My newspaper had a review some days ago about the album “Calling the Muse – Old & New Pieces for Theorbo” by the French theorbo player Bruno Helstroffer. Bruno Helstroffer has studied the guitar in Straßburg in France and has also started to play the theorbo, the lute and the vihuela. The theorbo and the …
Stary Olsa is a medieval band from Minsk, Belarus that has played throughout Europe. As an experiment they have played classic rock songs by Metallica, Deep Purple or The Beatles using their medieval instruments – and they had a big success with their performances and their youtube videos. Now thay have just started a kickstarter …
Folk Radio UK shares a so called Covermount Mix every month to the subscribers of the Folk Radio UK Newsletter. In the latest covermount mix I have discovered Kyrre Slind with the great track Oysterhaven from his latest album Open Airs. I have also found a recent video at youtube: Kyrre Slind plays Kevin’s Melody …
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Last year friend told me a bout a great concert he had visited some time ago – a concert titled “Mediterraneo” played by Christina Pluhar and the ensemble L’Arpeggiata. The ensemble used all kinds of plucked instruments including an instrument with an extremly long neck – a theorbo. Christina Pluhar and the ensemble L’Arpeggiata have …