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He has toured the U.S. and Europe extensively (from Ireland to Turkey), performing with the medieval group Tintagel and his own group, Ensemble Florata, including concerts at the York and Beverley Early Music Festivals, Alden Biesen Castle in Belgium, and the Spitalfields Festival in London. He has given a number of performances for BBC, toured in Canada and Australia, and worked with folk musicians in Marrakech and Istanbul.\n\nHe has collaborated and performed with many early music groups and performers, including Ensemble Alcatraz; Anne Azema; Susan Rode Morris; Phoebe Jevtovic; Peter Maund; Sinfonye; Kitka; Wyrewood; Gilbert Martinez; and members of the Harp Consort and Theater of Voices. 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"An acoustic, vocal-rich album blending medieval and Middle Eastern music, ideal for evoking ancient, exotic, or contemplative atmospheres in travel, historical, or wellness contexts.", "cover" : "https://magnatune.com/music/Tim%20Rayborn/Rihla/cover_400.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/albums/rayborn-rihla/", "api_url" : "https://magnatune.com/api/albums/rayborn-rihla", "buy_url" : "https://magnatune.com/buy/album?sku=rayborn-rihla" },{ "sku" : "rayborn-chordae", "name" : "Chordae", "artist" : { "name" : "Tim Rayborn", "page" : "tim_rayborn" }, "release_date" : "2005-09-05", "genres" : ["World","Medieval"], "vocals" : "instrumental", "moods" : ["peaceful","meditative","reflective","nostalgic","ethereal","spiritual"], "uses" : ["study or focus","podcast background","meditation or yoga","spa or massage","period drama or history","fantasy or medieval"], "energy" : 2, "instrumentation" : ["medieval harp","nail-plucked strings","historically informed performance","vocal 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["documentary","period drama or history","fantasy or medieval","meditation or yoga","religious or ceremonial","emotional storytelling"], "energy" : 2, "instrumentation" : ["vocal","medieval instruments","middle eastern instruments","acoustic strings","traditional percussion"], "sounds_like" : [], "summary" : "A spiritually evocative, melancholic medieval and Middle Eastern album with vocal and instrumental pieces ideal for documentaries, period dramas, and meditation.", "cover" : "https://magnatune.com/music/Tim%20Rayborn/Ashek/cover_400.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/albums/rayborn-asked/", "api_url" : "https://magnatune.com/api/albums/rayborn-asked", "buy_url" : "https://magnatune.com/buy/album?sku=rayborn-asked" }] }, "license" : { "music_license" : "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 1.0)", "music_license_url" : "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/", "listening" : "Stream the free previews, or buy an album for $8 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Projects released while a member stay licensed for good; new projects need an active membership. Credit is required. TV or radio broadcast, cinema, and background music in shops, restaurants or on-hold lines are not included: license those from the musician. Membership: $10/month, $99/year or $299 lifetime; agents can buy one themselves with MPP at /api/member-pass ($10 month, $99 year, $299 lifetime, one-off).", "projects_status" : "available", "projects_signup" : "https://magnatune.com/member/signup", "royalty_free" : "Membership is royalty-free licensing: no per-video, per-download or per-view fees, for every project created and released while a member.", "youtube" : "YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, podcasts: members may use the clean songs in monetized videos. Members register their YouTube channel (the set_youtube_channel MCP tool, or their account page) so YouTube's Content ID doesn't claim their videos. The free versions carry a spoken Magnatune voice and are non-commercial (CC BY-NC-SA), so they're not for monetized channels or client work.", "details" : "https://magnatune.com/info/licensing", "how_to_credit" : "Name the artist and \"Magnatune\", with a link to the album's web_url." } }