Medievalists.net » Music http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Anne Boleyn’s Songbook http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/anne-boleyns-songbook/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/anne-boleyns-songbook/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:25:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61627 Now for the first time in 500 years much of the music included in Anne Boleyn’s songbook has been recorded by the Alamire Consort, under the direction of Dr. David Skinner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/anne-boleyns-songbook/feed/ 0 Through the Looking Glass Darkly: Medievalism, Satanism, and the Dark Illumination of the Self in the Aesthetics of Black Metal http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/14/through-the-looking-glass-darkly-medievalism-satanism-and-the-dark-illumination-of-the-self-in-the-aesthetics-of-black-metal/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/14/through-the-looking-glass-darkly-medievalism-satanism-and-the-dark-illumination-of-the-self-in-the-aesthetics-of-black-metal/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2015 21:25:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59680 The upside-down world of Satanic black metal is uncanny, both familiar in its use of inverted tropes and schemes and yet completely 'other' to those on the outside looking in, including Christians and consumers of mainstream popular culture.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/14/through-the-looking-glass-darkly-medievalism-satanism-and-the-dark-illumination-of-the-self-in-the-aesthetics-of-black-metal/feed/ 0 Californication – Medieval cover version by Stary Olsa http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/06/californication-medieval-cover-version-by-stary-olsa/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/06/californication-medieval-cover-version-by-stary-olsa/#comments Wed, 06 May 2015 23:17:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58106 The Belarussian band Stary Olsa, whose video of their medieval version of Metallica's song One was a viral hit last year, have just released a new cover for the song Californication, originally by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/06/californication-medieval-cover-version-by-stary-olsa/feed/ 0 Medievalism and Exoticism in the Music of Dead Can Dance http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/28/medievalism-exoticism-music-dead-can-dance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/28/medievalism-exoticism-music-dead-can-dance/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:15:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56527 In 1991, the alternative rock band Dead Can Dance released an album that caught the attention of music reviewers by constructing an aural allegiance to the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/28/medievalism-exoticism-music-dead-can-dance/feed/ 0 The Medieval version of Metallica http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/15/medieval-version-metallica/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/15/medieval-version-metallica/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:56:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54152 The medieval folk band Stary Olsa has made an impressive cover of the Metallica song 'One'.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/15/medieval-version-metallica/feed/ 0 Natasha Mira finds her voice with Medieval Pop http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/17/natasha-mira-finds-voice-medieval-pop/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/17/natasha-mira-finds-voice-medieval-pop/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:31:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51908 'I can finally say I feel at home with Medieval Pop as a sound and a brand that is 100% honest with myself.'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/01/great-heathen-fist-north-vikings-norse-mythology-medievalism-nordic-extreme-metal-music/feed/ 0 Charlemagne, Sir Christopher Lee and Heavy Metal Music http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/21/charlemagne-sir-christopher-lee-and-heavy-metal-music/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/21/charlemagne-sir-christopher-lee-and-heavy-metal-music/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:29:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46874 Did you know that the famous actor Sir Christopher Lee is also a heavy metal singer? And his songs are based on the life and times of Charlemagne?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/21/charlemagne-sir-christopher-lee-and-heavy-metal-music/feed/ 0 Barbarians and Literature – Viking Metal and its Links to Old Norse Mythology http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/16/barbarians-and-literature-viking-metal-and-its-links-to-old-norse-mythology/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/16/barbarians-and-literature-viking-metal-and-its-links-to-old-norse-mythology/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:11:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44328 Barbarians and Literature – Viking Metal and its Links to Old Norse Mythology  By Imke von Helden The Metal Void: First Gatherings, edited by Niall W. R. Scott and Imke Von Helden (Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2010) Introduction: Viking Metal originated in the late 1980s in Scandinavian countries, pioneered by the Swedish Death Metal Band Bathory. It was further developed and […]

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