Last year I have made several videos with Greek music. I have recently been asked about where to get this music to able to play it. In this post I will give some sources for sheet music of Greek folk tunes. Playlist Greek Music for the Mandolin Sources for Greek music The book that I […]
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Today I would like to present the website Cape Breton Sessions in Ottawa. Each week musicians meet for a session with folk tunes from Cape Breton. The music which is regularly played is available as a book of sheet music with today 52 sets of three to six tunes each. Recordings from the Cape Breton
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In one of the past newesletter from Folk Radio UK I found the interview with two folk bands who had joined for the Free Folk in Brexit Britain tour this summer. Sutari is the name of a trio composed of three women from Poland, Dead Rat Orchestra is a male trio from the UK. The
I have recently followed a discussion about the music of Calabria in the South of Italy. This has brought me to look for more sources of Calabrian music. In the discussion a blog about the folk music of Italy has been mentioned. In the blog italianfolkmusic you can find a presentation of many albums with
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I have discovered the Trio Dhoore from a mixcloud podcast about the Celtic Connections 2018 in Glasgow. Trio Dhoore is composed of three brothers: Koen Dhoore: electro-acoustic hurdy gurdy Hartwin Dhoore: diatonic box Ward Dhoore: acoustic guitar Trio Dhoore has played at the important folk festivals and has just finished a tour in Austria. Endless
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Jayme Stone has started a new project at kickstarter. The funding will end on Februray 7th, 2017. Jayme Stone’s Folklife With spellbinding singing and virtuosic playing, this album blows the dust off of old songs and remakes them for modern ears. “Jayme Stone’s Folklife” follows the bends and bayous through the deep river of song,
Tolgahan Çoğulu has worked on a project to present wooden instruments from Turkey. This has been inspired by the World Wood Day on March 21st. The result is the following playlist with 17 videos that present the instruments: Ud Ney microtonal guitar Tar Kemençe Bağlama fretless guitar Kemane Kanun Tulum Dede Efendi Tanbur Erbane Mey
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Some time ago I have discovered a great recording by Christina Pluhar, the Hasapiko from the CD Mediterraneo: Hasapiko – Christina Pluhar und L’Arpeggiata – CD Mediterraneo The ensemble L’Arpeggiata plays a long version with many improvisations. You can hear many different instruments like hammered dulcimer, plucked instruments like saz or the Kretian laouto, stringed
On tumblr I have found the announcement of a new CD by Laura-Beth Salter. Laura-Beth Salter sings and plays the mandolin. She performs together with Jenn Butterworth as a duo, but mainly she is a member of the band Shee, a band composed of five women. The new album Breathe will be published on July
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In the youtube channel of Smithsonian Folkways I have discovered some videos with a group named Quetzal. I was immediately fascinated by the music of Quetzal, and so I want to present those videos here. In those videos you can see a number of Mexican pucked strings instruments, but I am not completely sure which
