I have found some more interesting things about the viola caipira. First, there is a homepage dedicated to the viola caipira with all important information about the instrument, its players, teachers, luthiers, some sheet music and much more: http://www.violacaipira.com.br/musicabrasileira/ Then I found another homepage with an interesting article about the history of the Viola Cabocla [...]
I have just discovered some videos from Brazil with a viola caipira or viola sertaneja, an instrument with five double metal courses and slightly smaller than a guitar. You can find more information about those instruments in the Atlas of Plucked Instruments. The viola caipira is built like a normal guitar, the viola sertanejya is [...]
I found a note about the french composer Tristan Murail in a twitter notice, and I tried to find some information about this composer. I found that he composed also music for guitar, and that at least two works for guitar / electric guitar are available at youtube. Tellur composed in 1977 is an interesting [...]
Hiro Fujikake or Fujikake Hiroyuki – what is his proper name in Japan – is one of the most important composers of Japan. He has won several prices, the following is an excerpt from the Hiro Fujikake Fan page The Fantastic World of Hiro Fujikake: http://www.geocities.jp/fujikake_music/ where you can find further information: Since his university [...]
During the last days I have listened to a concert with blues singer Rita Chiarelli that is available as concert on demand at the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20100122ritac Rita Chiarelli at the Empress Theatre Rita Chiarelli uses her amazing 3-octave voice to belt, to croon and to tell stories. She’s won multiple Maple Blues awards, a Juno [...]