Edito de A La Porte Au PalaisThe album demonstrates the band's trademark blend of traditional songs and hi-energy dance tunes from the medieval and Renaissance eras. The dragon is the symbol which is found in both the English traditional tales of "St George & the Dragon", and the mythological dragon legends of medieval times. Accompaniments and tunes are played on crumhorns, recorders, hurdy-gurdy, harmonium, bouzouki, mandola guitar and percussion. MAGGIE SAND: voice, backing voices, harmonium, bouzouki, studied music in Canada, France and at Morley College in London. Now based in London, she has, during the past few years, released three solo albums in Germany with her other music project "Alquimia" ( the last two in collaboration with Mark Powell). MARK POWELL: guitar, mandola, hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki. Mark has worked with some of the folk world's leading figures such as the Steve Ashley Band and Mick Ryan's touring folk theatre group, Fieldwork. He has also worked as studio engineer and/or producer with luminaries such as The Albion Band, Belshazzar's Feast, Blowzabella, Fairport Convention, Hoover the Dog, Bert Jansch, Danny Thompson and many others. MALCOLM BENNETT: flute, recorders, & crumhorn. Malcolm has played with bands that include Gryphon, The Home Service and the Michael Nyman Band. He also directed the music for Sir Peter Hall's production of the "Oresteia" at the National Theatre. ANTHAR KHARANA: percussion.Apart from his work with Maggie, Anthar is a founder member of his own band, Khantara. He is also the instigator of a project to research, publish and perform the traditional music of his homeland, Columbia. WILL SUMMERS: recorders and crumhorns Will is an established teacher and authority on early music, specialising in recorder and crumhorn. WILL HUGHES: tarabouka.Will started his music career as a drummer, then, after four years at the Academy of Contemporary Music, he went on to do a BA honours degree in contemporary music performance.