I have a love of classical musical, especially from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, what is commonly referred to as "Early Music". Growing up, I played the classical guitar but for the past few years have been playing the lute family of instruments: baroque lute, renaissance lute, archlute and baroque guitar. In July 2011 I released my first CD entitled Lautenschmaus (Lute Feast): Ascendance of the German Baroque Lute
Here are some links to lute and early music sites that I like:
Lute App A free iPhone app that I wrote to aggregate lute information from a number of sources, including the lutegroup, lute mailing lists and youtube.
The Lute Society of America Great information and sponsors an annual summer seminar
The Lutes for Sale Site Start here if you are looking to buy a lute My YouTube Channel Videos of lute playing by me and some of my teachers (Bob Barto, Ronn McFarlane, Richard Stone)Apollo's Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Early Music America Organization that supports early music and musicians. Check out the great perks of membership including online access to the Naxos early music collection and Grove Online
Info and links about my new CD
Download and read the CD booklet (pdf format)
Download the album from Digstation:
Buy the Album from CDbaby:
Listen to clips and download the album from CDBaby: