In June 2009 the German Association for mandolin orchestras BDZ, district Hessen, had its music fest in Schlitz. Several videos of this event are available at youtube with interesting performances of some of the best mandolin orchestras in Germany. There are several videos available with the mandolin orchestra of Hessen (Hessisches Zupforchester). The orchestra is […]
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Today I found a press release about the latest album Bastard Etno of the Danish-Finish band Afenginn which is released today. This made me curious and I listened to the tracks available on Afenginns myspace page. Finnish mandolinist Kim Nyberg composes almost all of their music. Afenginn is the winner of the Danish Folk Price
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Yesterday I found a blog about a new CD with all songs by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Naxos. This CD does also include a recording of the song Die Zufriedenheit with mandolin accompaniment. The mandolin part is played by Ariane Lorch: Die Zufriedenheit: Was frag ich viel nach Geld und Gut, KV 349** The blog
Ariane Lorch – Mozart Songs with Mandolin – Youth Mandolin Orchestra Wickenrode Read More »
Larry Keel and Adam Aijala are two great guitarists who play in various bands and styles. I have dicscovered them as a duo from a podcast which is no more available. Larry Keel and Adam Aijala have played as a duo in 2009 and 2010. You can find a recording of a concert of Larry
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When I looked for other videos of the Kansai Mandolin Ensemble I found the following video of a group named Talilele of 27 players with mandolins, ukuleles and other plucked instruments. Something Unexpected: Talilele This group is composed of 27 players of ukuleles, cigar box ukues, mandolins, mandolas, banjo and some Japanese instruments and reminds
Talilele – Mixed Ukulele and Mandolin-Orchestra from Kobe / Japan Read More »
Recently I heard a broadcast about songs by the Beatles and also by Tom Waits in Country and Bluegrass music. As I have been a fan of the Beatles all my life, I made a search for the most interesting videos of Beatles songs in youtube, and I have found a lot of interesting stuff.
Beatles and Bluegrass / Beatlegras, Waylanders, Rhonda Vincent, and more Read More »
I am currently reading Hallelujah Junction, an autobiograhical book by the important US American composer John Adams, and so I checked the CBC concerts on demand section for works by John Adams. A performance of Hallelujah Junction – a composition for two pianos by John Adams is availble on youtube: J. Adams – Hallelujah Junction
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Beppe Gambetta is one of the guitar players from Europe who does regularly play at the important events in the USA. He plays together with all the important musicians like Dan Crary or David Grisman. In his hometown Genova in Italy Beppe Gambetta has organized an Acoustic Night for the last 9 years – Acoustic
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A nice video of a concert by Jose Miguel Morena that was given during the Early Music Festivals in St. Petersburg (Russia) has created interest for this musician. The video can be found in the blog of the Russian camera man Roman Gurochkin. Moreno plays music of the Renaissance on a vihuela, at the end
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The mandolin orchestra La Orden de la Terraza from Logrono (Spain) gave a concert with the winning compositions of the competition for composition of the city of Logrono 2008. The whole concert is now available at youtube. At the beginning of the concert some compositions from the previous competitions were played. Concierto presentación fallo del
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