The following videos show the documentation of a concert with some choro tunes played by Paulo Flores & Cambanda Jazz Combo. It shows some historic recordings and the new versions. I liked those 4 videos very much. In the last video the choro Boneca is played, a choro that I have just added to my […]
Paulo Flores & Cambanda Jazz Combo – Some Choros from Brazil Read More »
The first recordings on Edison-cylindars were made bythe end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. To preserve the old recordings the Cylinder Preservation Project is digitising those old recordings http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.php The following recordings with mandolin are available: Search for “mandolin”: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query=mandolin&queryType=%40attr+1%3D1016 Search for “Arriaga”: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query=arriaga&queryType=%40attr+1%3D1016
Historical recordings with Mandolin – Cylinder Preservation Project Read More »
Today I want to present another concert from NPR that I have listened to recently – a concert with the Lovell Sisters. The Lovell Sisters stopped playing together as a family band by the end of 2009 when Jessica Lovell went to the collage and married. Rebecca Lovell (mandolin) and Megan Lovell (dobro, guitar) continued
The Lovell Sisters on Mountain Stage and Woodsongs Radio Hour Read More »
During the last days I have looked for some interesting choro music, and I have discovered a project titled Beatles’n’Choro. 4 CDs with Beatlessongs played by Brazilian Choro musicians with clarinet, flute, cavaquinho, bandolim, violao and pandeiro. On the bandolim we can hear Hamilton de Holanda who plays a nice arrangement of Something on the
Beatles’n’Choro – Beatles Songs with Bandolim, Cavaquinho, Clarinet and Violao Read More »
Some days ago I listened to a podcast from CBC Canada Live – a podcast with the Canadian Singer Jill Barber. This concert was also available as a concert on demand. I liked to listen to this concert very much and have also listened to several youtube videos. The podcast is over one hour and
Jill Barber – Lovesongs – New Album “Chances” – Great CBC Concert available Read More »
John Reischman is one of my favorite mandolin players – I love the sound that he produces with his great Lloyd Loar mandolin. A recent podcast of the CBC presents a concert with John Reischman and the Jaybirds Mandolin master John Reischman and his band the Jaybirds play upbeat, foot-stomping bluegrass in this concert from
Listen to Great Concerts with John Reischman and the Jaydbirds Read More »
Recently I have found the homepage of the famous Prairie Home Companion Radio Show. It is possible to listen to the complete shows from previous years in the archive. On the page I found a link to the interview with Sara Watkins. Sara Watkins was a member of the famous bluegrass band Nickel Creek with
Sara Watkins – Interview and Great Songs (Pony – Tom Waits / My Friend) Read More »
Peter Ostroushko is a mandolin player and composer – and he is one of my favorite mandolin players. So I am very happy that I have found a recent interview with Peter Ostroushko on the site of the Prairie Home Companion. Interview with Peter Ostroushko 2010 (Prairie Home Companion) http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/features/interviews/ostroushko_peter_2010/ In this interview Peter Ostroushko
Peter Ostroushko and the Prairie Home Companion – Beautiful Melodies Read More »
A German Blog has just written about an interview that David Grisman has made with Chris Thile in 2008 Interview mit den beiden Mandolinen-Virtuosen David Grisman und Chris Thile http://www.gitarrengurte.de/blog/?p=1169 This is an interesting post with a lot of informations about David Grisman and Chris Thile. The Interview was published in the Fretboard Journal in
Interview with Mandolin-Masters David Grisman and Chris Thile Read More »
Joseph Rico (1876-1957) was a composer from Napoli at the beginning of the 20th century who is famous for his slow waltzes. But he has also published a series of collections for the mandolin. I do possess 5 books with compositions for the mandolin by Joseph Rico and I have just made a video with
Joseph Rico – The famous Neapolitan Composer Read More »
