MandoIsland Blog

The new CD  This World Oft Can Be by Della Mae will be released on May 28th by Rounder Records. The official video for this CD has been made available some days ago. Della Mae play their song Empire, one of my favorite songs from the new album. The video has also been featured on [...]

The mandolin is not as often used for accompaniment of songs as the ukulele. So I am always happy when I find examples for a mandolin used by singers for accompaniment. Bonnie Sims has made a set of videos where she sings and accompanies herself with the mandolin. You can also find a set of [...]

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 [...]

The current “La Guitarra” podcast of the Spanish Radio is dedicated to the Amsterdam Guitar Trio. The Amsterdam Guitar Trio was founded around 1985. It has recorded CDs with the Brandenburg Concertos by J. S.  Bach, with the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi or recently with the music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, aranged for guitar [...]