Archive for August, 2010

Ferdinando de Cristofaro – The Famous Mandolin Method and an original Mandolin Pick from the 19th Century

Cristofaro – Methode de Mandoline (1884) I have recently added the first part of the mandolin method by Ferdinando de Cristofaro as a free download to my homepage mandoisland. You can find information about Cristofaro in the famous book “The Guitar and Mandolin” by Ph. J. Bone entnommen, you can view or download this complete [...]

Jill Barber – Lovesongs – New Album “Chances” – Great CBC Concert available

Some days ago I listened to a podcast from CBC Canada Live – a podcast with the Canadian Singer Jill Barber. This concert was also available as a concert on demand. I liked to listen to this concert very much and have also listened to several youtube videos. The podcast is over one hour and [...]

Listen to Great Concerts with John Reischman and the Jaydbirds

John Reischman is one of my favorite mandolin players – I love the sound that he produces with his great Lloyd Loar mandolin. A recent podcast of the CBC presents a concert with John Reischman and the Jaybirds Mandolin master John Reischman and his band the Jaybirds play upbeat, foot-stomping bluegrass in this concert from [...]

The Jumping Fleas Ukulele Band – Norway – Music is a littlebit – Image is everything!

Music is a littlebit – Image is everything! This three piece ukulele band from Norway has 4 nice videos. I have not found more information about this band, so just enjoy the videos of the Jumping Fleas: The Jumping Fleas ukulele band – Teaser The Jumping Fleas ukulele band – Aksjon The Jumping Fleas ukulele [...]

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