Elizabethan Street Songs is a new approach in the way early music has hitherto been presented and performed and heralds the first music release of Shakespeare’s Globe new record label, Globe Editions.
Entertainment, innovation and excellence lie at the very heart of this release. Capturing the earthy atmosphere of 16th &17th Century street life, with jigs, ballads
and bawdy songs Elizabethan Street Songs is an authentic collection of music performed by acclaimed early music band Tarleton’s Jig.
No way dull or dry, Elizabethan Street Songs is an album which features some memorable tunes, played by some of the UK’s finest early musicians.
This is probably the first time early music has been presented and recorded in such a fresh and unashamedly commercial manner and which a larger market will immediately be able to ‘buy into’.
Featuring historically researched material, performed on correct period instrumentation, the album is a musical ‘take’ on the not so genteel world of the Elizabethan
street musician and singer.
The slip-cased album features a lavish full-colour sixteen page booklet with extensive notes on the origins of the songs and background on the early music instruments
played on the album.