# Good gentles, I prithee recommend me some RenFaire-y, medieval-type music. HUZZAH! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gentles-i-prithee-recommend-me-some-renfaire-y-medieval-type-music-huzzah/387358 "2007-01-10T01:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Strangelove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gentles-i-prithee-recommend-me-some-renfaire-y-medieval-type-music-huzzah/387358/41 "2007-01-21T20:18:25Z")
I couldn’t recommend the [Whiskey Bards](http://www.whiskeybards.com/discography.html) enough. “Come Walk With Us” from the first album makes me want to grab a sword and head off to war. And a great bunch of guys to boot. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gentles-i-prithee-recommend-me-some-renfaire-y-medieval-type-music-huzzah/387358/42 "2007-01-22T03:08:31Z")
[Loreena McKennitt](http://www.quinlanroad.com/) has the right kind of feel for what you’re looking for. Mostly not historically accurate, but evocative of the time period you’re interested in. While some of her music has a Celtic feel, she also mixes in lots of other influences. She makes use of exotic and historic instruments like tamboura, dulcimer, harp, and [hurdy gurdy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy_gurdy) (funny-sounding name, but I swear that’s what it’s called). Earlier [Sarah McLachlan](http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/) has a much more folksy feel than Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and after. You might like Solace and Touch. I’ve heard that [Lisa Gerrard’s](http://www.lisagerrard.com/) work after she left Dead Can Dance also has a medieval feel, but I haven’t actually listened to any of it. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gentles-i-prithee-recommend-me-some-renfaire-y-medieval-type-music-huzzah/387358/43 "2007-01-22T03:37:27Z")
Also, if you’re looking for purely instrumental, check out [English Renaissance Music by Canadian Brass](http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1238268/a/English+Renaissance+Music+%2F+Canadian+Brass.htm). I’ve got it, and always enjoy listening to it. ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gentles-i-prithee-recommend-me-some-renfaire-y-medieval-type-music-huzzah/387358/44 "2007-01-23T03:45:46Z")
[Mediaval Babes](http://www.globalvillageidiot.net/babes.htm) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gentles-i-prithee-recommend-me-some-renfaire-y-medieval-type-music-huzzah/387358/45 "2007-01-23T14:27:14Z")
Sting’s new album, _Songs from the Labyrinth_ , is actually very good - Lute songs (almost all Dowland) from the Elizabethan period. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gentles-i-prithee-recommend-me-some-renfaire-y-medieval-type-music-huzzah/387358/46 "2007-01-24T06:09:49Z")
[Richard Searles](http://www.earthdancemusic.com/) does a lot of instrumental Renaissance- and some Medieval-era music. I’ve got [this](http://www.earthdancemusic.com/) album from him. Nice, mellow, proficient, odd and archaic instruments galore. I like the Mediaeval Baebes too. Have their first disc from about ten years ago. And yes, they are total _baebes_, but they can sing too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gentles-i-prithee-recommend-me-some-renfaire-y-medieval-type-music-huzzah/387358.md?page=2)