A new CD with the Dust Busters has just be released by Smithsonian Folkways – a collaboration between musician and filmmaker John Cohen and the Dust Busters. The following video presents John Cohen: American Standard Time Presents John Cohen http://vimeo.com/26235625 In the following great animation video John Cohen tells about his first meeting with Harry […]
Recently I have been listening to some resources from the Smithsonian websites, especially the radio programs. Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. A set of radio programs with many interesting recordings is available at:
Smithsonian Folkways – Folklife Festival – Bluegrass and more Read More »
I have recently discovered the Tiny Desk Concert video with guitarist and banjo player Glenn Jones. You can watch this video at NPR and download the audio version. http://www.npr.org/event/music/145511760/glenn-jones-tiny-desk-concert It is also available as youtube video: Glenn Jones: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts The following text can be found on the NPR site: Glenn Jones
Glenn Jones – Of Its Own Kind – A Great Fingerpicking Guitar Solo – New CD “The Wanting” Read More »
Just found this nice Video with Norman and Nancy Blake. The talk about their music and about their guitars and play and sing two tunes: Norman and Nancy Blake “My Dear Old Southern Home” and “New Money” Playlist Norman and Nancy Blake Playlist – Blind Dog Additional Infos Wikipedia about Norman Blake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Blake_%28American_musician%29
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On the homepage of the Musical Instruments Museum I have found a video by the Acadian group Vishtèn who will play a concert in January in this museum. I was immediately hit by this video, and I decided to find out more about this group. Vishtèn was founded about 10 years ago and is located
Vishtèn ✵ Great Acadian Folk and Step Dance Read More »
Pete Seeger has produced the Rainbow Quest series of TV shows in 1965 and 1966. This is a great documentation about the folk music of the 60s. I found this when I searched for videos of Richard Farina, and I have watched some other episodes too. Those videos show many singers, songwriters, folk bands, bluegrass
Rainbow Quest – Pete Seeger and Guests – Great Folk Music from the 1960s Read More »
By a tweet I was led to a blog post about the music of Richard and Mimi Fariña. In this blog post Neal Hellman tells about his passion about the Mountain Dulcimer or Appalachian Dulcimer, whow he wrote his first book about the dulcimer and after some time also found a publisher for this project.
Mimi and Richard Farina – The Mountain Dulcimer / Appalachian Dulcimer Read More »
The time around christmas is a time to listen to music like the music by this German group – the Fraunhofer Saitenmusik. The group is named after a location, an old guesthouse in Munich and was founded in 1978 by Heidi Zink and Richard Kurländer Das »Fraunhofer« – eines der ältesten und schönsten Wirtshäuser Münchens
Fraunhofer Saitenmusik – Magic Strings – Hackbrett / Hammered Dulcimer Read More »
Many years ago I bought a record with Hungarian music for my parents – a record with title La Hongrie – Musique a Danser by the Ferenc Sebö Ensemble. I made a copy on a cassette for me, and this cassette became one of my favorites. And I have played many of the tunes on
Ferenc Sebö – Music from Hungary – Music for Dancing Read More »
Mike Marshall and Chris Thile played one piece during their woodsongs duo concert named Sedi Donka. This is a Bulgarian folk dance tune in 25/8, divided in 7 + 7 + 11 eights. Before they played the tune Chris and Mike demonstrated this rhythm to the public. The rhythm goes like this: ti – ke
Sedi Donka ❀ 7 + 7 + 11 = 25 ❀ A Great Folk Dance from Bulgaria Read More »
