I have discovered Dry and Dusty in the youtube channel Mark’s Memories and I have listened to the show they played at the Portland Oldtime Music Gathering now for several times. Description from the Dry and Dusty facebook page Dry and Dusty is an old-time sister duo from Bellingham and sometimes Spokane, Washington. The band […]
I have just found the following video in the youtube channel of WAMU, a complete Open Mic show of two hours, with performances by Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass, Gold Heart and Akira Otsuka. Inspired by this video I had to search around for more information about Akira Otsuka, his band Bluegrass 45, John
Akira Otsuka Solo Mandolin Recital – Bluegrass 45 – Bluegrass in Japan Read More »
A new kickstarter project has been set up by banjo player Jayme Stone. The aim of the project is to rediscover the music that has been collected by Alan Lomax, who is taken as one of the most important influencers of the American Folk Song Revival. For just 10 $ you can get the result
Simon Mayor is maybe the most active mandolin player in the UK. He plays everything from classical music to bluegrass. Simon has also releases many instructional books and mandolin methods. I have found the following video of the famous Minute Waltz some months ago, it was filmed during a Christmas concert. This video shows that
Simon Mayor and the Mandolinquents – Great Mandolin Music from the UK Read More »
Chris Thile has played a solo concert in Portland, Oregon last year. The complete concert is available as a youtube playlist in the youtube channel of Mark’s Memories Chris Thile is an exceptional mandolin player, singer and performer. In his program he mixes solo sonatas and partitas by J. S. Bach including the complete Partita
The guembri is a 3-stringed plucked instrument which is beeing played by the Gnawa people in Morocco and North-Africa. The playing technique is similar to the clawhammer style used with the American banjo. One of the 3 strings of the guembri is shorter and is used as a drone – this is another similarity to
Jacopo Gianninoto is an Italian lutenist, guitarist and composer. I have found some pictures of a lute and baroque guitar in his tumblr. He currently works as a teacher for guitar and lute at the Assumption University in Bangkok. He is currently a Full-Time Lute and Guitar lecturer and Special Advisor for the Department of
Jacopo Gianninoto and Luca Chiavinato – Exciting Projects with Lute and Baroque-Guitar Read More »
n his movie “The Sound of Rio – Brasileirinho” Mika Kaurismäki has made a great portrait of the Brazilian choro. I had not seen this movie until now, but I have recently found this movie (with the Portuguese title “Brasileirinho – Grandes Encontros do Choro”) on youtube. If you are interested in Brazilian choro and
Brasileirinho – The Sound of Rio – A Film about the Choro by Mika Kaurismäki Read More »
Recently I have made a scan of a guitar method by Eduard Bayer and added it to my score catalogue at musicaneo.com. Eduard Bayer was a guitar virtuoso and composer of the 19th century. He played a special guitar with 10 strings, an early version of the harp-guitar. I have found the following video of
