Ronn McFarlane's GRAMMY nominated recording, Indigo Road, is featured on this week's radio broadcast of Harmonia, a nationally broadcast program devoted to Early Music. An interview with Ronn McFarlane can also be heard in this podcast: http://indianapublicmedia.org/harmonia/ronn-mcfarlane-indigo-road/
In the new novel Of Love And Evil by Anne Rice, an excerpt from the author's notes read as follows: "With regard to the Renaissance lute, I listened to a good deal of music while writing this book, but was singularly inspired by a compact disc called The Renaissance Lute by Ronn McFarlane. Let me recommend to the listener selection No. 7, entitled only 'Pessemeze'. This piece of music proved particularly haunting, and I imagine my hero, Toby, playing it during his concluding hours in Renaissance Italy". Her inspiration has become our inspiration and we've arranged this piece for the group.
Ronn recently spent time discussing the lute, musical inspiration, and his new album, One Morning, with Raymond Bisha of the Naxos blog. The conversation is available as a podcast and features extended clips of several tracks from the new CD. You can listen to the interview on the Naxos Blog by clicking on the following link: http://blog.naxos.com/2010/06/01/podcast-one-morning-with-ronn-mcfarlane/
"A new day dawns with GRAMMY® nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane's new album One Morning. The follow-up release to his wildly popular original music album Indigo Road, Ronn continues to show the world that the lute is a living instrument suited for more than just classical performances by past composers, but is ready to introduce new music into the world. Joined by his new group Ayreheart, this album further explores the world of the composer/performer."