The Mediaeval Baebes

The magnificent journey of The Mediaeval Baebes started in 1996, when a group of friends sang together, dressed in elegant white gowns and crowns of ivy.

Drawing lyrics from mediaeval texts and setting them to original scores using mediaeval and classical instruments, while singing in an impressive array of long-forgotten languages, The Mediaeval Baebes offer a unique musical beauty and exceptional talent.

Their selection of mediaeval texts is dramatic, obscure, and dark in nature, touching on themes like the inevitability of death, the futility of material possessions, the anguish of unrequited love, or the dangers of overindulgence in alcohol. Some themes remain timeless!

Eighteen years and eight studio albums later, these fair maidens have placed three albums at the top of the classical charts, starred in Ken Russell’s last film “Fall Of The Louse Of Usher,” and their contribution to the BBC production of The Virgin Queen earned them a well-deserved Ivor Novello Award for best television soundtrack.

The Mediaeval Baebes have performed before enthusiastic audiences in the UK, United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe, in venues ranging from castles and caves to cathedrals and renaissance fairs. They have toured with Jools Holland and played at The Royal Albert Hall, Carnglaze Caverns in Cornwall, Jersey Opera House, Tewkesbury Abbey, supported Michael Flatley in Hyde Park, and performed at the legendary Lilith Fair in America.