In February 2020 the 4th mando-fest of India took place in Goa. This made me very curious about the situation of the mandolin in India. I have tried to collect information about the mando-fest and the most important mandolin players in India. I have got the following information from Pradipto Sengupta who is one of […]
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In February 2020 the 4th Mandolin Festival in Goa, India took place. At the festival the Warna Girls Mandolin Orchestra performed two pieces. The orchestra is composed of 12 young girls playing mandolins. Some girls are playing chords, the other girls play the melodie and other parts. They performed without printed music. Traditional Folk Song
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The Eurofestival Zupfmusik 2018 in Bruchsal will take place May 10 – May 13 2018 This is a big event for mandolin orchestras, mandolin ensembles and soloists from all over the World. I will collect the most important information about the festival on this page. Officiel website of the festival with information in German and
I have compiled a playlist with performances from the Celtic Connections 2018 in Glasgow. The Playlist starts with some great videos from the Bothy Culture concert with the Danny MacAskill and the GRIT Orchestra. First video: Danny MacAskill (mountain bike) recreates some of his ‘Ridge’ film at the concert. Other bands included are: The String
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The complete concert from the Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2017 with Sarah Jarosz is available in the youtube channel of the Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Sarah Jarosz is one of my favorite young American mandolin players. Sarah plays her octave mandolin, mandolin, banjo and guitar. The setlist included many songs from her last album “Undercurrent”. I enjoyed
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I have recently started to collect videos with the mandolin orchestras from Madeira. Madeira has a long tradition of mandolin orchestras. In 2016 the first Madeira Mandolin Festival took place. I have found several great videos made during this festival with the Edu Miranda Trio, Luís Peixoto and Norberto Cruz. Edu Miranda Trio is playing
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Celtic Connections is one of the biggest festival for Celtic Music. This year more than 2000 artists took part in the festival from 21 Jan – 5 Feb 2017 Many of my favorite artists and bands were part of the festival: Kathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Derek Gripper Tommy Emmanuel Maro O’Connor with his Family
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The Bluegrass Jamboree 2016 is just over. The Bluegrass Jamboree is organized every year by Rainer Zellner who is a mandolin player by himself and who joins the bands during the session at the end of each show with his Gibson F4. During three weeks the three bands made a tour through Germany, Austria, the
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Last month the yearly Merlefest took place in Wilkesboro. One of the shows is named Mando Mania – an all mandolin performance where some of the best mandolin players join to show that it is possible to play great music just with mandolins. Mando Mania has first been organized by Tony Williamson in 1994 and
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