David Grisman is currently working with Tommy Emmanuel for a new CD, and the duo will be touring in the USA for the next time. Today two new videos of the duo have been made available, Cinderella’s Fella and Tipsy Gipsy. I have added three videos from concerts by David Grisman and Tommy Emmanuel in […]
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Jarmo Romppanen is one of the few mandolin players from Finland. For more than 25 years Jarmo has played the traditional folk music od his country, classical music and Brazilian Choro music. He has published several CDs as a soloist and with his group Nordic Choro. Jarmo is playing a 10 string mandolin. His new
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Jean und Janvier Pietrapertosa belong to the mandolin players and mandolin teachers that helped to make the mandolin popular in the region of Paris in France around 1900.Both have written important mandolin methods , they have composed their own pieces and and arranged the popular music of the time. Until today not much is known
Hendrik Luurtsema is a mandolin player from the Netherlands. I have recently discovered his mandolin videos when I was looking for other recordings of Midnight on the Water which I had just recorded for my youtube channel. When I was looking for more information about Hendrik I found his new blog where he is sharing
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Just got a newsletter from 9 Horses with this great video The Water Understands. That’s the introduction for the video from the newsletter: Working together with filmmaker Souki Mehdaoui, American Sign Language actor and performer Christina Dunams, electronic sound designer Justin Goldner, and our friends Nathan Koci on piano, Kevin Garcia on drums, and Reed
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Pizzicar Galante – with mandolinist Anna Schivazappa and harpsichordist Fabio Antonio Falcone – are going to record their second CD with works by Domenico Scarlatti for mandolin and harpsichord. Anna Schivazappa has studied the mandolin in Urbino and Padua in Italy and is currently working on her PHD in musicology. The project is presented in the following video:
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Bobby Osborne has recorded his new CD “Original” at an age of 85. When I listened to this album I was immediatly fascinated by the songs and arrangements. The album has been made available as streaming on the website The Bluegrass Situation. The CD was produced by Alison Brown. The project has been supported by the FreshGrass
In 2013 I have written about a CD by the mandolin quartet MANdolinMAN from Belgium. Last year the quartet has produced the third CD Unfolding the Roots. You can find two tracks from this CD at vimeo, and also a trailer for the new CD. Enjoy the quartet MANdolinMAN from Belgium! Unfolding the Roots Track from
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The Gusli (-> Wikipedia) is an old Russian stringed instrument, a kind of a zither. The gusli is used in folk music, but can also be used for classical music. The gusli is usually played with the right hand while the left hand mutes to strings that should not sound. This can be used for
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Alon Sariel is mandolin player, conductor and lutenist with a busy schedule. His recent newsletter informed among others about his new CD telemandolin, dedicated to Georg Philip Telemann and his music. Alon has recently played concerts in Southafrica, and he gave an interview which is available as youtube video: Interview Die Groot Ontbyt Southafrica Playlist
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