[MR] OT- New Sting Album to be medieval!

[Oddny]

Got this from another list, and just had to pass it along. Can't wait for
this one! :) 

Oddny
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Greetings!

Okay, I'm a HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE fan of the muscian Sting and of his
guitarist Dominic Miller.  If I'm not involved in something SCA, you can
pretty much be assured that I'm following what Sting & Dom are doing,
chatting in their fan communities, and trying to score great tickets to the
next concert.

I've known for a while now that something exciting was up, and to most of
his fans the announcement of the new project will seem weird.  However... I
thought that a few SCAdians might be intrigued to hear about it.  The
following was sent out today from Sting.com.

"NEW STING ALBUM ON ITS WAY

In an exclusive interview with Sting.com, Sting has revealed his latest
project - an album of sixteenth century music performed on the lute. The
album will be released in the autumn on the classical label Deutsche
Grammophon.

Sting.com members can view the video interview in the Virtual Ticket section
of the website by going here. Not a member? Join now!

Here's what Sting had to say about this unusual and exciting project...

"About two years ago Dominic [Miller] gave me a gift that he'd had made for
me, a lute, a sixteenth century instrument with lots and lots of strings and
I sort of became fascinated with it and immersed myself in the lute and lute
music. It reminded of an interest I've had for a long time - for almost
twenty five years - in the works of John Dowland. John Dowland was a
sixteenth century English composer who wrote songs for the lute. He was
really the first singer/songwriter that we know of and so a lot of us owe
our living to this man. Then we met this guy Edin Karamazov who is a Bosnian
lute player and we started discussing Dowland and the idea came up of
recording some songs of his for an album.

"That kind of frivolous idea became a reality and it's coming out in October
on Deutsche Grammophon and I'm thrilled. It's a strange record, a delightful
record and I think people will be intrigued by it. The album is voice and
lute, there are a few four part harmonies that I sing and it's all music
from the sixteenth century."

We will of course keep you up to date with more information on this release
in the run up to its release this autumn."

Feel free to forward this.

Cheers!