Article: Classical Music, Here Is Thy Sting: Rock Star Trades Bass For Lute In Playing 16th-Century Songs On PBS Special.

Article: Sting gives Elizabethan composer new voice.(ARTS & CULTURE)(MUSIC)
The Washington Times;  October 14, 2006 ;     508 words ......it seems a handful of Sting's friends and colleagues...right. In those notes, Sting tries to explain how the...music today: Born in 1563, John Dowland was perhaps the first example...simply by singing the songs. Sting's sometimes traditional...McCartney's work is original; Sting's is ...

Article: Sting Releases Special DVD/CD Package Entitled The Journey And The Labyrinth: The Music Of John Dowland In-Stores February 20th on Deutsche Grammophon.
PR Newswire;  January 9, 2007 ;     484 words ......From The Labyrinth, Sting furthers his fascination...Elizabethan composer John Dowland (1563-1626) on the...Labyrinth: The Music Of John Dowland. This new DVD/CD...90-minute version of Sting's first-ever PBS...Labyrinth: The Music Of John Dowland will be released...on ...

Article: Sting Releases New Album of Early Music on Deutsche Grammophon.
PR Newswire;  June 7, 2006 ;     471 words ......This autumn Sting ventures into new...Elizabethan songwriter, John Dowland (1563-1626). Sting is joined on this...the early 1980s, Sting was first introduced to the music of John Dowland and has confessed...are familiar with John Dowland normally think...He has ...

Article: Sting plans 'strange' new album
The Hindustan Times;  May 28, 2006 ;     187 words ......28 -- British singer Sting is planning to release...performed on the lute. Sting says in his website that...Deutsche Grammophon. Sting says he was gifted a...16th century composer John Dowland, who wrote songs especially...his for an album," says Sting. Before embarking on his solo ...

Article: Sting finds inspiration in Elizabethan composer.
Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);  October 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jeff Miers Oct. 17--Sting's begging for it. An album of songs from Elizabethan composer John Dowland, performed solely by voice...the Labyrinth will appear as Sting's Spinal Tap moment, his own...healthy sense of humor. That Sting's sense of humor rings in sympathy...nakedly musical, ...

Article: Musicians on the trail of a 16th-century star; TRIBUTE: Lute player who inspired Sting to be honoured in concert at church.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  March 17, 2007 ;     359 words ......Goulden THE music of John Dowland, whose 16th century...were discovered by Sting, is to be performed...said: At the time John Dowland appeared in Coventry...the Labyrinth, Sting has done a lot...the footsteps of John Dowland when they play...EARLY DAYS... John ...

Article: Sting goes Elizabethan.
Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan);  November 5, 2006 ;     671 words ......Songs from the Labyrinth is Sting's most recent foray outside...is a collection of songs by John Dowland (1563-1626). Edin Karamazov...the recording to accompany Sting's singing. The songs, from...Dowland's best known songs. Sting is not the first pop artist...before. So how does this new ...

Article: Sting storms charts with lute music.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  October 16, 2006 ;     220 words ...MULTI-million-selling pop star Sting stormed to the top of the...Sixteenth century composer John Dowland is known to early music specialists, but Sting's interest in his work...according to his record label. Sting said of Dowland's work...complex time signatures. Sting collaborated with ...

Article: STING IN ELIZABETHAN PERIOD.(Living)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  October 13, 2006 ;     489 words ......Bros. Television sound stage, Sting is perched on a stool, singing...years old. It was composed by John Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare...the former Police frontman, Sting's new album, Songs From the...relate to them in that way, Sting says during a break in the...The songs have been ...

Article: To be Sting for a day
The Independent - London;  February 24, 1996 ;     700+ words ......came through from the man at A&M Records; Sting fancied a jam. Any interest? I'm used to...firmly, "That's all in the past now." In Sting's case, though, maybe I would make an exception...fantasies I have had, over the years, about Sting - specifically about wanting his job. It...

Article: Englishman in the Springs/ As his new album hits stores, Sting drops by the World Arena
The Gazette;  December 7, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Sting's voice is thick and brooding at the opening of his new live...Fragile" was recorded on the night of Sept. 11, and even though Sting was at his home in northern Italy, the reverberations from...grief. "It was recorded then, but it's not what we intended," Sting said during an online chat on ...

Article: Loads of lute for Sting's project.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  May 29, 2006 ;     225 words ...Rock superstar Sting says his next project will...century English composer John Dowland set about making his own...our living to this man. Sting's attraction to the instrument...some songs for an album. Sting said: That kind of frivolous...

Article: Wounds that sting; book reviews.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  November 16, 2003 ;     668 words ...Byline: RUSSELL DAVIES Broken Music by Sting Simon & Schuster [pounds sterling]18...bare-boned vocals of Gordon Sumner, alias Sting - disbanded itself 20 years ago, in late 1983. Since then Sting has roamed the planet, about whose future...

Article: Tubegazing: Sting - Songs from the Labyrinth.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
The Christian Science Monitor;  February 23, 2007 ;     115 words ...Byline: Gloria Goodale Sting: Songs from the Labyrinth (PBS, Great...There are two reasons to tune into Sting's live take on the songs of John Dowland, one of the most popular composers of...Edin Karamazov. If you are merely a Sting fan, you will be pleasantly surprised...matter the material ...