Archive for July, 2010

Canadian Indie Rock Band Land of Talk – Segal Centre in Montreal – Free Podcast

I am just listening to the latest Canada Live podcast featuring Land of Talk – a Canadian indie rock band: Indie-rock band Land of Talk is joined by special guests from The Besnard Lakes for this hot concert recorded at the Segal Centre in Montreal. From Wikipedia: Land of Talk is a Canadian indie rock [...]

Tango en Skai – How to play this famous guitar piece on the mandolin

Some time ago I have found a nice video with a mandolin version of a piece with titel Tango en Skai played by the Japanes mandolin player Kozo Onishi. I had not heard this piece before, but I liked it immediately. This is one of the two videos of Tango en Skai by Kozo Onishi [...]

Langendorfer Mandolinenorchester – Great Videos from a Concert in Japan

By twitter I have heard about this two videos that were made from a concert of the Langendorfer Zupforchester, the mandolin orchestra from Langendorf in Germany – given in Japan some days ago. On the homepage of the Langendorfer Mandolineorchesters you can find some information about the friendship between this German mandolin orchestra and Japan. [...]

Al di Meola – World Sinfonia at the 2009 Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Al di Meola  and his band World Sinfonia have played at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. This concert was available as a concert on demand of the CBC, but it has been removed in the meantime. His current project – Al di Meola World Sinfonia – blends classical, jazz, and tango music with Middle Eastern [...]

Attila Zoller – The great German Jazz Guitarist

Some time ago I wrote about Jim Hall, and I found also some videos where Jim Hall played together with the great German jazz guitarist Atilla Zoller. Here are some videos with Atilla Zoller: When It’s Time – Attila Zoller Attila Zoller – Another Xanthippe coolest grannies on stage ever! This Attila original is based [...]