MandoIsland Blog

Ikimono Gakari is a very successfull Japanese pop trio, the songs by this group are very popular in Japan. During the last days the song Yell by Ikomono Gakari has sticked to my mind – and I have listened to many videos with different versions of this song. I have first found a version of [...]

Some days ago I found a concert by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet on the CBC Concerts on Demand website. David Kanengiser has created a great piece for one actor and guitar quartet based on the novel Don Quixote by Cervantes. The actor Phil Proctor recites the story in a fascination way, I have never [...]

It is some time ago that I have discovered the videos of the Duo Andante from Japan. The duo plays some nice tunes with mandolin and guitar, including pieces by Bach, Scott Joplin and arrangements of popular Japanese enka-songs.  This is the famous ragtime The Entertainer by Scott Joplin played by the Duo Andante: The [...]

Volker Höh, a German guitarist has sent me this great video of the Quartet No. 2 by Heinrich Albert. The quartet is composed for 2 guitars tune one third above the standard tuning, one guitar in standard tuning  and a bass guitar tuned one fifth below the standard tuning  – a combination that has been [...]