The Russian Rag by Robert L. Cobb has been made popular in the Mandolin World by the recording made by Dave Apollon in the 30s. David Grisman has published the recordings by Dave Apollon in the 70s (The Man with the Mandolin). The transcription of the Russain Rag for mandolin has been published in the […]
Some time ago I have discovered this duo from Japan that plays a nice selection of music with mandolin and ukulele. For each video a special setup has been installed for the video, showing a special toy, a plant or like in the following video a drink: Ukulele × Mandolin – MOLIENDO CAFE (コーヒールンバ) Ukulele
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I have just discovered The Boxcars – a great Bluegrass band with Adam Steffey on mandolin. Adam Steffey is one of the great bluegrass mandolin players of today. He has played in many bands, during the 90s he was the mandolin player with Alison Krauss and Union Station. The Boxcars was founded in 2009 and
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Some great video clips from a recent concert with Oliver Waitze, Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker and special guest Tim Connell: WOW, what a wonderful evening with great musicians and a wild audiance!! The concert was on 13th July at the New Acoustic Gallery (www.n-a-g.net) in Germany. The whole concert was also filmed. Watch out for
Elke Limbach is mandolin player and teacher who teaches mandolin and guitar in her own music school in Hennef-Sieg / Westerhausen which is close to Bonn, the former capital of Germany. Her students were very successfull in the German youth competition “Jugend Musiziert”. She is also conducting several mandolin orchestras. Together with the guitarist Kanaho
I have just bought a new mandolin, a used Weber Yellowstone mandolin. This mandolin sounds great and I cannot stop playing it. This is a album with some pictures of this instrument: http://www.mandoisland.de/album_weber_yellowstone Bruce Weber was one of the master luthiers at the former Flatiron site after Gibson had bought Flatiron. Gibson built mandolins in
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Some time ago I have found a video with five mandolins playing together, probably when I searched for videos with Mike Marshall who was one of the five mandolin players. Now I have found that there are four videos from this special performance, I have collected all 4 in my playlist. In the 3rd and
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John Jorgenson is mainly known as a guitar player playing gypsy jazz with his John Jorgenson Quintet. John Jorgenson is known as one of the pioneers of the American gypsy jazz movement. He has performed as a solo artist as well as collaborated with other musicians all over the world. His articles and lessons on
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The playlist with videos played by Alon Sariel contains a video of a Sonata for 2 violins by Michel Corrette. The sheet music for this Sonata is available in the Werner Icking Archive. So – enjoy the video, download the sheet music, find a second mandolin player and learn to play this sonata: Joe Brent
Alon Sariel will teach a masterclass for mandolin in Cambridge in August. You can find more information on the special website about this event: Cambridge Performance Masterclass: http://www.cpmcuk.org/ Cambridge Performance Masterclass with Alon Sariel 12-18 August 2011 Masterclass and Performance in England, for violin, cello, piano, flute and mandolin. The masterclasses take place in a
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