Archive for December, 2009

Mandolin Orchestra La Orden de la Terraza – Logrono (Spain) – New compositions

The mandolin orchestra La Orden de la Terraza from Logrono (Spain) gave a concert with the winning compositions of the competition for composition of the city of Logrono 2008. The whole concert is now available at youtube. At the beginning of the concert some compositions from the previous competitions were played. Concierto presentación fallo del [...]

Kansai Mandolin Ensemble SMK – Kobe / Japan

The Kansai Mandolin Ensemble SMK from Kobe, Japan is expecting its 50th birthday next year. It was founded in 1960 and has made tours to Italy, Germany and Greece. The description of the videos does contain the following text in Italian language: gruppi di concerto di mandolino Noi siamo gruppi di insieme di mandolino giapponesi [...]

Bluegrass Music – IBMA Documentation

I have just found five videos with a big part of a documentation about bluegrass. This documentation was produced by the IBMA, the International Bluegrass Music Association, in 2005. It was hosted by Sierra Hull and Ryan Holloday. In the first part the roots of bluegrass music are explored – the traditions brought to the [...]

Nashville Mandolin Ensemble – Christmas and more

Some days ago I wrote about Carol of the Bells, and that the first version of this tune that I liked was the version played by the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble on the CD of Patty Loveless Bluegrass & White Snow. And some days ago I found new videos of the NME with some Christmas tunes. [...]

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