The video has also been featured on the CMT website.

Della Mae – “Empire” (Official Video)

Della Mae has toured in Germany in December 2011 as part of the yearly Bluegrass Jamboree, I have seen the band in the concert given in Offenburg.

You can listen to the complete CD This World Oft Can Be already at Airplay Direct:

http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/dellamae-thisworldoftcanbe/

Last year Della Mae were part of a program to bring American music to South- and Central-Asia (see article below). During this tour there were some very special encounters between American Bluegrass and Asian traditional music, like in the following video:

Aged Pine – Анда сен

Della Mae and Устатшакирт

I have made a playlist with some new videos by Della Mae. The playlist includes a complete show (Winter Village Bluegrass Festival, Hangar Theatre, 1/26/13) and some versions of the song Empire from different concerts.

Enjoy Della Mae!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC878J8mcBo80s0pXsJanhLXpN5ZnKJMh

Additional information

About Della Mae (German): http://missismusic.de/2011_12_della-mae-beim-3-bluegrass-jamboree/

American Music Abroad Cultivates Next Generation of Voices

I recently toured with the dynamic five-girl bluegrass group Della Mae for a “Bluegrass on the Silk Road” tour of South and Central Asia. American Music Abroad activities focus on younger and underserved audiences in countries with little or no access to live American performances. As such, Della Mae kicked off their tour in Islamabad, Pakistan, at the all-female Fatima Jinnah University.

Della Mae’s presence on campus was akin to that of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones — students at the country’s first female university were so excited to hear the female bluegrass band that they literally tore the doors off the hinges of the theater to get in on the sound check warm-up. “We’ve never played for crowds so excited and enthused to hear live music,” said Della Mae fiddler Kimber Ludiker.

Della Mae at CMT: http://www.cmt.com/videos/della-mae/908426/empire.jhtml

Music City Roots about Della Mae: http://musiccityroots.com/artist/della-mae

Music City Roots Show April 2013: http://livestre.am/4qZ5f

Della Mae at twitter: https://twitter.com/heyheydellamae

Bonnie Sims has made a set of videos where she sings and accompanies herself with the mandolin.

You can also find a set of videos of Bonnie’s band  Bonnie & the Clydes where she plays the guitar and also the mandolin.

Have fun with  Bonnie Sims!

“Pumped Up Kicks” Acoustic Mandolin Cover

For my bestbestie in the whole world, Jamie. Learned it because I heard it in her car and this song is awesome and so catchy.

Pretty Fair Maid

A song I love to play on the mandolin, that my good friend and fellow Bonnie, Bonnie Hancock, asked me to make a video of like 100 years ago. So I finally did! Thanks for watching T-shirt is compliments of Idlewhile, another local Longmont band you should totally google and check out!!

Bonnie & The Clydes • Bohemian Nights • Fort Collins, CO • August 13, 2011 • NewW

Bonnie & The Clydes perform at Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest on Saturday, August 13, 2011 on the Mountain Avenue Stage.

Bonnie & Taylor Sims, “Take Me Home”

Bonnie and Taylor Sims play “Take Me Home” at the Second Story Garage in Boulder, Colorado.

Additional information

youtube channel Bonnie Sims: https://www.youtube.com/user/bonniesims443

Bonnie & The Clydes

Bonnie & the Clydes is a brand new six piece country band exploding on to the Colorado Front Range scene. Fronted by Bonnie Sims, one of Colorado’s best up and coming singer/songwriters, and backed by a unit of musicians with more than 80 years of combined musical experience, this band is shaping a new sound of Colorado country.

http://www.bonnieandherclydes.com/

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 Polka V has got several awards including the “most successful album of 2012″. You can find more about the awards on the Frigg website.

During an interview by the Philharmonie of Luxemburg Anti und Esko Järvelä of Frigg told about their music. The energy in the music needs to be transformed to a dance movement. Frigg wants to support the folk dance tradition of the North European countries

The sound of Frigg is based on the virtuoso playing of three or four fiddles. The fiddles play together in unison or in arrangements for several voices. The fiddles are accompanied by guitar, mandolin and double bass. Even the most complicated rhythms are played in perfect interplay. Most of the pieces are compositions by Frigg in the typical nordic style, inspired by the folk music of Scandinavia. Rock and Jazz elements or influences from folk dances of Eastern Europe are also included.

This is a video recorded last year with three tunes:

FRIGG I BODA 2012

The interview with Anti and Esko Järvelä:

Frigg interview @ the Philharmonie Luxembourg

My Frigg Playlist

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC878J8mcBo-KUwik7Ktl0OHQYgP9xRco

Playlist Frigg by frogsummit

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB183D1C65BF50534

Website Frigg: http://frigg.fi/

Finland’s ‘Frigg’ – UK Debut Tour: http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2012/09/finlands-frigg-uk-debut-tour/

Economy Class: http://nordische-musik.de/musiker.php?id_musiker=2992&PHPSESSID=f969a

mandolin.org.uk – Featured Band Frigg: http://www.mandolin.org.uk/bio/94.htm

Philharmonie Luxemburg Blog about Frigg: http://blog.philharmonie.lu/tag/frigg/

Lotusfest Features Finnish Folk Collective Frigg: http://www.iu.edu/~iaunrc/newsevents/whats_new/lotusfest-features-finnish-folk-collective-frigg

Related articles about Finland and Scandinavia:

• Band’o – Familyband from Finland – Bluegrass, Country, Americana
• The Nordic Sound: Pettersson & Fredriksson – Nyckelharpa & Mandola
• Afenginn “Bastard-Punk-Ethno” – New Album “Bastard Etno”

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 trio.

The program of the podcast contains two of the Brandenburg Concertos and music by Claude Debussy.

Playlist Amsterdam Guitar Trio

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzVOf7tVNIENgmypsGtGVT50kZYRMEYSt

Additional Information

Blog by Esther Steenbergen: http://www.esthersteenbergen.com/blog/tag/amsterdam-guitar-trio/

Ester Steenbergen has taken part in the Mozart recording, which is available for listening on the bandcamp website including one free track for download:

http://mevrouwgitaar.bandcamp.com/album/amsterdam-guitar-trio-plays-mozart

In the blog by Esther Steenbergen you can find some of the Mozart arrangements as free downloads. A great chance for guitar trios who want to try those arrangements.

Wikipedia about the Amsterdam Guitar Trio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Guitar_Trio

Podcast La Guitarra: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/la-guitarra/guitarra-trio-guitarras-amsterdam-28-04-13/1792454/

La guitarra – Trío de Guitarras de Ámsterdam – 28/04/13

28 abr 2013