#medieval folk music

[haveyouheardthisband]

[ignatiusteto]

i think sacred music in the kryn dynasty would be very cyclical and repetitive in form to symbolize the idea that life is a continuous thing (at least those who are consecuted right right) and is a cycle across lifetimes and yeah

[lunegrimm]

To close the year up my favorite project I have worked on this year:  a wood burning  on my new hurdy gurdy, hopefully I will have lots of time in the new year practice playing it 

[riseupriseupandcomealong]

love/hate relationship with reaching the stage of a hobby where if you want to get better at it / more into it you’re going to have to start accumulating really specialized skills. like aw fuck i have to study this. but also yay i get to study this!

[daisyachain]

The nature of time is that (culturally) Christian Euro/Anglo colonial consumers (hereafter white ‘people’) fetishize the idea of being ‘close to nature’ or ‘primitive’ or ‘savage’ and latch on to the idea that there are groups of people in the world who are somehow bestial or who have some kind of special powers from holding animist beliefs/beliefs that acknowledge the body as opposed to the Christian belief that the body is a kind of useless appendage to a person. We see this across decades from the 19thC to today in the racist fetishization of indigenous people across the globe, particularly residents of the Americas, Australasia, and southern/eastern Africa.

White consumers use a warped conception of other cultures to live out the fantasies that the Christian soul/body stuff engenders. You keep getting told that your emotions and physical sensations are the devil’s work? You want to get in touch with those physical sensations, but you don’t want it to interfere with your worldview? Simply project them on to a convenient group of people with slightly different conventions from you. Imagine how cool it would be to be 100% physical sensation (especially those pesky violent and/or sexual urges) and no mental burden, then unleash that in a way that causes millions of deaths worldwide via the dehumanization of entire nations of people just trying to live their lives. White consumers love a Proud Warrior Race Guy.

Flash forward to the 2010s, it’s generally considered impolite to spread the same propaganda that justified the genocide and dispossession of many different groups of people. However white culture hasn’t changed that much and normal human activities still need to be explained away to maintain the veneer of white intellectualism that has been used to justify white violence for years and years. You can’t just stomp around and clap your hands and dance badly, you’ve got to project it somewhere else.

But wait! There’s a community of people considered ‘tribal’ and ‘savage’, considered violent and bestial, who were never colonized! It’s…the Norse. Fetishizing early medieval North Sea raiders can’t be cultural appropriation, see, they’re white! It’s not offensive to replace an entire culture with white (male) ideas of what’s cool if that culture is totally unassociated with colonizer stereotypes and is in fact a culture of colonizers!

And that’s my theory on why there are so many Norse-inspired folk bands/video games/tv shows/memes/literally anything in the 2010s. VSaga not counted because that manga has been running since 2003 and is actually well-researched and comes out of a culture with a similar but distinct tradition of racism. The Euro storytelling tendencies of needing some kind of violent avatar have taken on ye anciente Norseman now that people care a little bit about the gallons of blood used to sketch other ethnic stereotypes. Done and dusted. Except the other side is that the fetishization of early medieval Norse culture is literally just white supremacist 101 and a lot of artists don’t step around that nearly as carefully as they should

[eshildora]

The last I'll post of these.

The lines are thick because children's colorbooks were made with them. Sure wish I could see how much the actual kids liked coloring them but the reactions at their exhibition were very kind regardless!

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Wytches Brew • The Raven • Alive! • Were You At The Rock? • Richard Parker's Fancy • The Elven Lover • Satyrsex • Equinox • Fairy Tale

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[fukkafyla3]

Fief discography cause it takes me places and soothes my ghosts. I think my fav is IV but man they're all good

[389]

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[clle0]

Instrument query

Does anyone know what instrument Yaelokre plays? It looks guitar-like, but has a pear-shaped body similar to a lute, though maybe flatter instead of round at the back? I'm wondering if any lutanists or guitarists can recognise the instrument.

[dankalbumart]

Aion by Dead Can Dance 4AD / Warner Bros. Records 1990 Medieval / Renaissance / Neoclassical Darkwave / Neo-Medieval Folk / Modern Classical / Alternative Rock / Ethnic Fusion / Dream Pop / Medieval Classical Music / Gregorian Chant

[ultimateinstrumentpoll]

why you should vote hurdy-gurdy

both an accordion and a violin

drone sound <3

can be used in many genres (folk music !!)

why you should vote bassoon

sounds fun and fun to play

[cavedwellermusic]

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Featuring nearly 50 tracks from artists around the globe, including previously unreleased tracks from Hole Dweller and Ithildin , in addition to tracks made specifically for this release from Willow Tea and Unsheathed Glory!

Also featured on this Sampler:

Hermit Knight, Abstract Aeon, Goblin's Cross,

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Gorgons Alter , Gudrun , Dame Anaryn,

Lady Misanthropic , Scott Green, Amorphous Dreams and many many more!!

Artwork by Samantha Rothers

[phantom-voices]

When I was at Wacken in Germany 2019.

[tymime]

I'm writing music for this audiobook! It's called "Bell Ringer", and it's about mice and rats and other critters in a fantasy setting. My music starts at 2:56, but I recommend listening to the whole thing.