I have just discovered the videos with the Enoggera Ensemble from Brisbane, Australia. This Classical Folk Quartet is composed of four instrumentalists playing different kind of guitars, ukuleles, banjos and also mandolin. The repertoir includes music that was popular and has been played in Australia at the end of the 19th century, including Ragtimes, Dances, …
Chloe and Jason Roweth are two Australian musicians. I first discovered a video where they played an instrumental version of the old tune Just as the sun went down when I did some research about the composer Lyn Udall. They are playing many interesting traditional tunes from Australia with mandolin, mandola and guitar. Sometimes they …
I have recently discovered some great resources for the mandolin in Australia. Federation of Australasian Mandolin Ensembles http://www.fame.asn.au/ On the website of the Federation of Australasian Mandolin Ensembles you can find information about the mandolin orchestras in Australia. Most interesting is the FAME newsletter “Plucked Strings” which is published quartely. All the newsletters beginning with …
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When I did a review of my post about Maria Linnemann I have found some video clips by Samantha Muir, a guitarist from Australia. Samantha Muir has also recorded several pieces by Maria Linnemann. I have watched several clips from Samantha Muir’s youtube channel. Her current channel video is a video with two guitar pieces, …
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