Seven Times Salt Folk Band from Boston, MA

Seven Times Salt is a Boston-based early music ensemble specializing in repertoire of the 16th and 17th centuries--the era of Queen Elizabeth I and Shakespeare. Playing on violin, lute, viola da gamba, recorders, and percussion, they bring the sound of the Renaissance alive. In addition to chamber music, they perform folksongs, ballads, and spirited English country dances, depending on what best suits your event. Praised for their creative programming and “impeccably-balanced sound,” the group has performed at venues throughout New England including Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Plimoth Plantation, the New England Folk Festival, WGBH radio, and many others. The ensemble has also researched and presented original programs for early music festivals, the Society of Historically-Informed Performance, and their own self-produced concert series. Seven Times Salt delights in blurring the lines between “art music” and folk tunes, and its members are at ease performing in the concert hall, the dance hall, or the beer hall! “Tears seven times salt, burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye!” The ensemble's name is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet.