Today I want to present another concert from NPR that I have listened to recently – a concert with the Lovell Sisters. The Lovell Sisters stopped playing together as a family band by the end of 2009 when Jessica Lovell went to the collage and married. Rebecca Lovell (mandolin) and Megan Lovell (dobro, guitar) continued …
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During the last days I have looked for some interesting choro music, and I have discovered a project titled Beatles’n’Choro. 4 CDs with Beatlessongs played by Brazilian Choro musicians with clarinet, flute, cavaquinho, bandolim, violao and pandeiro. On the bandolim we can hear Hamilton de Holanda who plays a nice arrangement of Something on the …
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Once again I have found some fantastic videos from Japan. This time the Setouchi Mandolinenquintett plays music from the 18th century, but also some Irish music. Thous videos were made during the preparation for a trip to the Korea Mandolin Festival. Mandolins: Miyatake Shiyougo, Wakiya Kazuyo Mandola: 穏 香 Tominaga Guitar: Miyatake Tizuko Mandoloncello: Itsumi …
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I have recently discovered Regina Spektor when the cellist of her band Daniel Cho was tragically drowned before a concert in Montreux, Switzerland. Regina Spektor grew up in Moskow where she began to play the piano. When she was 9 they emmigrated to the USA. Regina has studied the piano and composition, and she began …
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