This is a video, that every mandolin player should have seen. Russell Brand, famous British actor and husband of Katy Perry, has made this video for the BBC some time ago. He plays the famous Losing my Religion by R.E.M. an a mandolin that he finds laying around in a floor – but in the …
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It’s the Craftsman, Not the Singer or the Song http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/arts/design/11heroes.html Guitars built by John D’Angelico, James D’Aquisto and John Monteleone are shown in an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read about this exhibition in the New York Times: “Guitar Heroes,” an exceptionally interesting exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has nothing to …
Today I decided to listen to the latest podcast of the Antique Phonograph Music Program with MAC http://wfmu.org/playlists/AP On February 8th the Red Hook Ramblers – a Brooklyn based Dixieland band – played live in this show – some really great dixieland music. You can download this as a podcast, as mp3 or listen to …
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Today I have found an article about a recent concert with Eliot Fisk in New York: Guitarist, in Charge, Plays Well With Others So I decided to collect some videos and information about this great guitar virtuoso of our time. Here is my playlist with some videos including pieces like Aria detta la Frescobalda by …
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