I had planned for some time to write about the Japanese guitarist Kaori Muraji. Now I have just discovered four playlists with hundres of great videos played by Kaori Muraji and I have started listening to this fantastic guitar player from Japan. You can find a short biography on her official website: Kaori Muraji is […]
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The Steeldrivers have just published their new CD Hammer Down. I have found the complete CD on the Airplay Direct website some days ago and listened to some tracks. You also can hear a performance of the Steeldrivers with of some of the songs from the new album here: http://www.npr.org/event/music/186897764/the-steeldrivers-on-mountain-stage Now I have searched for
Konrad Wölki was one of the composers in Germany who made the move from the traditional mandolin orchestra (Mandolinenorchester) to the modern mandolin orchesra (Zupforchester). His first compositions were big ouvertures intended for large orchestras in the more traditional style, but later he started to look back into history and start compose in a style
Konrad Wölki (-> Wikipedia) (* 27. Dezember 1904 in Berlin; † 5. Juli 1983) has composed some works for a large mandolin orchestra with additional instrumentswhich are typically used in a symphony orchestra. Especially his Ouvertures in A-Major and F#-Minor were very popular in the 1930s and 1940s in Germany. Another composition from this time
A great concert by the Canadian duo Fire & Smoke is available on the CBC concerts on demand site. The duo is composed of Claire Morrison and Daniel Péloquin-Hopfner. The speciality of this duo are the songs in two languages, English and French. Daniel accompanies the songs with the guitar, but he uses the banjo
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I have recently found a picture of the Lumineers on the tumblr site – the trio with mandolin, cello and guitar made me curious. This folk-rock and Americana band was founded more than 10 years ago, but during the last year it became so popular that it even got two Grammy nominations for 2013. Their
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The American acoustic guitar is certainly the most important instruments in Folk, Country, Bluegrass and Americana music. Although the mandolin and the banjo were very popular for some time in history the guitar has made the race. If you are interested how the American guitar became what it is today and who were the builders
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I have just discovered We Banjo 3 – a banjo band from Ireland. The band plays a mix of Irish music and American Old-Time and Bluegrass tunes with banjos and guitar. As the name of the band says the band has three great banjo players, Enda Scahill, Martin Howley and David Howley. Fergal Scahill adds the
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Yesterday I have discovered the website of the CHASE project. CHASE Collection of Historical Annotated String Editions 19th- and Early 20th-Century Annotated Editions of String Music: Bibliographical Problems, Editorial Content and Implications for Performance Practice This website is a great resource about the violin and other stringed instruments. You can find many detailed articles about
This is a great video about the construction of a classical guitar: Classical guitar making. My 24th guitar build Highlights from making my classical guitar featuring the builder playing the finished instrument. www.booneguitars.com The back and sides of this guitar are Indian rosewood. The top is western red cedar. The neck is Spanish cedar. Fret
