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Madeira Mandolin Festival – Festival Internacional de Bandolins da Madeira

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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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David Grisman and Tommy Emmanuel / David Grisman and Tony Rice – Mandolin & Guitar Duo

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David Grisman is currently working with Tommy Emmanuel for a new CD, and the duo will be touring in the USA for the next time. Today two new videos of the duo have been made available, Cinderella’s Fella and Tipsy Gipsy. I have added three videos from concerts by David Grisman and Tommy Emmanuel in …

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Jean and Janvier Pietrapertosa – Father and Son – Mandolin Methods and Compositions for the Mandolin

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Jean und Janvier Pietrapertosa belong to the mandolin players and mandolin teachers that helped to make the mandolin popular in the region of Paris in France around 1900.Both have written important mandolin methods , they have composed their own pieces and and arranged the popular music of the time. Until today not much is known …

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Henrik Luurtsema – Mandolin Player from the Netherlands – Free Sheet Music

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Hendrik Luurtsema is a mandolin player from the Netherlands. I have recently discovered his mandolin videos when I was looking for other recordings of Midnight on the Water which I had just recorded for my youtube channel. When I was looking for more information about Hendrik I found his new blog where he is sharing …

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