The City Waites

The City Waites were a British early music ensemble. Formed in the early 1970s, they specialise in English music of the 16th and 17th centuries from the street, tavern, theatre and countryside — the music of ordinary people. They endeavour to appeal to a wide general audience as well as to scholars. They have toured the UK, much of Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and the USA, performing everywhere from major concert halls and universities to village squares. Collaborations include the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare's Globe. They can be heard on several movie and TV soundtracks; they broadcast frequently and have made more than 30 CDs.

Bawdy Ballads of Old England - 2019-04-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Lusty Broadside Ballads & Playford Dances from 17th Century England - 2015-03-31T00:00:00.000000Z

The English Stage Jig: Comedies from the 16th & 17th Centuries - 2009-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Penny Merriments: Street Songs of 17th Century England - 2005-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

City Waites: The English Tradition - 400 Years of Music and Song - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Pills to Purge Melancholy - 1990-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

"Christmas Now Is Drawing Near" English Folk Carols on Original Instruments - 1988-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

How the World Wags: Social Music for a 17th-Century Englishman - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Similar Artists

John Fleagle

John Kirkpatrick

Custer LaRue

Tarleton's Jig

Magpie Lane

Ruth Dornfeld

John Langstaff

The Revels Band

Briddes Roune

Ian Giles

Tom Kines

Sara Stowe

Michael Gregory

The Sherwood Consort

David & Ginger Hildebrand

Joglaresa

Peter Barnes

Jo Freya

The Mellstock Band and Choir

Jerome Epstein