Luis Peixoto and Fernando Barroso have taken part in the Madeira Mandolin Festivals of the last years. Fernando Barroso has just recorded a new album which will be available on January 16. Luis Peixoto was born in 1980 in Coimbra in Portugal, Fernando Barroso is from Galicia in the Northwest of Spain. Both share the …
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The complete concert from the Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2017 with Sarah Jarosz is available in the youtube channel of the Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Sarah Jarosz is one of my favorite young American mandolin players. Sarah plays her octave mandolin, mandolin, banjo and guitar. The setlist included many songs from her last album “Undercurrent”. I enjoyed …
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I have recently started to collect videos with the mandolin orchestras from Madeira. Madeira has a long tradition of mandolin orchestras. In 2016 the first Madeira Mandolin Festival took place. I have found several great videos made during this festival with the Edu Miranda Trio, Luís Peixoto and Norberto Cruz. Edu Miranda Trio is playing …
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For the forth edition of Ciao Philadelphia a big mandolin orchestra played a concert dedicated to the music of classic Italian films. Videos form this concert are now available at youtube. The following video is a compilation of the best melodies from the concert: Members from 10 mandolin and guitar orchestras from across Pennsylvania, New …
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