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Read the review from Modern Bard [ http://modernbard.org/reviews/onthewoad.htm ] This collection is a mixed assortment of music stemming from many sources. The sort of music one hears at a modern medieval faire is rarely of the actual medieval variety. If the songs were medieval, many patrons would not suffer listening to them for long. The language alone would prove indecipherable to the common fairgoer. Instead, what you hear is a conglomeration of old songs and melodies interspersed with modern songs and variations played on anachronistic instruments. Following in that tradition, these recordings range from extremely traditional to just plain silly. Some of the melodies have been customized, others creatively appropriated or parodied, and most of the instruments are only modern day cousins of what may have been available in medieval times. They are plucked, pounded, shaken, rattled, and otherwise played in relatively simple manners as might simulate a faire performance. I hope you enjoy these recordings as much as I have enjoyed making them.