Jackie Vension is a young blues guitarist from Austin, Texas. She started with the classical piano and studied at Berklee College, but then decided to learn to play the electric guitar. In a short time she has developed her own style. Jackie Vension can perform solo using loopers, but she mostly plays with a trio …
I have recently followed a discussion about the music of Calabria in the South of Italy. This has brought me to look for more sources of Calabrian music. In the discussion a blog about the folk music of Italy has been mentioned. In the blog italianfolkmusic you can find a presentation of many albums with …
I have discovered the Trio Dhoore from a mixcloud podcast about the Celtic Connections 2018 in Glasgow. Trio Dhoore is composed of three brothers: Koen Dhoore: electro-acoustic hurdy gurdy Hartwin Dhoore: diatonic box Ward Dhoore: acoustic guitar Trio Dhoore has played at the important folk festivals and has just finished a tour in Austria. Endless …
I have just discovered an article published in the Windsor Magazine Vol. XVII in 1903 about a mandolin workshop in the UK. The author describes the steps used for making a mandolin in the workshop of J. G. Winder. Winder had started the making of mandolins in the UK. He is also known as a …
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