Some time ago I have discovered another great popsong from Japan that has been arrangend for mandolin orchestra – Song of the Wheel by Bump of Chicken. The famous Japanese rock band Bump of Chicken used the mandolin for the recorded version of this song, the mandolin is also used in the official video of …
Wheel Song – Bump of Chicken – With Mandolin – Great Version for Mandolin Orchestra Read More »
Tumblr is a great way to collect and present pictures and links to interesting videos and other sites. Here is my tumblr archive for September 2012 – click to pictures to open the complete post in a seperate window: http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/archive/2012/9 My tumblr site – just scroll down to view: http://mandoisland.tumblr.com/ One topic for me was …
My tumblr Archive for September 2012 – Mandolins, Mandolin Clubs, Old Instruments Read More »
On August 22nd the weekly Music City Roots Live Radio Show was dedicated to Bluegrass. It featured bands who contributed a track to the Putumayo Bluegrass CD that has been published recently. Putumayo has been founded in 1993 and has published many CDs with music from all over the world. Here’s the beginning of the …
The Putumayo Bluegrass CD and a Great Music City Roots Bluegrass Concert with Sam Bush Read More »
Durning my holidays this year I had taken with me a book from which I like to play every now and then: 300 Fiddle Tunes – Fiddle Songbooks published by Hal Leonard. This book is a collection of 300 Irish pieces for fiddle or mandolin, and almost every piece in this collection sounds great and …