23rd April is St. Georges' Day. A day that has, up to now, been hijacked by assorted right-wing nasties. But, in the Market Square today, there was a small gathering and event that I enjoyed hugely.

Well, I suppose it depends on your musical tastes I guess.

Wynndebagge and The New St George Waits, purveyors of medieval rock'nroll. Wynndebagge (bagpipes, banter, hurdy-gurdy, woodwinds and gittern) have played in a number of outfits (that's costumes and bands!), one of the first being The Baggettes, a medieval good-time party band - weddings, hanging, floggings, ritual disembowellings, in fact any cause of public celebration. Then in 2002 English Heritage commissioned wynndebagge to provide a band to celebrate England's patron saint day and The New St George Waits was born. Nottingham has now heard from them.

 http://www.wynndebagge.co.uk

 http://www.reverbnation.com/wynndebagge

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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email:  tash@indymedia.org
Member of the National Union of Journalists [No: 014345]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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