Some years ago I have discovered the Art of Time Ensemble, a Toronto based ensemble, which had given a performance of the complete Beatles album Abbey Road in 2010 which was then just 40 years old. The concert had been available on the website of the CBC. This year another iconic album by the Beatles […]
The mandolin is not a popular instrument in Turkey today. The baglama is the plucked strings instrument that is mostly played in Turkey. But there are a few videos by Turkish musicians with mandolin. Some time ago I was told about the videos by Kerim & Selim Altinok. After I had watched several videos I
The Trio Que Chora is a trio dedicated to Choro music with flute, Brazilian 7-string guitar and percussion. I have compiled a playlist with many great performances! The playlist starts with videos from a concert by SESC Sao Paulo. Playlist Trio Que Chora O grupo apresenta diversidade rítmica e formação pouco usual, pois além da
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I have recently discovered a great new resource for learning to improvise on jazz tunes. Leo Ravera has compiled a set of exercises based on the chord progression of Take the A Train. Those exercise are very well suited for the mandolin. This is the chord progression of the song. You can play the exercises
Danilo Brito is one of the best bandolim players in Brazil. He has performed together with Mike Marshall and other American mandolin players. Now I have found the following concert which he gave together with piano player André Mehmari. The program was composed of compositions by Ernesto Nazareth, Garoto or Zequinha de Abreu, and also
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Aguenta seu Fulgêncio is the 3rd Choro in the Songbook Choro. It is a fast choro, and it has a complicated, syncopated rhythm in it’s first part. I have compiled some great videos of this choro in my playlist: Playlist Aguenta seu Fulgêncio More posts about choros from Songbook Choro: Songbook Choro – 97 Choros
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Victor Solomin is a domra player from Kiew in the Ukraine. He likes to play Jazz and music by Sting on his domra, but he also plays the works by Johann Sebastian Bach. I have compiled a playlist with recordings of the Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo by Johann Sebastian Bach played by Victor
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Valzer per un Amore – I have discovered this song years ago, and every now and than I need to search for it again. Now I have compiled a post about this song to find it better next time. The song has been written by Fabrizio de André who is one of the most important
I have recently discovered some great music by Peter Pussarnig. The sound of the mandolin in the track Anahata from Peter Pussarnigs CD “Autumn Song” inspired me to listen to more music by this artist. In this great video some people were filmed as they heard the track for the very first time – a
I have recently discovered a CD titled Bluegrass that Swings by David Naiditch on the Airplay Direct Website. David Naiditch is a harmonica player who plays Bluegrass music, Western Swing, Jazz, Klezmer, Ragtime and more. The harmonica is not the typical Bluegrass instrument, it was the first time that I found Bluegrass recordings with a
