Thursday, August 28, 2014

Eluveitie – Exploring Origins | Dead Rhetoric





One of the longest standing and revered of the current folk metal genre, Eluveitie has stayed the course for over 12 years now. Taking a solid melodic death metal backbone and adding in traditional Celtic/folk instruments, such as the hurdygurdy, has always been the base of Eluveitie’s sound. They have brought in more instrumentation and experimentation over the years, but the core of the band has remained the same. Helvetios saw the band attempt a concept album, and for their most recent release, Origins, the band has loosened the reins a bit, but still keeping things with a common focus...



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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Anna Murphy On All Things Eluveitie - Amps and Green Screens


Anna Murphy has been in ELUVEITIE for eight years now. She sings lead on some songs and also plays the hurdy gurdy and flute. Any of you who are familiar with this band know what kind of sound they bring to the table, and those of you who are not need to look into them with a quickness. I was fortunate enough to have a brief e-mail chat with Anna not too long ago as newest album Origins was getting ready to come out via Nuclear Blast Records. I found her to be fun, and interesting, and a whole lotta metal!! So take a look, and when you’re done, go check out some sounds.


Amps: The sound you have is very unique. And with eight members in the group, tell me, what is the writing breakdown? Does everyone come to rehearsal with demos, or do you all get together and work on songs?
Anna: No, not at all...


more: Anna Murphy On All Things Eluveitie - Amps and Green Screens


Saturday, August 23, 2014

FAUN :: Walpurgisnacht Video | LUNA Tour


FAUN "Luna"
Das neue Album als Standard- und Deluxe-Edition!


FAUN | Walpurgisnacht | Video @ universal-music.de

http://www.universal-music.de/faun/videos/detail/video:346879/walpurgisnacht



FAUN // WALPURGISNACHT

( Director's cut)


FAUN // WALPURGISNACHT (Director's cut)
DIRECTED BY // ACHILLEAS GATSOPOULOS
DoP // CHRISTOPHER HÄRING
EDITING & POST PRODUCTION // HYPNAGOGIA
PRODUCED BY // MUTTER & VATER
PRODUCER // MASSUDA KASSEM
LINE PRODUCER // FREDERIK POPPENK
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR // ANNE KRÜGER
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS // SARAH KRICKE, MARIA FRIEDEMANN
GAFFER // BENJAMIN ERDENBERGER
1st A.D. // KERSTIN REXRODT
2nd A.D. // SASKIA PÖPPKE
SET ASSISTANT // UWE HENTSCHEL
SFX & PYROTECHNICS // ROLAND TROPP
PROPS // STEFANIE PROBST
COSTUME DESIGN // ITAMAR ZECHOVAL
WARDROBE ASSISTANTS // YOU-JIN, CONCETTA REUSS
HEAD MUA // JANA KALGAJEVA
MAKE-UP ARTISTS // STELLA VON SENGER, JULIA BARDE, NATALIA SOBOLEVA
CAST
LUNA // EDEN BERLIN
CERNUNNOS // ALEX PADRUTT
FAUN CHARACTERS // INCANTO ERLEBENSKUNST
HEAD PRIESTESS // BEATRICE BAUMANN
WITCHES // GABRIELLE MILLER, IDA LOWZYL, INKA NEUMANN, HARA KOUKOUVINOU, ZARA PERSEPHONE, NATA FAILDE, JAMIE KRASNER, SAMANTHA FRANCHINI, LESLEY LU
FILMED ON LOCATION AT GLASBERGE / BUCKSCHE SCHWEIZ ON 03.07.2014
© 2014


UPDATE: now also on youtube –


▶ FAUN - Walpurgisnacht (official video) - YouTube
FAUN - Walpurgisnacht (official video) [now on youtube]
Published on Feb 21, 2015
 Das Album "LUNA" von FAUN. Jetzt hier reinhören: ►http://bit.ly/FAUN-LUNA
BESTELLEN:
Amazon: ►►http://amzn.to/1s3wdE1
iTunes: ►►http://bit.ly/1pEsCg6
EMP: ►►http://emp.me/KFB
WEITERE INFOS:

added to the Weekly's playlist "pagan folk & metal hurdy gurdy"
http://www.youtube.com/playlist…
-- and also to the Weekly's playlist "ENSEMBLES" –
https://www.youtube.com/playlist…




LUNA release date: 5 SEPTEMBER 2014

+++FAUN "LUNA" PRE-ORDER+++
►►Amazon: http://amzn.to/1s3wdE1
►►iTunes: http://bit.ly/1pEsCg6
►►EMP: http://emp.me/KFB



Jetzt bei Tunes "LUNA" vorbestellen und den Song "Walpurgisnacht" sofort vorab downloaden: *

►►http://bit.ly/1pEsCg6
* Pre-order now at tunes "LUNA" and the song "Walpurgis night" Right away advance download: ►►http://bit.ly/1pEsCg6 (Translated by Bing)

PRELISTENING: ►http://bit.ly/FAUN-LUNA (facebook)


via FAUN Newsletter – LUNA TOUR
From October 2014 til March 2015 we will retrieve ourselves from the stages and won't play any concerts (except one show in Baltimore / USA). During these months we will work on our new show the LUNA TOUR. This tour will be more than a concert. With a new and changing stage design, great guest musicians, a new light show, artists and dancers from all over the world, we want to enhance the possibilities of a concert and present an even more intense journey into the mystical world of Luna.

The show will be fully seated, but of course we are happy if the audience will dance to our faster songs.

Below are the schedules and venues of the LUNA TOUR, presale tickets are already available:
Tickets via: www.eventim.de




FAUN WEBSITE: http://www.faun-music.com/
FAUNTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/fauntube

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FaunOfficial




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Thursday, August 21, 2014

24 - 27 AUGUST; la Rochebeaucourt en Périgord – Dordogne, FR: Stages vielle à roue





- 24 au 27 Aout 2014 – la Rochebeaucourt en Périgord – Dordogne  – 

les inscriptions sont ouvertes

avec Pascal Lefeuvre – Philippe Mousnier

Le stage d’été, dans un cadre champêtre, rural , typique Périgord blanc : « La Grande Métairie » à La Rochebeaucourt en Périgord – Une ancienne ferme rénovée depuis 1995 gérée par une association dont le but est de promouvoir et de développer diverses activités culturelles et de loisirs (stages, spectacles…) dans un esprit d’ouverture et de convivialité. *  (english below)

Nous y associerons les joies de l’étude instrumentale aux plaisirs du jeu en groupe. Il sera animé par Pascal Lefeuvre et parPhilippe Mousnier luthier qui réglera vos instruments…
Le stage est ouvert à tous les niveaux, il sera aussi le point de rendez vous de ceux qui désirent se brancher plus franchement sur « la Manivelle Joyeuse ».

Les tarifs

prix du stage : 35€/jours = 140€ (frais pédagogiques + utilisation du lieu)

hébergement en chambre 4 nuits (draps non fournis) : 48 E

hébergement camping 4 nuits : 32€

repas : 10E/repas – pour 4 Jours : 80E

En pension complète pour les 4 jours/4 nuits/8 repas/stage :

- en chambre : 268€

- camping : 252 E

+ adhésion association : 10E

Vous pouvez arriver veille au soir et repartir le lendemain au matin : les nuitées en plus des 4 incluses ainsi que les nuitées des accompagnants : +12€ en chambre, 8€ en camping.
vous pouvez aussi loger dans le coin, nous avons sélectionné pour vous des chambres d’hôtes, à contacter de la part de « la grande métairie » :
- Nathalie Dubois. Jardin de Pareillas à Mareui 06 02 12 93 56 n-thalie@laposte.net
- Ligtenberg Elma – chez Marot – 24340 Mareuil – 0553607178 – peter.ligtenberg@orange.fr
- Nicole et André Vigne - Chez Itout – 24340 Cherval – 05 53 91 04 56 – a.vigne@wanadoo.fr



* (google translate): - 24 to 27 August 2014 - the Rochebeaucourt Perigord - Dordogne -
registration is open
Pascal Lefeuvre - Philippe Mousnier
The summer internship in a rural setting, rural, typical white Périgord "The Grande Metairie" La Rochebeaucourt Perigord - An old farmhouse since 1995 managed by an association whose purpose is to promote and develop cultural activities and leisure activities (workshops, shows ...) in an open and friendly spirit.

We will connect joys of instrumental study the pleasures of group play. It will be moderated by Pascal Lefeuvre and byPhilippe Mousnier luthier that will solve your instruments ...
The course is open to all levels, it will also be the meeting point for those who wish to connect more frankly on "Happy Crank."



Stages vielle à roue






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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

▶ Vagarem - Aperçu du nouvel album (27 juin 2014) - Codex Bricolia




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▶ Vagarem - Aperçu du nouvel album (27 juin 2014) - Codex Bricolia - YouTube
Published on Jun 25, 2014 by La Compagnie Médiévale
Un aperçu des 18 titres de notre nouvel album "Codex Bricolia"

1 Beaulté de Clèves
2 Cantem en allegressa
3 Ce cher Guillaume...
4 Mome Stoje
5 Minnezît III
6 Kirialesa
7 Resonet
8 Sobinka ogreyala
9 Laeta Devote
10 Principio di virtù
11 Stabat Mater
12 Chez la royne
13 Crucem Sanctam
14 Stroumitsa
15 Koppije
16 Dans la cour du sage
17 Pase el agoa
18 Libera me

Durée totale : 59 min - sortie : fin juin 2014

Carina Taurer : percussions, nyckelharpa, chant
David Séverac : vielle à roue, tympanon, chant
Mathieu Rossi : veuze, tarota, duduk, flute, chant

Arrangements, prise de son, mixage, maquette pochette: Vagarem
Illustrations: Pierre Tissot
avec l'aimable participation d'Hervé Berteaux au cromorne sur la piste 10 et à la voix basse sur la piste 18




Vagarem
http://www.vagarem.fr/
https://www.facebook.com/vagarem 


see them at FETE MEDIEVALE d'Embrun, 22 & 23 AUGUST; EMBRUN, FR
http://www.tourisme-embrun.com/en/du-22-au-23-aout-2014-fete-medievale-dembrun-xml-257_270-3110.html





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Monday, August 18, 2014

La Cie Bérot "Lâchez les chiens" - 5 VIDEOS



5 videos via FORGES Dominique - YouTube* / ^ start here in festivals at #HGWeekly - YouTube


La Cie Bérot "Lâchez les chiens"

• Le domi/ Y viendrez vous/La marche Aparater
• D'un pavé à l'autre (D.Forges)
• "Rond d'rue" et "La sansonnette" (D.Forges)
• La charge - Le bel été - Derrière chez nous
• Musique Traditionnelle de rue


* La Compagnie Bérot "Lâchez les chiens" - au festival des Zaccros d'ma rue - 2014

images de P.François










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23 & 24 AUGUST; Stockholm, Sweden at Sjöhistoriska museet: Skeppen kommer! -- Musik med Kalabalik




Sjöhistoriska: Skeppen kommer! *
Skeppen kommer! Vikingaskepp och medeltida båtar lägger till vid Sjöhistoriska museets kajplats i Djurgårdsbrunnsviken. Massor med aktiviteter kring museet. Skaparverkstan - Ruskpricken är utomhus med skapande verksamhet för barnen hela dagen!
"Skeppen kommer" arrangeras av Sjöhistoriska museet i samarbete med skeppslag och föreningar med anknytning till medeltida eller vikingatida båtrepliker. Kom och lär dig mer om vikingabåtar och båtar från medeltiden. Alla är byggda och konstruerade efter grav- och vrakfynd.



* Maritime: Ships are coming!
The ships are coming! Viking and medieval boats dock at the Maritime Museum's berth in Djurgårdsbrunnsviken. Lots of activities around the museum. Creates Workshop - Rusk Warmth is outdoors with creative activities for the kids all day!
"The ships will" organized by the National Maritime Museum in cooperation with ship types and compounds related to medieval or Viking båtrepliker. Come and learn more about Viking ships and boats from the Middle Ages. All are built and designed by burial and wreck finds.

Sjöhistoriska: Skeppen kommer! - Sjöhistoriska
http://www.sjohistoriska.se/Besok/Aktiviteter/Sjohistoriska-Skeppen-kommer-2014/


Kalabalik

http://www.kalabalik.eu
https://www.facebook.com/kalabalikmusic




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30 AUGUST; Kingston, NY: Jobe/Redfearn Ensemble | The Artist, the Boar, and the Giant Hurdy Gurdy




Steve Jobe has just spent the morning securing a van that can transport his giant hurdy gurdy. “it’s not hard to get it through doorways; it was designed to fit sideways, but the length can be a problem…Looks like a couple rows of seats will have to come out.” The ten foot “Bosch Hurdy Gurdy”, modeled after the massive instrument visible in a section of the Hieronymus Bosch masterpiece, “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, is on its way to upstate New York. It will be featured in a performance by the Jobe/Redfearn Ensemble slated for Kingston, NY’s Festival of the Arts coming up Saturday of Labor Day Weekend.  

It takes two to three people to operate the Bosch Hurdy Gurdy. “A hurdy gurdy is more or less a mechanical violin,’ says Jobe. “where the wheel replaces the bow, vibrating strings, but it’s also a one man band, with melody, rhythm and drones, all in one instrument. The Bosch is a real contra-bass version of the traditional instrument.” He believes it is the largest such instrument ever built. 

The Ensemble brings together the aesthetics of two contrasting but complementary, award-winning composers: Rhode Islanders Steven Jobe and Alec Redfearn. Jobe spends most of his time writing operas, his current work being "The Legend of the Fairy Melusine." Redfearn, leader of the band The Eyesores, and key participant in several more, is recognized on both sides of the Atlantic for his prolific originality,  “falling somewhere between psych-folk revival and free jazz, constructed from a diverse and unfashionable set of instruments including accordion,” commented a writer for Splendid magazine. Both composers are recipients of RI State Council on the Arts Artists Fellowships and numerous other project grants.





Besides the giant hurdy gurdy, the effect of which Jobe describes as “a primal hypnotic wave, Jobe/Redfearn features intriguing and colorful instrumentation -- accordion, violin, viola, cello and percussion. In addition, two guest vocalists, Ellen Santinello, with a background that includes opera, early and art music, and Gillian Chadwick, whose vocals range from rock to folk styles, will round out the absorbing, eclectic, impossible-to- categorize sound. Selections range from a dreamy art-song melody by Jobe entitled "Chartres," to a characteristically accordion-infused extravaganza by Redfearn, "Amoebiasis".  Completing the ensemble are noted New England instrumentalists Rob Bethel, cello; Matt McClaren, percussion; Laura Gulley, violin, and Bosch crew, Chris Sadlers and Rachel Rosenkrantz.  Their experiences include classical and experimental music, instrument making and rock bands. 

Jobe/Redfearn Ensemble performs Saturday August 30 at 4 pm at the Old Dutch Church for one show only at the Kingston Festival of the Arts in Kingston, NY. Tickets are $20 and are available on line at http://kingstonfestival.org/buy-tickets  or at the door. The Festival runs August 21 to 31. 




The Artist, the Boar, and the Giant Hurdy Gurdy





In 2012, Warren, RI sculptor Cathleen Scanlan finished the sculpture of a huge boar’s head, carved in 3” thick, pegged together segments of aged, clear pine. It was commissioned by Steven Jobe, the Providence -based "composer, instrument builder, avant-garde cabaret master and all-purpose madman..” (Rick Massimo, Providence Journal) to complete a giant musical instrument. The boar is the finishing touch on the peghead of a huge hurdy-gurdy, inspired by a painting by Hieronymus Bosch. 

The giant hurdy gurdy will be featured in a performance of the ecletic Jobe/Redfearn Ensemble at the Kingston Festival of the Arts. The group is slated to perform its’ highly original music for one show only on August 30 at 4 pm at the Old Dutch Church. Tickets are $20 and are available on Eventbrite at Kingston Festival of the Arts or at the door. 

Scanlan has amassed years of experience since attending RISD where she had the chance to study with noted carver Arnold Prince; she works with her husband, Karl Dennis, carving special decorative and figurative embellishments for the violins and violas they build in their Warren, RI  studio.  Still, this boar, as boars are wont, presented certain challenges.  “I never worked on a sculpture where I had to put it together in segments, carve it, THEN hollow it out, then separate the parts, plane them down to suit the changes in the wood, and then fit it back together. It was like building a topographical map! ” 

“It’s great to bring the boar to Kingston,” said Jobe, “to an artist-driven festival, where collaboration is key and visual art, performance and music combine. It’s an emblem of the ‘soul’ of this dramatic instrument, and is certainly a work of art in itself.”

Jobe's first foray into outsize wheel-fiddles, The Drone Machine, was created in 1992 for his first opera, "Joan of Arc”. Then in 2001, drawing inspiration from the triptych, Millennium (aka The Garden of Earthly Delights) by Renaissance artist Hieronymus Bosch, Jobe conceived the notion of an even larger hurdy-gurdy. The "Bosch Hurdy-Gurdy" features Jobe's innovation of three wheels, each with a separate function: melody, rhythm (trompette) and bass drone. The initial design and construction was done by Providence artist Jeremy Woodward in 2002-03. In 2006, luthier Daniel Thonon completed the Bosch Hurdy-Hurdy at his workshop near Montreal. The Bosch has been used in workshop productions of Jobe’s “The Legend of the Fairy Melusine” and is due to appear in a concert premiere of the opera as part of First Works Providence in September 2014. The story of “Melusine” prominently features a wild boar. 

For more information, contact Steve Jobe at 401-345-4320 or Kingston Festival of the Arts at 845-331-3261
-Laura Travis
WRIU-FM, Kingston, RI




Kingston Festival of the Arts

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23-25 AUGUST; East Sussex, UK: England's Medieval Festival







Welcome to the 22nd Spectacular
England's Medieval Festival

at
english medieval shieldenglish medieval shieldHerstmonceux Castle
East Sussex, England

23rd, 24th & 25th August 2014
OPEN 10am to 6pm Daily - Rain or Shine


Nestled within the picturesque Sussex countryside is a 15th century moated castle - Herstmonceux Castle. It is here, in this truly magical setting, that history comes to life at England's Medieval Festival.

Come and Enjoy a full day out for the entire family 




England's Medieval Festival - Herstmonceux Castle 23rd, 24th and 25th August 2014





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