I have discovered Dry and Dusty in the youtube channel Mark’s Memories and I have listened to the show they played at the Portland Oldtime Music Gathering now for several times. Description from the Dry and Dusty facebook page Dry and Dusty is an old-time sister duo from Bellingham and sometimes Spokane, Washington. The band […]
I have just found the following video in the youtube channel of WAMU, a complete Open Mic show of two hours, with performances by Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass, Gold Heart and Akira Otsuka. Inspired by this video I had to search around for more information about Akira Otsuka, his band Bluegrass 45, John
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Chris Thile has played a solo concert in Portland, Oregon last year. The complete concert is available as a youtube playlist in the youtube channel of Mark’s Memories Chris Thile is an exceptional mandolin player, singer and performer. In his program he mixes solo sonatas and partitas by J. S. Bach including the complete Partita
Avi Avital will play his first concert in the Carnegie Hall in New York on January 17. The Carnegie Hall team has produced a set of Videos with Avi Avital to follow his preparations for his debut recital in the Carnegie Hall. In those videos you can follow Avi to the Metropolitan Museum where he
Frank Turner has givebn the following Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR. Matt Nasir who is mainly the piano player in Frank Turners band started to play the mandolin recently and he plays the mandolin in this concert. Three beautiful songs, with mandolin and guitar. Frank Turner: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert The U.K. singer-songwriter
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I have found the Feral Conservatives on tumblr. The Feral Conservatives are an independent rock band from the Eastern Coast of Virginia consisting of songwriters Rashie Rosenfan (vocals, mandolin) and Matt Francis (drums). I like the combination of drums and electric mandolin with the singing of Rashie Rosenfan – it’s great to have a progressive
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Playlist River of the West Mandolin Camp, Corbett Oregon, June 11 2011. A set of videos from the faculty concert of the West Mandolin Camp in Orgeon in 2011 – with Carlo Aonzo, Don Stiernberg, Brian Oberlin and Peter Ostroushko: Website Brian Oberlin
In my sheet music archive I have an edition of Clayton’s Grand March by Charles Dupee Blake (Sep. 13, 1847 — Nov. 23, 1903), arranged for mandolin orchestra by F. Kollmaneck. Als the copyright of this sheet music has expired I have made a scan of the sheet music – check the free download link
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Hoist the Colors has made three videos available at youtube that have been filmed during an acoustic session on 107.5 KPIG. In their songs you can find A Blend of Punk Rock, Traditional Irish Music, Americana, and Bluegrass. I like their style very much. I have compiled the three videos and other videos in the
Chris Thile has just released his new CD with the first part of the Sonatas and Partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach. I have not bought the CD yet, but I have found many new videos with Chris Thile playing pieces from this CD. Recordings of the Presto from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor
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