Accidentally I have found a drawing of Wu Man, the chinese pipa player and some other musicians from a concert of the Silk Road Project, by Cindy Woods. Cindy Woods died from cancer in Nov. 2008. In her last years she has published almost 2000 drawings in her flickr photo strean and in her blog […]
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I heard some tracks from Penelope Houston’s CD Cut You in a local independent radio station many years ago. The voice of Penelope Houston, and the arrangements with autoharp and also mandolin in several tracks made my buy this CD, and since then I have listened to it now and then. There are some youtube
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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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Peter Ostroushko is a mandolin player and composer – and he is one of my favorite mandolin players. So I am very happy that I have found a recent interview with Peter Ostroushko on the site of the Prairie Home Companion. Interview with Peter Ostroushko 2010 (Prairie Home Companion) http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/features/interviews/ostroushko_peter_2010/ In this interview Peter Ostroushko
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Many years ago I have bought an autoharp, and since then this instrument is mainly stored in my cupboard – but every now and then I take it and play some chords on it. So I thought that I should also write about the autoharp in my blog. The autoharp is a kind of zither
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Art Rosenbaum is an US American painter and musician. I have met Art Rosenbaum in Freiburg when he spent a year teaching at the univerisity during the 80s. He used to bring his banjo to the lectures and play some examples of the true American folk music that he has recorded all over the country.
Emily Robison and Martie Maguire from the Dixie Chicks have just releases their first Album. The Swiss radio DRS has produced a radio show with many songs of the Dixie Chicks which is available as podcast for the next three weeks at: http://www.drs.ch/www/de/drs/sendungen/on-the-road-again/2720.sh10135474.html The Story Behind Court Yard Hounds Emily Robison and Martie Maguire from
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Uncle Earl is currently touring through Germany, last Friday the group composed of five women played their second concert of this tour. During the next weeks the group will play in Germany and Switzerland. All tour dates can be found on the myspace site of Uncle Earl: http://www.myspace.com/uncleearl UNCLE EARL Live in Germany 2010 The
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Some days ago the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix has opened. This museum shows musical instruments from almost all countries of the world. I have first heard about this museum from a newspaper article in the New York Times which includes some fotos and a slide show with some instruments from the museum: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/design/24museum.html Although
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Here is my video showing vintage mandolin postcards form my private postcard collection. Many of those postcards are more than 100 years old: Vintage Mandolin Postcard Collection More pictures of my vintage postcards can be found in my instagram profile You can also check my mandolin website www.mandoisland.de! Merken
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