The CBC has made the following concert with ukulele player James Hill available as a concert on demand: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20100323james The following text is from the CBC concert on demand page: According to James Hill we’re in the midst of a revolution, albeit a small one. The ukulele, embraced by mainstream media from Oprah to American […]
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The Italian Old-Time Trio plays traditional Italian mandolin music with mandolin, guitar and double bass. It is one of the few ensembles that still plays the traditional Italian mandolin in Italy, the homeland of the mandolin. Last year the trio had been invited to the 8th Korea Mandolin Festival. Several videos of their performance in
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This week I have a beautiful guitar on my Alfred’s Guitar Calender, so I thought I should find out more about this guitar and its maker. Is a Helliver F guitar, built in a small workshop in Münster in Germany. Only about 25 guitars are built every year. A slideshow of many guitars built by
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I am currently learning the Jackson Stomp and I have collected some information about this tune. The Jackson Stomp has been recorded in the 1920s by Charlie McCoy and the Mississippi Mud Steppers. Playlist Jackson Stomp A nice version with mandolin: Jackson Stomp I have found another video of the Jackson Stomp from the discussion
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I have found Kleztory in a concert that had been available on the CBC concerts on demand site. This concert is no longer available. Kleztory is a fantastic Klezmer band, and I have discovered some great tunes from their performances. Artists Alain Lagault – guitar Mark Peetsma – bass Airat Ichmouratov – clarinet Ana Drobac
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Many years ago I have bought an autoharp, and since then this instrument is mainly stored in my cupboard – but every now and then I take it and play some chords on it. So I thought that I should also write about the autoharp in my blog. The autoharp is a kind of zither
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I am just searching for traditional Italian music with mandolin. I have just discovered this video with a musical commedy aboutthe Tarantella Siciliana which was performed in Buonos Aires. It begins with a guitar solo, then the mandolin player arrives late and describes without words why he comes late. He plays a difficult Italian solo
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Some days ago I have found (by a tweet from twitter) the following video of a Japanese mandolin orchestra: じょんがら (translation of the information from the video): guitars mandolin club. Omura, held at City Hall in May, has played up the 54th Music Festival Union High School in Nagasaki Prefecture. Was cut in half the
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The mandolin orchestra Da Capo Alba from Scotland has uploaded some videos of their latest concerts to youtube. They have played some interesting pieces, including two pieces by Dieter Kreidler and Palladio by Karl Jenkins. The mandolin orchestra Da Capo Alba is the orchestra of the LGMA and currently the largest orchestra for plucked instruments
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