Pierangelo Fevola Pierangelo Fevola has studied the mandolin at the conservatorio Pietro a Majella in Napoli. He does also play the violin and viola. Pierangelo obviously tries to bring back the mandolin to its hometown. He uses every occasions to play the mandolin in Napoli in concerts and other events. In his programs he plays […]
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Robert Crumb who plays ocasionally with the East River String Band had his own band The Cheap Suit Serenaders.I have compiled a playlist with videos by Robert Crumb and his band, this includes a nice selection of pieces from the 20s and 30s and original compositions by Robert Crumb, with mandolin, banjo, guitar, kazoo, and
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Hotel California by the Eagles belongs to the best and most played rock songs of our time. So it is no wonder that there are many videos of this song, including videos with guitars, mandolins and other interesting instruments. Last week I found this video with a great version of Hotel California played by four
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The Purple Hulls is the name of a young trio with Ben Clark and his sisters Penny and Katy. I enjoyed the videos of this group very much. The Purple Hulls are playing traditional bluegrass and own compositions in the traditional bluegrass style. Ben Clark lives in Nashville and has already played with stars like
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I have just found an article on LaGuitare.com with the presentation of a mandolin built by luthier Hervé Coufleau. This mandolin is highly decorated with mother of pearl inlays – a very special and beautiful instrument. The mandolin is is also shown on the myspace page of Hervé Coufleau: More picures and an article about
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The Duo “Esposito-Ameglio” has made available some videos from a concert given Jan. 29th 2011 in Gennaio. The program included works by Raffaele Calace for mandolin and piano, a beautifull Ave Maria by Caccini and the Concerto for Mandolin by Emanuele Barbella. Paola Esposito Born in Savona in 1978. She brilliantly concluded her mandolin studies
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A new interesting concert is available at the CBC – The Dardanelles is a five piece folk band from Newfoundland with mandolin or bouzouki, guitar, fiddle, accordeon, tin whistles and bodhran. Armed with an intense love of the music of their native home, and an energy found more often in three-piece rock bands than in
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This is a video, that every mandolin player should have seen. Russell Brand, famous British actor and husband of Katy Perry, has made this video for the BBC some time ago. He plays the famous Losing my Religion by R.E.M. an a mandolin that he finds laying around in a floor – but in the
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The Pittsburgh Mandolin Society provides a set of free sheet music for folk dances from former Yugoslavia. It is possible to play those pieces with one or two mandolins and guitar accompaniment. Yugoslav Songs and Dances: http://www.pittsburghmandolinsociety.org/archives/yugoslav.html One of the dances is Seljancica Kolo, a well known dance from Croatia, which can be found several
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On the Virtual Gramophone site I found a recording of El Choclo – the famous tango written by Ángel Villoldo at the beginning of the 20th century – probably the most famous tango at all. This tango has a long history, and many artists have created their very special versions – it is fascinating to
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