Marit Larsen has become very popular in Germany, currently she is touring through Germany and I have read some articles about her. Very often I could read, that she does also play the mandolin too in her shows. Today I tried to find some interesting videos with Marit Larsen and the mandolin – here is what I have found.
The first videos are from the current Germany tour. Marit uses the story about how she came to buy a mandolin some 6 or 7 years ago. She tells, that she discovered a cool rock’n'roll riff on the mandolin and that she thought she could become a rock’n'roll star with the mandolin. Steal my Heart is not a rock’n'roll song, but you can see and hear the mandolin well in this video:
Marit Larsen – Steal My Heart – Live: Köln, 26.2.2010
This is a Video I recorded from Marit’s concert in Cologne (Köln) on February 26, 2010. She first talks a bit about how she got to write the song (how she got her mandoline) and what it is about. If you want to skip to the real song, it starts at about 1:25. Sorry for the background noice. Enjoy
There are quite many videos of this song – Steal my Heart – you can easily find those when you search for “Marit Larsen Steal My Heart”.
The second video shows Marit Larson now when she tries to create a rock’n'roll moment in her concert in Bochum. This song is really a bit more rocking and you can see the mandolin quite well.
MARIT LARSEN LIVE ZECHE BOCHUM 1: Only A Fool (Februar 2010)
Marit Larsen has been playing the mandolin for some years, and the sound of the earlier videos is a little bit different, with the banjo and a harmonica it reminds more to country and bluegrass. Here you can see a version of Only a Fool from a TV show:
Marit Larsen – Only a Fool [Live @ NRK1]
And finally another interesting version of Only a Fool, from a rainy festival, where Marit Larsen was joined by the members of another Norwegian Band – Katzenjammer:
Some days ago many videos from the Mandolin Symposiums have been uploaded by youtube user mandotunes.
My faorite video at the moment is a video of a performance of the Children’s Master Class in 2004. The group was conducted by Chris Thile and did really give a great performance – do not miss this!
Children’s Master Class Concert – Mandolin Symposium 2004
Acoustic Revolution is the name of a young German Folk Pop trio that will publish its first CD in May. Today I found a text about the band, with information about the just released maxi CD with four tracks of the coming CD titled Ramble and Roam. The complete text (in German) can be found here:
Die Maxi-CD zur eingängigen Folk-Pop-Hymne „The Abyss of Greed“ ist der Vorbote zum Album „Ramble and Roam“ (Album-VÖ: 07. Mai 2010) auf den Punkt gebracht von den Valicon-Erfolgsproduzenten (Silbermond, Eisblume u.v.a.).
As I was curious I searched for videos and more information about Acoustic Revolution and found six videos that have just been uploaded to youtube. The trio produces a great sound and seems to be able to fill bigger halls. They might even be able to enter the German pop charts with there songs – let’s see.
During the last days I have practiced Tico Tico no Fubá – I really want to be able to play this fantastic composition on my mandolin. So I searched for interesting videos of Tico Tico. My favorite video ist the following fantastic performance by the Edu Miranda Trio:
TICO TICO NO FUBÁ – Edu Miranda Trio DVD
Edu Miranda , Tuniko Goulart e Giovani Goulart ao vivo
Edu Miranda has his roots in Brazil, but moved to Portugal in 1989. There he mixed his Brazilian origins with the local music from Portugal to create his own sound.
Thats what he writes about this on his myspace page:
When it arrived at Portugal in 1989, Edu Miranda’s musical identification with the Portuguese culture was immediate. His mandolin, genuinely Brazilian, was enchanted with the music that he found at Portugal, doing that the “choro” and the samba that formed him in Brazil, acquired a new accent.
Te Edu Miranda Trio is composed of Edu Miranda on the Bandolim, thr Brazilian mandolin, Giovanni Goulart (drums) and Tuniko Goulart (synth-guitar). Edu Miranda has a fantastic technique on his bandolint, Tuniko is able to produce very interesting sound on hius synth-guitar, and Giovani Goulart plays the rhythmic base on his drumset. All three show a lot of fun with the music they play and much humor – as you can see in the middle of the Tico Tico video when Tuniko starts his solo on the synth-guitar.
Although this trio does not resemble a typical choro ensemble and reminds me more to a jazz trio, the sound that it produces is mostly typical choro with some jazz influences.
There are videos from a complete concert with many tunes.
It’s finally here and now available for PRE-SALE! Sierra’s Acutab Mandolin Instruction Video entitled: “Secrets Songs & Tunes”.
Official Release Date: March 16, 2010
Learn the mandolin solos from Sierra’s debut CD, Secrets. 4 hours on 2 DVDs – with printed booklet.
At the moment two preview videos of the coming DVD of Sierra Hull are available at youtube. Sierra talks about the pieces of her CD Secrets and presents those pieces on the mandolin.
Sierra Hull ‘Secrets’ Mandolin Lessons – Part 1 of 2
A review of songs taught & performed by Sierra Hull & friends for the AcuTab instructional DVD set, preceded by discussions of the selections with host John Lawless.
Sierra Hull ‘Secrets’ Mandolin Lessons Review – Part 2 of 2
Second part of edited compilation featuring Sierra Hull reviewing her mandolin techniques on songs from her 2008 debut album.
