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Thread #47751   Message #713959
Posted By: Don Firth
20-May-02 - 12:49 PM
Thread Name: Mediaeval Baebes - whaddya think of them?
Subject: RE: Mediaeval Baebes - whaddya think of them?
Thanks for posting this, Kat!

Good grief, I listen to NPR all the time, including last Sunday. How did I miss this? And I also note from their web site, if I'm reading it correctly, that they were in Seattle last Tuesday!!!

Authenticity is great in its place, but sometimes it can be a sacred cow. Indeed, were I to be totally without humor and needlessly nit-picky, I could raise an eyebrow at some of the harmonies they use—not that there is anything wrong with fairly lush harmonies, but I don't think that sort of harmony was extant during medieval times—but wotthehell archie wotthehell! They sound great! And the general style and the instrumentation they use evokes a medieval aura. I like 'em!!

Some men just get real nervous around real women.

Don Firth