New Wolgemut Video

Finally! We had some time in Maryland to get down to business and video some of our new instruments, the result being...

Wolgemut has a new Medieval Music Video which features one of our favorite tunes, Cantiga #1.

www.youtube.com/watch

Be sure to check it out and let us know what you think.

Cheers

/Micha
www.wolgemut.net

On the road again...

Like the title says, I'm on the road which means little time for blog updates.
Be sure to check out the official website for the current performance schedule of Wolgemut and I'll post more to this blog when I get the chance. Thanks for looking and remember... "Sei Wolgemut

Servus

/Micha
www.wolgemut.net

Seasons Greetings

Hello everyone in Wolgemutland...

It's been a very busy year with lot's of traveling and music making and the Holiday season is a signal to me to stop, pause and remember. Many thanks to all who have been supportive over the past years in my endeavors to bring "wolgemutlichkeit" to the world and I hope to continue into the new year with music and fun for all.

I'm currently on holiday in California, visiting friends and family, and hope to have some time to add some more entries to my blog here on tribe.

I wish you all the very best for the season and hope that it will be a happy one.

Cheers

/Micha

Play your food!

How many times were you told "Don't play with your food" when you were growing up? Fortunately some people didn't pay attention to such talk, or perhaps I should say paid close attention to all of the possibilities of playing with food. That's right, you should play your food!

Dr. Cranius Lunch (aka Jonathan Crocker) has a new website dedicted to the art of playing music on various types of food, also known as "Veggie Music". Friends of Wolgemut might recognize the unusual sounds of the carrot flute and "brocolliphone" from the secret track placed at the end of the "danza" CD. One thing is for certain, once you've heard "Veggie Music" you'll never look at your meal the same way!

To learn more (and to see/hear the slide potato in action) visit Dr. Lunch at: www.playyourfood.com/

Bon appetito!

Micha

First day of snow!

Can you believe it? I woke this morning, snug as a bug only to find that the weather outside was downright freezing. It's November 1st and the first snow of winter was dumped on Gothenburg overnight. No more shorts and t-shirts. :-)

The first snow still gives me a fun feeling (which usually disipates somewhere after December) so I decided to grab my camera and take a quick shot of the courtyard.

Servus!

The Long Road to Austria...

After several days in Scotland it was time to leave for Austria. Now, for those of you who may be fuzzy on geography, Austria is no where near Scotland, but in my case it actually made sense to fly to Scotland first. You see, if you are flying from Gothenburg your choices of airlines is limited. One of those airlines is called Ryanair (also known as the cheapest airline) and they fly to only three locations from Gothenburg, one of them being Prestwick, Scotland. And so I flew to Scotland, and from Scotland to London and from London to Graz, Austria. Not the fastest trip, but amazingly cheap and relatively painless.

Austria was (as always) beautiful and we had arrived a few days ahead of the event which meant that I had time to explore the area. We were staying in a lovely "Schloss" (usually translated as palace, but this was something in between a palace and a castle) which had been converted into a youth hostel. They're very common in southern Germany, but this was the first that I had visited in Austria. The Schloss is located near the village of Schwanberg, south of Graz.

For two days, I hiked around the surrounding countryside and visited the village (see photo) which had a lovely monastery. I had such a great time exploring that I almost forgot why we were there! We spent the weekend playing lots of music for a very appreciative crowd and I met lots of great people. I am particularly indebted to our host, Markus, who made sure that we were taken care of, and I do hope to see them all again.

Craigmiller Castle

Before leaving for Austria, we had a chance to visit "the other castle in Edinburgh", Craigmiller. It is an amazing place just outside of the city limits and was mostly empty of tourist. Chris and Cait suggested that we bring some instruments to play in the great hall. The sound was amazing and the few visitors who stopped into listen got a real treat. As usual, I only remembered that I had my camera as we were leaving the hall, so I snapped a picture of one of the stairways leading to the hall.

Edinburgh!

Once again, here I am on the road, this time on a short trip to visit some friends in Edinburgh before traveling to Graz, Austria to play music. My host (and musical guest) are Chris and Cait who together form the group known as Gaita. For more info about Gaita, please visit their website: www.gaita.co.uk/

We've spent the last few days playing through lots of different music. In the off time I had a chance to tromp around Edinburgh, visit a castle (or two) and take a few pictures. The weather has been very pleasant and suprisingly clear (as you can see form the picture) and so all and all it has been a very nice stay.

Stay tuned for more...

Make my day!

I received a photo of a drawing from my friend Emma, who is the daughter of a very old friend. I liked it so much and it made my day that much more "wolgemut" so I decided to post it. Thank you again for the picture Emma and thanks to your mom and dad for helping you!

Servus! :-)

From the Wolgemut Inbox!

Many know that Wolgemut has been a regular feature at the Visby Medieval Week on Gotland, Sweden for several years now. This year it just wasn't meant to be, and I received this email from a fan who was a little upset that we weren't there. Thanks for the message and I hope to see you in Visby next year Nanna!

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Hej Micha!

We had great time in Visby and we also had a small demonstration...

In the picture: That´s me on the right (in my stupid Saudi-arabian oil-sheikh
look. I never remember to take my sunglasses of :) On the back is my friend
Päivi and beside me are our little friends, who really wanted to join us in our
demonstration ;)

Hope to see you there next year :)

Nanna