This object is a reconstruction of a renaissance lute. These instruments were extremely popular in the renaissance and baroque period and are enjoying a revival in modern times. There are no surviving ...

Metallica’s iconic ‘Nothing Else Matters’ is a masterpiece of accessible metal, and it was really only a matter of time before someone recorded it on a Renaissance lute. The lines between hard rock ...

Noell Dorsey and Joel Roston met when they were classical music students. Now they are the indie rock duo known as Beautiful Weekend, and their music incorporates influences from Renaissance lute ...

This Continuum program presents early music performed on four different instruments from the medieval and Renaissance periods. They are two string instruments and two wind instruments; the viola da ...

Larry Brown likes lutes. He's probably made more of them than anyone in the history of lute making since the Renaissance, around 1,300 or so. He also makes violins, violas, reproductions of antique ...

As Bates softball celebrates its 50th anniversary, the program is moving forward with a significant transformation of its home facility at Lafayette Street Field — marking a major investment in the ...

Micha Gondko here plays the so-called ‘Presbyter’ lute that seems to be from the 16th century: at least it has a label inside with the date 1595, and its proportions appear to match what we know about ...

Sting is taking a break from pop and assorted worthy causes in favour of a bizarre unplugged-style musical project: an album of 16th-century music performed entirely on the lute. For 25 years, says ...

This Continuum program presents early music performed on four different instruments from the medieval and Renaissance periods. They are two string instruments and two wind instruments; the viola ...