By a picture from the Kaustinen Festival in Finland I have discovered the band Curly Strings. Curly Strings are Eeva Talsi – fiddle Villu Talsi – mandolin Jalmar Vabarna – guitar Taavet Niller – double bass This band is very popular in Estonia, and their song Kauges Külas is one of the songs that were […]
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A new kickstarter project has been set up by banjo player Jayme Stone. The aim of the project is to rediscover the music that has been collected by Alan Lomax, who is taken as one of the most important influencers of the American Folk Song Revival. For just 10 $ you can get the result
Frigg – Hot Fiddles from Cool Scandinavia Frigg – a folk and dance band from Finland – will take part in the folk festival in Rudolstadt, Germany this year. Last year Frigg were on tour in the UK and in Switzerland. Frigg has published 5 CDs and is very successful in Scandinavia. The last CD
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I have recently found a picture of the Lumineers on the tumblr site – the trio with mandolin, cello and guitar made me curious. This folk-rock and Americana band was founded more than 10 years ago, but during the last year it became so popular that it even got two Grammy nominations for 2013. Their
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In the youtube channel of Smithsonian Folkways I have discovered some videos with a group named Quetzal. I was immediately fascinated by the music of Quetzal, and so I want to present those videos here. In those videos you can see a number of Mexican pucked strings instruments, but I am not completely sure which
A new CD with the Dust Busters has just be released by Smithsonian Folkways – a collaboration between musician and filmmaker John Cohen and the Dust Busters. The following video presents John Cohen: American Standard Time Presents John Cohen http://vimeo.com/26235625 In the following great animation video John Cohen tells about his first meeting with Harry
Roots of Woody Guthrie: Celebrating Woody at 100 July 14th, 2012 will mark the 100th birthday of the great songwriter, author and artist Woody Guthrie. On today’s show we’ll honor Guthrie by playing a number of his songs and taking a look at some of the sources for the melodies he used and influences on
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Recently I have been listening to some resources from the Smithsonian websites, especially the radio programs. Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. A set of radio programs with many interesting recordings is available at:
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I have recently discovered the Tiny Desk Concert video with guitarist and banjo player Glenn Jones. You can watch this video at NPR and download the audio version. http://www.npr.org/event/music/145511760/glenn-jones-tiny-desk-concert It is also available as youtube video: Glenn Jones: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts The following text can be found on the NPR site: Glenn Jones
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The Ensemble La Volta from Switzerland knows very well how to present the plucked instruments of the world and the typical music for those instruments in their concerts. When you visit a concert by La Volta you can hear and see all kinds of plucked instruments. Every member of the group plays several instruments, and
