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 [...]
Today a new fantastic mandolin video has been uploaded to youtube by Carlos Blanco Ruiz. The video shows a performance of Railroad Song, a composition by Yasuo Kuwahara, played by the composer himself on the mandolin and Carlos Balnco Ruiz on the guitar. It was recorded in 1999. This is the first time that I [...]
Erich Heinemann, a mandolin player from Bonn who writes about mandolin on his site www.mandolinen-museum.de has discovered the homepage of a very interesting Russian ensemble with domra, balalaika, balalaika bass, accordion, drums and last but not least a saxofone – the Bis-Quit ensemble from Saint Petersburg in Russia. The group is composed of six professional [...]
For this weekend I would like to recommend another Canada Live podcast. The podcast of January 15th is dedicated to Colin James, it was recorded in Vancouver, where the winter olympics were opened today. I liked this concert very much, I am just listening to it for the second time. Colin plays fantastic on his [...]
This morning I have learned Cattle in the Cane on my mandolin. I have used a version that I found at http://www.fiddletunes.nl/ – a site dedicated to Bluegrass music. This tune has a first part in A major and a second part in A-Minor which makes it an interesting tune. I prefer a slower tempo [...]