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Metallica – Toto – REM – on Mandolin, Mandola, Guitar and Bass – Bandolins de Madeira

Madeira must be a good place for mandolins – at the moment there are 17 mandolin orchestras and tunas on Madeira. Activities of those orchestras can be found on the website of the Associacion de Bandolins de Madeira http://www.bandolins-madeira.net/ A group of four players with mandolin, mandola (octave mandolin), guitar and bass has arranged some […]

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Watermusic – Georg Friedrich Händel on plucked instruments

Last year was the 250th year after the death of Georg Friedrich Händel, and so Händels music was present in the media. Händels music can also be played on plucked instruments, here I have collected some interesting examples: Suite by Händel played by the Mandolin Orchestra Het CONSORT Evan J. Marshall, Solo Mandolin: Handel’s Pastorale

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The Grupo Ayate – Joyfull Plucked Strings from the Canary Islands

During the last days I have watched many videos with music of the Canary Islands – Gran Canaria or Tenerife. On the Canary Islands they have a tradition of mixed ensembles with plucked instruments – guitar, bandurria, laud and the typical instrument named timple. In most cases the ensemble is used to accompany one or

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Julian Lage – Jazz Guitar

Julian Lage is a young but already very successful jazz guitar player from the USA. Last year he has recorded his first Solo-CD Sounding Point with some special guests including Christ Thile and Bela Fleck. The following video was made on the occasion of the CD release. Julian Lage tells about his childhood, how he

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Madison Violet – Folk Duo from Toronto

The latest podcast from Radio Canada Live is a recording frm a concert given by the Canadia singer/songwriter duo Madison Violet in the Hugh’s Room in Toronto. Madison Violet has just released their Album No Fool. And they were named ‘Vocal Group of the Year’ at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. They also just won

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Duo Verso – Great Music for Panflute and Guitar

In my last post I wrote about the German panflute virtuoso Ulrich Herkenhoff. Unfortunately I did not find a video with panflute and guitar or mandolin by Ulrich Herkenhoff, but I found the videos of the Duo Verso from the Netherlands. This is a text from the homepage of the Duo verso: Verso was formed

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The World’s First Global Musical Instrument Museum – Phoenix, Arizona

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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Nature Boy – Nat King Cole – with Oscar Moore, Guitar

A great singer, a great song, and also a great guitar player. The Nat King Cole Trio with Oscar Moore on the guitar – enjoy this great video! Nat king cole, Nature Boy Merken

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Mandolin, Guitar and Ukulele Videos

Here are my latest youtube Videos: I Skovens Dybe Stille Ro – Classical Guitar Solo Guitar Arrangement of a Danish Folk Song: Ragtime Medley – Mandolin Solo Sérénade de Mandolines – Mandolin Serenade Hallo Sommer / Hello Summer – Ukulele Solo Thanks for watching and subscribing to my youtube channel!

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Stephen Lalor – Domra / Mandolin / Steve Lalor – Guitar

Stephen Lalor will attend the Eurofestival Zupfmusik in Juni in Bruchsal. Here is the only video with Stephen Lalor that I have found: Mandolin Solo Domra Stephen Lalor “Kolo Kolo” World music mandolin domra solo Russia Volatinsky Trio Australia I have found some other Videos with a singer and guitarist named Steve Lalor – but

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