Artiste: Nell Snaidas

Apollo's Fire digs deep into the roots of early music and finds some surprisingly contemporary sounds.

Who says American early music bands can’t play European music? Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland-based early music ensemble that will be touring the UK and Austria with Sandrine Piau in May, took local fans on a journey to medieval Spain this past weekend with delightfully authentic songs of the Sephardic Jews.