Sting’s ‘Labyrinth’: 16th Century Pop Music
By Elizabeth Blair
Morning Edition, October 16, 2006 · Refined Elizabethan music might not come to mind when you think of Sting.
Think again.
The rock star has released Songs of the Labyrinth, a new CD of songs by John Dowland, one of the Elizabethan era’s most important composers. It’s a collection of songs for voice and lute — a stringed instrument that was popular in the 16th century.
