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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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
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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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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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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This morning I have listened to the CBC Live podcast with a solo concert by Bruce Cockburn. In this podcast you could hear a part of this concert given in April 2009. The complete concert with 20 tracks was available as a concert on demand also. Bruce Cockburn has released his 30th album Slice O Life –
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Another famous pop song of the early 1980s with the mandolin is Boat on the River by Styx with Tommy Shaw playing mandolin. Yesterday I heard this song in our local radio station, so I looked what I could find about this song. I have found many old and new videos with this song. In
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Some days ago my father in law told me, that he had seen a woman playing an instrument without touching it, just by moving her hands through the air. For me it was clear, that he talked about a theremin. I had visited several profiles in myspace of players of the theremin, and so I
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