Songs From the Labyrinth" next month of lute music by composer John Dowland (1563-1626.)

This article not only talks about the album in general, but also gives a mini bipic on Dowland.

I'm a huge fan of Sting AND of classical guitar/lute music, so I'm in 7th heaven over this!


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Well. It's certainly been a bit of a quiet season for the forum here ( Read more... )

( This is SCA )

The Mutineers have begun work on our demo album entitled  ...Debauchery, Anyone?. We are looking at doing:

Old Joe
Beer Beer Beer
South Australia
Mingulay
Hieland Laddie
Finnigan's Wake
Clean Song
Whiskey Johnny
Sailor's Prayer
Morning Glory
Health to the company
Parting Glass

The site will be updated soon, I promise. Be sure to check it every single day so ( Read more... )

If any of you are interested, 
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( Herken ye Royal Bards of the Known World! )

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For those of you in the Middle Kingdom planning to attend, Masque of Courtly Love 9.1 is encouraging "street performances" during the day in the populace lounge and merchant area. (It's an indoor event, so you'll have to use your imagination for the "street" part. ;-)http://

Anyone interested in a venue for performing? If so, come to this event ( Read more... )

I'm interested in starting a traditional ballad singing session in Columbus, OH. This would be unaccompanied singing of English (collected by Francis Child, Cecil Sharp, etc.), Scottish, Irish (no Irish Rebel ballads, no Turaluralura), Appalachian, etc. traditional ballads ( Read more... )