Hotel California by the Eagles belongs to the best and most played rock songs of our time. So it is no wonder that there are many videos of this song, including videos with guitars, mandolins and other interesting instruments. Last week I found this video with a great version of Hotel California played by four …
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 …