The Ensemble Hikari 光 has been invited to the show „Kaffee oder Tee?“ (coffee or tea?) of the German TV Station SWR on January 3rd, 2014. Now three videos have been made available at youtube. The ensemble has been founded by mandolin players from Germany and Japan and it aims to make music by Japanese composers better […]
Olga Egorova is a mandolin player from Russia. As most mandolin players in Russia she has studied the domra first and has got a degree in classical music from the music academy in Moscow. After this she began to play the mandolin too and has studied bluegrass, folk and other music for the mandolin. Finally
Jarmo Romppanen has just recorded a new CD with his band Nordic Choro. Instead of playing the Brazilian repertoir Nordic Choro have arranged nordic songs in the style of Brazilian choro – a great idea! Nordic Choro have started a campagin to raise the money for the production of the CD. They have presented their
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Folk Radio UK shares a so called Covermount Mix every month to the subscribers of the Folk Radio UK Newsletter. In the latest covermount mix I have discovered Kyrre Slind with the great track Oysterhaven from his latest album Open Airs. I have also found a recent video at youtube: Kyrre Slind plays Kevin’s Melody
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Tolgahan Çoğulu has worked on a project to present wooden instruments from Turkey. This has been inspired by the World Wood Day on March 21st. The result is the following playlist with 17 videos that present the instruments: Ud Ney microtonal guitar Tar Kemençe Bağlama fretless guitar Kemane Kanun Tulum Dede Efendi Tanbur Erbane Mey
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Ernesto Becucci (1845 – 1905) was a popular and succesful Italian composer during the second half of the 19th century. Especially his composition “Tesoro Mio” has been successful all over the world. His compositions have also been arranged for mandolin and mandolin orchestra. In the monthly reports about published music (Hofmeisters Monatsberichte) from 1906 I
O Charme do Choro is a six piece female choro band. Composed of flute, two guitars, cavaquinho, pandeiro and bandolim they play Brazilian choros including some of the great choros like Santa Morena, “Vibrações”, Brejeiro, Pedacinhos do Céu and of course Carinhoso. The group has existed for more than eight years now and had some spectacular performances during the
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I have compiled a new playlist with Hamilton de Holanda and listened to this great Brazilian bandolim player during the last weeks. Hamilton plays alone, with piano or with bigger ensembles. He plays his 10-strings bandolim which has become very popular in Brazil during the recent years. Hamilton plays traditional choros, Brazilian Jazz and many
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Chloe and Jason Roweth are two Australian musicians. I first discovered a video where they played an instrumental version of the old tune Just as the sun went down when I did some research about the composer Lyn Udall. They are playing many interesting traditional tunes from Australia with mandolin, mandola and guitar. Sometimes they
Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian guitarist who was active in the USA after 1940. He worked in Hollywood as a studio musician and has played the guitar part in many movies. For his record Girl von Ipanema he won a Grammy in 1964. Laurindo Almeida is also seen as the father of the Bossa-Nova. He
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