I have just found an article on LaGuitare.com with the presentation of a mandolin built by luthier Hervé Coufleau. This mandolin is highly decorated with mother of pearl inlays – a very special and beautiful instrument. The mandolin is is also shown on the myspace page of Hervé Coufleau: More picures and an article about […]
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This is a video, that every mandolin player should have seen. Russell Brand, famous British actor and husband of Katy Perry, has made this video for the BBC some time ago. He plays the famous Losing my Religion by R.E.M. an a mandolin that he finds laying around in a floor – but in the
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It’s the Craftsman, Not the Singer or the Song http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/arts/design/11heroes.html Guitars built by John D’Angelico, James D’Aquisto and John Monteleone are shown in an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read about this exhibition in the New York Times: “Guitar Heroes,” an exceptionally interesting exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has nothing to
Today I decided to listen to the latest podcast of the Antique Phonograph Music Program with MAC http://wfmu.org/playlists/AP On February 8th the Red Hook Ramblers – a Brooklyn based Dixieland band – played live in this show – some really great dixieland music. You can download this as a podcast, as mp3 or listen to
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A picture of Scott DuBois with a beautiful guitar by D’Angelico was printed in my newspaper today. Scott DuBois will play in Freiburg tonight. He is currently on tour through Germany and Austria. Information taken from Sctt’s homepage: In addition to being part of the New York City jazz/improvised music scene for the past fifteen
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The Mandolin Orchestra of the Hiroshima Jogakuin University in Japan has more than 50 videos in its video channel at youtube. The videos present recordings made during the concerts of the previous years. This mandolin orchestra is organized by the university for the students like many other mandolin orchestras in Japan. Hiroshima Jogakuin was founded
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The Pittsburgh Mandolin Society provides a set of free sheet music for folk dances from former Yugoslavia. It is possible to play those pieces with one or two mandolins and guitar accompaniment. Yugoslav Songs and Dances: http://www.pittsburghmandolinsociety.org/archives/yugoslav.html One of the dances is Seljancica Kolo, a well known dance from Croatia, which can be found several
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The fretwork ensemble is a viol consort from England which exists since 1986 and which plays music from 500 years. This ensemble does not limit itself to old music originally composed for viols centuries ago, but it also plays new compositions composed especially for this group. A great example of this kind of new music
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Some days ago I found a concert with songs by Nick Drake. Nick Drake was a singer/songwirter who produced 3 albums between 1969 and 1972. He died in 1974 with only 26 years. Albums Five Leaves Left, 1969 Bryter Layter, 1970 Pink Moon, 1972 Nick Drake Tribute CBC Concert: no more available 18 Nick Drake
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The Kujawiak by Henry Wieniawaski belongs to the preferred pieces for recitals of young violin players – you can find many examples as youtube videos – here you can see the Kujawiak played by young violinist Martin Zayranow from Bulgaria: Martin Zayranov Wieniawski Kuyawiak.avi During the late 19th century this famous piece was also played
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