An interview with Worcestershire local John Colbourne, who is both lutier (lute maker) and lutenist (lute player).
We discuss the evolution of the lute and early Renaissance music, Elizabeth’s patronage of the arts, and the most effective contemporary instrument to use in a bar-room brawl, among other things.
Deblina and Sarah’s Renaissance Adventure — In this episode, Sarah and Deblina visit the Georgia Renaissance Festival. Interviews with musician Luca Callo and TechStuff’s Jonathan Strickland give us an understanding of processes they use to recreate Renaissance characters, music and culture.
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"Q-Tip proved last week there are some tangible benefits to following musicians on Twitter as he debuted this ‘Renaissance Rap’ remix tune through it. In the tradition of ‘Scenario’ it features a multitude of rap stars delivering their own rhymes over the original. It sure is nice to hear." From http://www.nialler9.com/2009/02/01/q-tip-renaissance-rap-remix-feat-busta-rhymes-raekwon-and-lil-wayne/
In 2008, detectives in Worcester, Massachusetts, spent two hours interrogating a 16-year-old girl whose baby son had just died, until they forced from her what was later judged a coerced confession of murder.
http://www.wbur.org/2011/12/07/worcester-coerced-confession-i