Earthly Delights has been from the beginning heavily influenced by the European bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy tradition, particularly from central France and Hungary. Alongside this, however, the band maintains a very strong repertoire of English traditional and self–composed dance music.
Earthly Delights is one of Australia's most inventive and interactive folk-world-medieval music bands- and one with enormous cross generational appeal.
Founded in Canberra in 1995 by a group of local musicians, Earthly Delights has been from the beginning heavily influenced by the European bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy tradition, particularly from central France and Hungary. Alongside this, however, the band maintains a very strong repertoire of English traditional and self–composed dance music. CDs of the band may be purchased from this website.
Earthly Delights has established itself as a first class dance band, and is a major presence on the concert and function scene. Since being founded in 1995 this Canberra-based band has filled hundreds of different public and private bills including weddings, parties, festivals, dances, galleries and exhibition openings, conferences, Floriade, St Patrick's Day gigs, Old English Fayres, Medieval Feasts, French & Hungarian events, open gardens, school dances/fairs/fetes, shopping centre launches and bush dances.
Their instrumentation and performance style has enabled them to perform as a 3, 4 or 5 piece, with or without P.A. equipment, from the floor or from a stage, wandering or standing, indoor or outdoors.
Band members have always dressed appropriate to the character of the function, fitted the music to the need of the moment and programmed dances to suit the nature of the event. They are very versatile and have catered for every conceivable audience from the gentile to the riotous, from ones wanting to sit and listen to ones wanting to rage. When it comes to dancing - whether as a hired band at other people's parties and events or as presenters of their own workshops and events, they have offered novices and connoisseurs alike wonderfully memorable times - tailing what they offer to fit the group.
The band has indeed become well-known for being able to entertain people of all ages with both fine music and fun dancing. The band can travel interstate to perform and is also able to provide costumed heritage historical dance displays alongside a band performance.
The Canberra Times has referred to the band's 'high standard of music' and John Garden's 'expert dance leading' and the Canberra Chronicle to their act as a 'sound and visual delight'. There have also been many very favourable overseas reviews of their music.
The musicians are not only accomplished at playing dance tunes from many different European traditions, but also at crossing traditional boundaries, mixing medieval and other instruments and blending Anglo-Celtic, Central European and other musical styles to produce exhilarating new music. Their 300 plus original tunes and 150 plus original dances are just the tip of a much bigger repertoire.
My thoughts & prayers go out to all of you in Australia who are suffering through these terrible bush fires. It is so tragic to see the loss of human life & animal life (+ the destruction of land & property).
Warm thoughts & blessings to you all! (((HUGS))) ~ Darlene
Hello and thanks very much for the add. If you like our music, just download our latest live album "Pagan Folk at the Fairy Ball" COMPLETELY FOR FREE on our website http://www. omnia-neocelt. com (click on "Download CD" in the menu). It's a little gift for the people who feel connected to our musical universe. Many greenie thoughts and blessings and best wishes for 2009. Mich (OMNIA)
Hi! Things are looking good for our castle to be built in Young NSW - not far from you guys. We aim to become the biggest venue in the southern hemisphere for fantasy / medieval / renaissance events.
Greetings from Skorba and Blue Mountain Sound! Love your style! Hey, Earthly Delights and Skorba playing in Canberra, sound like fun. Check us out at the National Multicultural Festival in Feb. Thanks for adding us! JR/Skorba
If you have walked in the heart of the Green wood and have bathed in the light of its living force remember what you have felt; and whenever you pass a tree whether it stands alone in a wilderness of human making or in the depth of woodland, give a moment of your time to listen to its voice. For in many parts of the land the trees are dying only the hearts that know something of the true wisdom can save them. (Anon)
Hello you guys, nice to meet you.
Si usted ha paseado por el centro del bosque verde y se ha bañado en la luz de su fuerza viva recuerde lo que usted ha sentido; y siempre que usted pase al lado de un árbol si está parado solamente en un yermo de fabricación humana o en la profundidad del bosque, dé un momento de su tiempo para escuchar su voz. Porque en muchas partes de la tierra los árboles se están muriendo solamente los corazones que tengan algo de la sabiduría verdadera pueden salvarlos. (Anón)
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