News
7th August 08
We can confirm that we will be playing Maryland Renaissance Festival, USA on the following dates.
October 18th & 19th
Maryland Renaissance Festival
Saturday & Sunday
Performance times at
1pm, 3pm & 5pm each day
www.rennfest.com
Other US dates are still to follow.
6th August 08
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5th August 08
Hello you lovelies we have been exceptionally busy Baebe bees so here’s a run down of what we’ve been up to.
Gigs
20th of July was the date of our gig in Koln and we had a wonderful time sampling the delights of the local cuisine, the Goth beach at
Amphi Festival and luckily we had time to visit the amazing cathedral.
The rampaging beast that is the Baebes on tour was finally reined
in by the firm but fair hand of Tour Manager, Julia Finley, nice one! We’re looking forward to returning to Europe in October as we are always
made very welcome, please check Tour Dates for further information.
The New Album
Firstly thank so much to everyone who has pre-ordered the new album. We’re sure you are all anxious to hear how things are developing.
The finishing touches are being made to the mixes over at Producer KK’s studio and all involved are very excited about the epic, filmic quality
of this, our most ambitious album to date. We’re really looking forward to hearing what you all think of this new work.
We are delighted to announce (as some of the more eagle-eyed among you may have noticed) the title as ILLUMINATION.
Some other very exciting news is that 3 of the tracks feature the awesome band Faun as guest performers. For those of you unfamiliar with
their work check out www.faune.de. We are hoping of collaborate further with these amazing musicians in the live arena at some point in the near future.
Artwork For Illumination
21th of July was the shoot for the album artwork and the following dream team have produced stunning results.
We would like to thank:
James Sutton – Photographer & Art Director
Paolo Jones – Assistant Director
Ane Haugli – Stylist, Hair & Make Up
Elena Mesa – Specialist Shoe Consultant
Daniel Fernandez – Location Provider
Ville Valo - Massage
Special Thanks to the fashion design students of Coventry University who loaned us the incredible outfits and their course leader Ann Muirhead.
Big kisses to our fabulous instrumentalist Frank Moon for being the man with the van.
James Sutton is always a pleasure to work with as was everyone involved and we are really happy with the results.
8 June 08
Emily kicked off the Race for Life today with her trusty hound Mrs Miggins. Whilst her time wasn't exactly record breaking she still made it i time to claim her medal. Here area few pics of her and Mrs Miggins at Hampstead Heath!
Sunday 25 May 2008 18:30-20:00 (Radio 3)
From Enigma to James MacMillan, Aled Jones plays a selection of contemporary works inspired by plainsong, including a 20th century classic - Durufle's Requiem and Katharine Blake of the Mediaeval Baebes explaining how their current projects fit in to the current resurgence of interest in this traditional form.
9th May 08
Firstly, thank you so much to everyone who has pre-ordered our new album, it means a lot to us that we have such a devoted fan base and we are extremely excited about bringing you what is shaping up to be the best Baebes album yet. We have been working our pretty little fingers to the bone writing, rehearsing and fine tuning every aspect of this very special project. For those of you who have not yet treated yourselves to the ultra special limited and numbered edition, fully signed and featuring two bonus tracks, we can reveal that we have a handful left so don’t be shy! Come on in, the water’s lovely.
Recording with our producer, KK (www.kkthemusic.com) starts on Monday. We are thrilled to be working with such a talent and he is most certainly the perfect man for the job. Its no mean feat keeping six headstrong women happy. The combination of his skills as a producer, programmer and musician plus what we feel is our strongest material to date should propel us into the furthest galaxies of super stardom and you, our dearest friends, will be able to say you knew us back when!
Whispers of ‘special guests’ are afoot (shhhh!) and we will bring you more news as we have it: all we can tell you for now is we already have in place a wonderful selection of additional instrumentalists and percussionists to further inspire and add to the classic Baebes sound.
We anticipate the release date being in October. The album is as yet untitled so keep the suggestions coming. Those of you who have pre-ordered will of course be the first to get your mitts on our precious bundle of joy and bounce it up and down on your knees.
We now have a black bag with the Mediaeval Baebes logo available from our Market in addition to the natural coloured Fairy Baebe Graphic design. Also priced at £10 it is 100% cotton and is just the thing to replace all those nasty plastic carrier bags which are littering up our planet.
This week we added two more December dates, the 14th at Christchurch, Dorset, and the 19th at Tunbridge Wells.
We have reinstated the guestbook, you can find it by clicking on the Forum link, where you will be given the option to leave a short message or feedback or to go to the Forum.
We have exciting news. The new Mediaeval Baebes album, to be released later this year, is soon to be in pre production, and you, our most treasured and faithful fans, can pre order a special limited edition. Copies are individually numbered, limited to a thousand, and will feature two bonus tracks, unavailable elsewhere, as well as being signed by the Baebes. The CDs will be sent out in order of purchase, so the fan with the fastest finger on the "Buy Now' button will receive number one! We are, as ever, grateful for your support in helping us achieve our goals. Pre order now to be the first to receive this rare treasure.
CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW
With love and thanks, the Baebes.
We really enjoyed our evening at the Norwich Playhouse last night. Thank you for all those who came down and made it a sold out show! As you can see we have our new picture from James Sutton now on our site. Let us know what you think of it on our Forum!
Well we've had a bit of an update of our website, we hope you like it. As you will see the Guestbook is now gone, so long live the forum instead. We've spent the weekend rehearsing very hard as we will be playing four or five new songs at our gig in Norwich on Friday. We have also been in meetings with producers regarding the new album and we are meeting some really wonderful people with some great ideas. This album looks set to be our strongest yet and we hope to be able to release it around October this year!
Speaking of touring - we are full of wonder and bouncing with happiness at the prospect of once again returning to America to enchant, delight and bring the noise. Germany, Holland and Belgium dates are also being put together, if they have recovered from the palpitations caused by our last tour there, and we will be rocking both Cornwall and Cologne in the not too distant future. Keep checking back to our website over the next few weeks to see all this unfurl and spread its wings to soak up the sunshine as it becomes hotter, and then hotter still……