Some great video clips from a recent concert with Oliver Waitze, Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker and special guest Tim Connell: WOW, what a wonderful evening with great musicians and a wild audiance!! The concert was on 13th July at the New Acoustic Gallery (www.n-a-g.net) in Germany. The whole concert was also filmed. Watch out for […]
Elke Limbach is mandolin player and teacher who teaches mandolin and guitar in her own music school in Hennef-Sieg / Westerhausen which is close to Bonn, the former capital of Germany. Her students were very successfull in the German youth competition “Jugend Musiziert”. She is also conducting several mandolin orchestras. Together with the guitarist Kanaho
On twitter I have found a tweet about an online exhibition about Songs of Virginia Tragedies which can be found on the homepage of the Blueridge Institute: Deathly Lyrics: Songs of Virginia Tragedies (link no more available) A story told in song, the ballad has for centuries been a means for passing history from one
The “Wreck of the Old 97” and other Songs of Virginia Tragedies Read More »
I have just bought a new mandolin, a used Weber Yellowstone mandolin. This mandolin sounds great and I cannot stop playing it. This is a album with some pictures of this instrument: http://www.mandoisland.de/album_weber_yellowstone Bruce Weber was one of the master luthiers at the former Flatiron site after Gibson had bought Flatiron. Gibson built mandolins in
Bruce Graybill and his Weber Mandolins Read More »
The second to last piece in the Songbook Choro is Valsa Sem Nome von Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell. This choro is mostly played on the classical guitar, and it is a very popular guitar piece. I have collected many great videos of this tune in my playlist below. This is Valsa Sem Nome
Baden Powell – Valsa Sem Nome – A Waltz for Dreaming Read More »
Recently I have listened to many video clips from a great playlist that I have found – a playlist about the baroque guitar, the lute and other baroque instruments. One of the many great videos that I have listened to was a clip by Rob MacKillop who first plays a tarantella piece and afterwards explains
The Baroque Guitar – Rob MacKillop shows his Strumming Technique Read More »
Basia Bulat – a Canadian singer/songwriter plays some very special instruments: the autoharp, ukulele, charango and the very special pianoette – a fretless zither from the beginning of the 20th century. I have discovered Basia Bulat from some free concerts on the NPR site and a short feature about her autoharp playing. But the most
Basia Bulat and the Pianoette – Great Song “The Shore” Read More »
Some time ago I have found a video with five mandolins playing together, probably when I searched for videos with Mike Marshall who was one of the five mandolin players. Now I have found that there are four videos from this special performance, I have collected all 4 in my playlist. In the 3rd and
Five Mandolins – A Special Performance at the Art of Sound Music Festival Read More »
John Jorgenson is mainly known as a guitar player playing gypsy jazz with his John Jorgenson Quintet. John Jorgenson is known as one of the pioneers of the American gypsy jazz movement. He has performed as a solo artist as well as collaborated with other musicians all over the world. His articles and lessons on
John Jorgenson – A Virtuoso on Guitar, Bouzouki and Mandolin Read More »
Today I want to present the russion composer Reinhold Glière with some of his compositions played by Japanese mandolin orchestras. Reinhold Glière was a Russian composer who was also the teacher of Sergej Prokofiew. His sinfonic romantic music with influences from Russian folk music is obviously also very popular in Japan. This is the Intermezzo
