Catch Joglaresa's UK Extasis tour above

Joglaresa's new
live concert CD:
Stella Nuova

"carnival-like exuberance - enjoyable and virtuosic"
FROOTS Magazine

"St. John’s Smith Square was packed with punters for Belinda Sykes’s spirited medieval ensemble ... some knockout drumming delightfully demonstrated this spirited group’s hypnotic versatility"
The Independent

JOGLARESA NEWS:
New album of Oriental Jewish and Sephardic Song currently being recorded at Abbey Road Studios s

Sounding more like a street carnival band than a solemn early music group, there is nothing airy-fairy or contemplative about this medieval music and, if you prefer your medieval song performed in the Oxbridge choral style, then this band is probably not for you - they embody the boldness and improvisatory chutzpah that gets straight to the heart of medieval music.

Joglaresa are leaders in the improvisational and cross-cultural fields of their repertoire. The artists in this unique ensemble are some of the most outstanding performers in the improvisational spheres of world music, jazz and classical music.

Their infectious enthusiasm, combined with peerless skill, musicianship and extensive scholarly and field research, produces concerts that are lively, expressive, full of Mediterranean passion and colour - poignant, genuinely spontaneous and highly improvisational. Joglaresa's performances capture the audiences' imagination and draw them into a glorious, living world of medieval music. At the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music this extremely popular ensemble 'brought in one of the largest audiences at the festival'.

Hear Joglaresa at MP3 demos or at:
MySpace - Medieval
MySpace - Stories
MySpace - World