Archive for March, 2012

The mandolin orchestra Bandolineiras de Oeiras – 5 Ladies between 78 and 85 playing Choro and Brazilian Music

In the youotube channel of user  Joakim Antonio I have discovered a video with a small mandolin orchestra from Brazil.The very special about this orchestra is that the members of this group are five old ladies aged between 78 and 85 years. I was really surprised when I found this video! This is the youtube [...]

Bill Frisell – Concert at the NPR – Bill Frisell Trio On JazzSet – Tiny Desk Concert 2012

One year ago the guitarist Bill Frisell has recorded a one hour concert with the NPR. I had written about this in my German blog www.gezupftes.de, but I have just found that I did not make an English version for this blog. Now I have just found a new Tiny Desk Concert with three Beatles [...]

Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos * Ton van Bergeyk * Produced by Stefan Grossman

When I searched  for pieces by  Abe Holzmann  I have found a video of a ragtime guitar solo by Ton van Bergeyk – Smokey Mokes. This piece is contained in the collection Famous Guitar Ragtime Solos that gas been produced in the 1970s by Stefan Grossman. The complete Album is available at youtune – you [...]

Abe Holzmann – Blaze-away / Smoky-Mokes / Hunky Dory – Cakewalk & Ragtime with Banjo and Mandolin

Recently I have found the sheet music for mandolin of a famous march composed by Abe Holzmann: Blaze-Away. This march has been composed in the year 1901 and has remained popular until today. From Wikipedia: Abe Holzmann (19 August 1874 – 16 January 1939) was a German/American composer, who is most famous today for his [...]

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