Kate Arnold
@dulcimerkate.bsky.social
Musician/Composer/Electro-Medievalist. PhD (Arabic poetry, Old French song). Hammered dulcimer, vielles/viols/violins. Inventor of the phantasmaphone. "Absolutely extraordinary" - BBC R3 https://katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/ https://katearnoldmusic.com/
It's every day in my house. I'm struggling a bit with what seems to be the characterisation of bagpipes as 'uncommon instruments' here. I can see dozens just in that one photo!
Checkiday@checkiday.bsky.social · 6d agoJul 31 is Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day!
THE MOONRIDERS - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA [US, Surf, Exotica] (196?) https://redd.it/fl9ky3 https://youtu.be/WfBeMDQLyaY
THE MOONRIDERS - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA [US, Surf, Exotica] (196?)
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Delighted to share that I've been awarded an Alan James Bursary by @efdss.bsky.social to support research on the Middle East & North Africa in English traditional song. Honoured to be among these artists. Looking forward to it a lot! Musical results further along so stay tuned. Thank you, EFDSS!
English Folk Dance and Song Society@efdss.bsky.social · 6d agoMassive congratulations to the recipients of the 2026 EFDSS Alan James Bursaries! Residency and Research funds will support: Joseph Hardy & Emily Askew Liz Hanks @lizhankscello.bsky.social Aellin (Siân Magill) Alex Lyon Kate Arnold @dulcimerkate.bsky.social Find out more: bit.ly/4w2oXgr
Delighted to share that I've been awarded an Alan James Bursary by @efdss.bsky.social to support research on the Middle East & North Africa in English traditional song. Honoured to be among these artists. Looking forward to it a lot! Musical results further along so stay tuned. Thank you, EFDSS!
English Folk Dance and Song Society@efdss.bsky.social · 6d agoMassive congratulations to the recipients of the 2026 EFDSS Alan James Bursaries! Residency and Research funds will support: Joseph Hardy & Emily Askew Liz Hanks @lizhankscello.bsky.social Aellin (Siân Magill) Alex Lyon Kate Arnold @dulcimerkate.bsky.social Find out more: bit.ly/4w2oXgr
Recommended!
Steve White & The Protest Family@protestfamily.com · 2w agoJuly 31st & August 1st: we're playing at @greengathering.bsky.social in #Chepstow. 2 performances on 2 different stages. Fri 31st July: Soundscape stage, 5pm-6.15 Sat 1st August: Floating Lotus stage, 1.15pm-2.15 You can still come! Check the website for details.
Fancy listening to new research about the Bayeux Tapestry whilst enjoying a refreshing pint or two in a cozy pub? Good news: Pints of Knowledge and I got you covered at the White Harte in Bristol this Sunday! Tickets available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/pints...
Albi or Merovingian Mappa Mundi. Original drawn in C8th. Redrawing is my own work.
Reade to the ende of thys! From Oliver J. Rosten, "On functional representations of the conformal algebra" Theoretical Physics (2017):
‘Great Inventions, 1961’ Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope Artist: Robert Ayton
An amazing and unsettling piece of music in all its forms. After it's over I always feel like it's still going on somewhere.
radio3@radio3.bsky.social · last wk.“Fratres (1991 Version for String Orchestra and Percussion)” by Arvo Pärt #nowplaying #radio3
The first of a few versions of @hillfortian.bsky.social playing the Carnyx. This one uses Reverb. A few more versions to follow inc original. Enjoy.
A lovely walk up to this site. I recommend grabbing an array of provisions from the mighty scotch egg shop in the town below, where there's also a huge labyrinthine second-hand bookshop, riverside pubs and the occasional steam train.
Durotriges Dig@durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2w agoGlowering down at Llangollen #SirDdinbych / #Denbighshire is the mighty Castell Dinas Brân This 13th century stone fortress, built by Gruffydd Maelor II prince of Powys Fadog, sits directly upon the remains of an earlier Iron Age hillfort 📷 August 2023 #HillfortsWednesday
"By his powerful intercession the Blessed Arnold will bring us what we lack." Happy St Arnold's Day to all who celebrate. 🍻
Kate Arnold@dulcimerkate.bsky.social · last yr.Today, 18th July, is the feast day of St Arnold /Arnulf of Metz (d.645 CE), patron saint of brewers thanks to his timely conjuring of beer from an empty mug for some thirsty pilgrims. I shall be toasting my namesake in celebration of this miracle later ... 🧵
"The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary." -Ursula K. Le Guin, *A War Without End*
World Domination Enterprises - Asbestos Lead Asbestos [UK, Noise/Post Punk/Punk/Electronic] (1988) mardy and noisy and incredible https://redd.it/pk89yc https://youtu.be/OlhiSIArIkU
World Domination Enterprises - Asbestos Lead Asbestos [UK, Noise/Post Punk/Punk/Electronic] (1988) mardy and noisy and incredible
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#TilesOnTuesday and a lovely surprise at St. Michael's Stoke Charity, in amongst lots of other lovely details at the rural church, some medieval tiles that look like they may have been reused or relaid, beautiful
شادکام = Shad Kam - سرنهادم [Afghanistan, Traditional] (19??) Love the piano/synths/sax in this traditional song. https://redd.it/mebiuo https://youtu.be/zjibsYL9zQc
شادکام = Shad Kam - سرنهادم [Afghanistan, Traditional] (19??) Love the piano/synths/sax in this traditional song.
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sōn, m.n: a musical sound, music vocal or instrumental. (SOWN / ˈsoːn) Image: Arthurian romances; France, 1290-1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 229, f. 1r. #OldEnglish #WOTD
Further medieval adventures! A couple of pics from a brilliant @imc-leeds.bsky.social last week. Left: the Thursday lunch queue. Right: Tyke the burrowing owl, at the birds of prey stand. He had lots to say, but alas I don't speak Owl. I wonder if he knows that the owl is the symbol of Leeds?
I've been trying to stop myself, but I'm now seeing so many World Cup /1066 posts re England beating the Norwegians then losing to the French a few days later that I must say it: You do know the Normans weren't French, right? It's still pretty funny though.
MARKERS AGAINST AI. Whenevir you are temptid to create a holidaye carde, invitacioun, etc wyth Gen AI: do not. Ynstead, use a trusty bolde marker on playne papir. Make it as simple as possible. Stick! figures! Everyone will knowe you made it. Everyone will knowe it ys yours. We win wyth markers.
Immeasurable thanks to the SSCLE @latineast.bsky.social and the University of Porto for a brilliant and highly memorable conference!
Kate Arnold@dulcimerkate.bsky.social · 4w agoA few final pics from the Convento de Cristo, Tomar, Portugal last week. Serene and peaceful cloisters after the sensory overload of the church ...
A few final pics from the Convento de Cristo, Tomar, Portugal last week. Serene and peaceful cloisters after the sensory overload of the church ...
Horror vacui at the Convento de Cristo, Tomar, Portugal. I'm not sure these pics do it justice, but imagine all this along with whatever sound was emerging from that pipe I posted earlier, plus chanting, incense and the effects of the light reflecting off all the glittery surfaces. Sensory overload.
More from the church of the Convento de Cristo, Tomar, Portugal last week. On the left, a trompe l'oeil pulpit. On the opposite wall, a real one, identical. Originally 12th century and part of the Templar castle, the church was covered in decoration of many styles over subsequent centuries.
11th July is the feast of St Benedict who is here depicted next to a hedgehog. BL Add MS 39636; Gradual; 3rd quarter of the 15th century; Italy (Lombardy); f.13r @blmedieval.bsky.social
