A picture of Scott DuBois with a beautiful guitar by D’Angelico was printed in my newspaper today. Scott DuBois will play in Freiburg tonight. He is currently on tour through Germany and Austria. Information taken from Sctt’s homepage: In addition to being part of the New York City jazz/improvised music scene for the past fifteen …
The Mandolin Orchestra of the Hiroshima Jogakuin University in Japan has more than 50 videos in its video channel at youtube. The videos present recordings made during the concerts of the previous years. This mandolin orchestra is organized by the university for the students like many other mandolin orchestras in Japan. Hiroshima Jogakuin was founded …
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The Pittsburgh Mandolin Society provides a set of free sheet music for folk dances from former Yugoslavia. It is possible to play those pieces with one or two mandolins and guitar accompaniment. Yugoslav Songs and Dances: http://www.pittsburghmandolinsociety.org/archives/yugoslav.html One of the dances is Seljancica Kolo, a well known dance from Croatia, which can be found several …
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On the Virtual Gramophone site I found a recording of El Choclo – the famous tango written by Ángel Villoldo at the beginning of the 20th century – probably the most famous tango at all. This tango has a long history, and many artists have created their very special versions – it is fascinating to …
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