Some time ago I bought a copy of the sheetmusic for Leading Off, Chris Thile‘s first CD. This CD has been published in 1994 when Chris Thile was just 13! It is fantastic what Chris Thile was able to play with 13! Leading Off is the debut solo album by American newgrass mandolinist Chris Thile, […]
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From time to time I like to visit exhibitions and galleries to see some great works of art, but I do also search for drawings and paintings online. As a musician and Bluegrass fan I especially like to watch paintings and drawings of musicians and instruments. Today I want to present five websites with pictures
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On David Grismans Acoustic Oasis site there is a free download of a song every day. From each album available at Acoustic Oasis you can downlod two or more free songs. Recently I have downloaded some songs from Emory Lesters album Reminiscing Today that impressed me very much. I had not kown Emory Lester before,
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Today I want to present another concert from NPR that I have listened to recently – a concert with the Lovell Sisters. The Lovell Sisters stopped playing together as a family band by the end of 2009 when Jessica Lovell went to the collage and married. Rebecca Lovell (mandolin) and Megan Lovell (dobro, guitar) continued
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John Reischman is one of my favorite mandolin players – I love the sound that he produces with his great Lloyd Loar mandolin. A recent podcast of the CBC presents a concert with John Reischman and the Jaybirds Mandolin master John Reischman and his band the Jaybirds play upbeat, foot-stomping bluegrass in this concert from
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A German Blog has just written about an interview that David Grisman has made with Chris Thile in 2008 Interview mit den beiden Mandolinen-Virtuosen David Grisman und Chris Thile http://www.gitarrengurte.de/blog/?p=1169 This is an interesting post with a lot of informations about David Grisman and Chris Thile. The Interview was published in the Fretboard Journal in
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Today I found a tweet about the following video of of the Steep Canyon Rangers. Steep Canyon Rangers – Knob Creek One of SCR’s signature songs. Written by mandolinist Mike Guggino it’s a tour de force for the entire band. A hauntingly beautiful melody which flows through many tempo and mood changes SCR really shines.
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Emily Robison and Martie Maguire from the Dixie Chicks have just releases their first Album. The Swiss radio DRS has produced a radio show with many songs of the Dixie Chicks which is available as podcast for the next three weeks at: http://www.drs.ch/www/de/drs/sendungen/on-the-road-again/2720.sh10135474.html The Story Behind Court Yard Hounds Emily Robison and Martie Maguire from
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A mix of mainly bluegrass and some other styles is available as a concert on demand of the CBC: Concert on Demand: Lickin’ Good Fried with Andrew Collins (mandolin) (concert no more available) The band describes itsself on their homepage http://www.lickingoodfried.com/ as The Scrappiest Country Band in Toronto and plays tasty country music. Singer Alex
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Uncle Earl is currently touring through Germany, last Friday the group composed of five women played their second concert of this tour. During the next weeks the group will play in Germany and Switzerland. All tour dates can be found on the myspace site of Uncle Earl: http://www.myspace.com/uncleearl UNCLE EARL Live in Germany 2010 The
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