Exit one W, enter another

My mom and dad started going to Texas Renaissance Festival in the mid Eighties... I was not a healthy child, so often, I'd be up sick with my mom watching me, and some of my earliest memories involve laying on the couch, my mom at her sewing machine, and some tape playing in the stereo- yep, I did say tape!

Most often, the music playing was from an amazing group called Wyndnwyre. Comprised of three (now four) talented musicians on hammer dulcimer, flute, harp, guitar and fiddle, the mostly instrumental, occasionally vocal pieces have been, to me, what faire is all about- before E Muzeki, before Circa Paleo, before I ever even GOT to go to Faire, Wyndnwyre's music embodied the spirit of it to me.



I was checking the music schedule for TRF this year, as opening is a scant three weeks away, and Wyndnwyre is nowhere to be seen on the schedule... I know acts change, and move on, but for 20 years, Wyndnwyre has been the constant for me- I have been a student of music, so music is important to me... and this, Wyndnwyre, has a sound that cannot be mistaken for anything else. I will miss that sound.

In other W music news, a certain group I have loved from afar is coming back to TRF after a many year absence. I have never had the opportunity to watch Wolgemut in person, only purchased their music off iTunes after the Fanboy raving about them to me. They are very traditional, but in the style of the hard rock of the day. Welcome back Wolgemut!