The Waiakea Intermediate School has a Ukulele Band which had its 40th anniversary in 2010. The school still offers this ukulele band as well as a concert band. The band plays pieces like Hilo March, Under The Double Eagle March, Jingle Bells, Carol of the Bells an has made tours to the USA and to […]
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London is the musical capital of the world. I think almost every musical you can think of can be seen in London. In the Victoria & Albert Museum we saw an interesting exhibition about theatre and entertainment, with a display about the costumes used in Lion King. We had seen the ads for the musical
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The Canadian singer Coeur de Pirate (pirate heart) has sung the song Umbrella together with Julien Doré in thr French TV Show Taratata. This is a great example of a song that is accompanied by just a ukulele. Coeur De Pirate & Julien Doré “Umbrella” // “Pour Un Infidèle” (Live On Taratata Juin 2009) Les
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Some days ago I have listened to a radio show with historical recordings, a show that did especially include a set of recordings by Roy Smeck – The Wizard of the Strings. Two pieces recorded in 1928 were followed by an interesting set of live recordings from 1977 . Maybe my favorite song from this
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Two days ago I have discovered the following concert on the CBC concert on demand site. This is a niceconcert to lead you to the coming christmas holidays: Christmas Dinner with Dala Darlings of the Canadian music scene, these JUNO nominees have released five albums and toured extensively across North America for the better part
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It is just one week that the new CD by the Norwegian Women Quartet Katzenjammer has been published in Germany. Since I have discovered Katzenjammer two years ago this quartet – four women from Norway – has made a big development. They have toured through Germany and Europe and played at many festivals. Their song
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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Last week I have found a nice video of the Japanese mandolin orchestra Viva Mandolino playing Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head This inspired me to search for other videos of this great song played on plucked instruments. Another great performance of this song is played by the Guitar Ensemble Harmonics Guitar Ensemble Harmonics Rain
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Yesterday I have listened to another program of the Antique Gramophone Music Program with Mac – a program with a live band. Actually the East River String Band was represented by its two leaders Eden Brower and John Heneghan. This duet is regularly enlarged by several other musicians for concerts. Eden & John’s East River
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Music is a littlebit – Image is everything! This three piece ukulele band from Norway has 4 nice videos. I have not found more information about this band, so just enjoy the videos of the Jumping Fleas: The Jumping Fleas ukulele band – Teaser The Jumping Fleas ukulele band – Aksjon The Jumping Fleas ukulele
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