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 »