The Kansai Mandolin Ensemble SMK from Kobe, Japan is expecting its 50th birthday next year. It was founded in 1960 and has made tours to Italy, Germany and Greece. The description of the videos does contain the following text in Italian language: gruppi di concerto di mandolino Noi siamo gruppi di insieme di mandolino giapponesi […]
Some days ago I wrote about Carol of the Bells, and that the first version of this tune that I liked was the version played by the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble on the CD of Patty Loveless Bluegrass & White Snow. And some days ago I found new videos of the NME with some Christmas tunes.
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Hallelujah is one of the most famous songs by Leonard Cohen, and very many cover versions of this songs do exist. This song has also been used in the Shrek movie. I have listened to some versions of Leonard Cohens Hallelujah and want to present some interesting versions of this song in my blog. Leonard
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I am just preparing some presents for Christmas and I am listening to some nice music from Canada: Noel! Noel! – The Spirit Of The Season Throughout the show four unique and dynamic performers share music that expresses their vision of Christmas. Using both personal anecdotes and songs each artist will share their experience of
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In my German blog I have already written about the Good Lovelies – three women from Toronto who play and sing. A one hour show with this trio was available as Canada Live podcast: This week, the Good Lovelies blend charming three-part harmonies with bluegrass. This Toronto trio brings folkpop and fun to Montreal. The
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Yesterday I have found four videos with a mandolin ensemble from Kumamoto, Japan – the “Eight Strings Studio“. There is not much information about this group, but the quality of the videos is excellent. The group is composed of two mandolins, mandola and mandoloncello. A guitar is added for some pieces. This is the information
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Last year I watched some videos of Victor Solomin and his band. Victor plays the domra, but he does not only play traditional and classical music on his domra, but also a lot of jazz with his band. Today I found a new video of Victor Solomin with a great performance of Libertango by Astor
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I have just found this nice tune with variations played by Oleg Videnov from Sofia, Bulgaria on the mandolin. Привечер-В.Хватов Performed by Oleg Videnov(mandolin) and Lachezar Videnov (guitar) 22.07.2009 Oleg Videnov has made several videos in his channel ovidenov. This is another example – a serenade by Silvestri: Silvestri-Serenade The last video that I have
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This morning I listened to the newest Canda Live podcast with Lake of Stew, a six-piece acoustic string band from Montreal, Quebec. On the band homepage you can find the following text about the band and it’s music, a definition that fits very well to what I have heard from the podcast and the videos:
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The time around christmas is a time to listen to music like the music by this German group – the Fraunhofer Saitenmusik. The group is named after a location, an old guesthouse in Munich and was founded in 1978 by Heidi Zink and Richard Kurländer Das »Fraunhofer« – eines der ältesten und schönsten Wirtshäuser Münchens
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