I am currently reworking some fiddle tunes which I want to play with my duo partner with two mandolins. So I decided that I should present those tunes, togehter with sheet music links and additional information here in my blog. Over the Waterfall Michelle Shocked has used the two melodies Over the Waterfall and St. [...]
Pettersson & Fredriksson – nyckelharpa and mandola (octave mandolin) – a great duo with a great nordic sound. Daniel Fredriksson was part of a project that I have just recently written about in this blog – the Magic Lute Project from the TFF Rudolstadt in 2009. Daniel Fredriksson plays the nordic mandola, an instrument that [...]
Some time ago I read about two players with a handicap who despite this have become professional players in a band. Jarred Albright Jarred has been playing the violin since he was seven, and has taken it upon himself to learn other instruments including the mandolin and guitar. For 9 years, Jarred was involved with [...]
The mandolin orchestra Mandolinenclub Falkenstein was founded in 1925. In 1965 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary the orchestra organized fir the first time an international competition for mandolin orchestras. Other competitions were organized over the years. Currently the orchestra consists of ca. 20 members. The orchestra was conducted by Keith Harris between 2001 [...]