This object is a reconstruction of a renaissance lute. These instruments were extremely popular in the renaissance and baroque period and are enjoying a revival in modern times. There are no surviving ...

Metallica’s iconic ‘Nothing Else Matters’ is a masterpiece of accessible metal, and it was really only a matter of time before someone recorded it on a Renaissance lute. The lines between hard rock ...

Larry Brown likes lutes. He's probably made more of them than anyone in the history of lute making since the Renaissance, around 1,300 or so. He also makes violins, violas, reproductions of antique ...

Pickett and Lovett are Hawke's Bay's renaissance music duo. They have an impressive collection of lutes including one that is absolutely massive. Made with funding from NZ On Air. When musician ...

Noell Dorsey and Joel Roston met when they were classical music students. Now they are the indie rock duo known as Beautiful Weekend, and their music incorporates influences from Renaissance lute ...

Lutenist John Edwards likens the way the sound of a lute draws in an audience to the way an art enthusiast can be mesmerized by the most minute detail of a renaissance painting. “It’s got a quiet, ...