Joaquin Ayala of Winter Harp performs on a menagerie of strange musical instruments from medieval times, and none is more archaic than the monstrous organistrum. Grandfather of the hurdy-gurdy, with ...

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Despite it being his first attempt at making a hurdy gurdy from scratch, Andrew Tan won the top prize at a competition recently, much to his own surprise. A hurdy gurdy is a medieval European ...

A company has created what it says is the “world’s first electronic medieval instrument”. Teenage Engineering, a Swedish company known for making musical products played by musicians including Bon ...

Seattle’s Medieval Women’s Choir (MWC), the only large volunteer choral group in the U.S. and Europe dedicated to performing medieval music, rings in the holiday season with a program titled “Natus ...

Would you love to launch your own Middle Ages band but can’t find a lutist let alone a good hurdy gurdy player? First off, congratulations on knowing what a hurdy gurdy is (man). But second and more ...

Oh, to be a humble scriptorium monk, idling away my hours making the sickest liturgical beats. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I ...