I am just listening to the latest Canada Live podcast featuring Land of Talk – a Canadian indie rock band: Indie-rock band Land of Talk is joined by special guests from The Besnard Lakes for this hot concert recorded at the Segal Centre in Montreal. From Wikipedia: Land of Talk is a Canadian indie rock […]
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Some time ago I have found a nice video with a mandolin version of a piece with titel Tango en Skai played by the Japanese mandolin player Kozo Onishi. I had not heard this piece before, but I liked it immediately. This is one of the two videos of Tango en Skai by Kozo Onishi
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By twitter I have heard about this two videos that were made from a concert of the Langendorfer Zupforchester, the mandolin orchestra from Langendorf in Germany – given in Japan some days ago. On the homepage of the Langendorfer Mandolineorchesters you can find some information about the friendship between this German mandolin orchestra and Japan.
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Some time ago I wrote about Jim Hall, and I found also some videos where Jim Hall played together with the great German jazz guitarist Atilla Zoller. Here are some videos with Atilla Zoller: When It’s Time – Attila Zoller Attila Zoller – Another Xanthippe coolest grannies on stage ever! This Attila original is based
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I have uploaded a new booklet with sheet music to my homepage www.mandoisland.de (free download). This is a booklet with title Repertorio del Mandolinista which does contain opera melodies, marches, mazurkas, polkas and a tarantella. It was published in 1899 by Carisch & Jänichen as vol. 18 of this series with popular melodies for the
I have uploaded a new booklet with sheet music to my homepage www.mandoisland.de (free download). This is a booklet with title Repertorio del Mandolinista which does contain opera melodies, marches, mazurkas, polkas and a tarantella. It was published in 1899 by Carisch & Jänischen as vol. 18 of this series with popular melodies for the
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The CBC has made the following concert with ukulele player James Hill available as a concert on demand: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20100323james The following text is from the CBC concert on demand page: According to James Hill we’re in the midst of a revolution, albeit a small one. The ukulele, embraced by mainstream media from Oprah to American
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The Italian Old-Time Trio plays traditional Italian mandolin music with mandolin, guitar and double bass. It is one of the few ensembles that still plays the traditional Italian mandolin in Italy, the homeland of the mandolin. Last year the trio had been invited to the 8th Korea Mandolin Festival. Several videos of their performance in
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This week I have a beautiful guitar on my Alfred’s Guitar Calender, so I thought I should find out more about this guitar and its maker. Is a Helliver F guitar, built in a small workshop in Münster in Germany. Only about 25 guitars are built every year. A slideshow of many guitars built by
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I have found Kleztory in a concert that had been available on the CBC concerts on demand site. This concert is no longer available. Kleztory is a fantastic Klezmer band, and I have discovered some great tunes from their performances. Artists Alain Lagault – guitar Mark Peetsma – bass Airat Ichmouratov – clarinet Ana Drobac
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