MandoIsland Blog

This blog is intended as an English version of my blog gezupftes.de.

I will collect usefull information about the mandolin, the guitar and other plucked instruments from all over the world with interesting youtube videos.

I have started the German blog gezupftes.de some time ago as an addon for my homepage mandoisland.de. MandoIsland has grown for many years and is a source for information about the mandolin and its music, from classical and brazilian choro to jazz and bluegrass.

During the years many links to interesting sites have been collected, and a lot of information ahs been compiled, mainly in German, but a big part has already been translated to English.

With youtube it is now very easy to find sources for all kind of music and artists. In my blog I am collecting interesting videos and additional information about topics like the Chinese plucked instruments, classical guitar videos, newcommer bands, the Kretan lute, the Venezuelan bandola llanera and cuatro …..

I will translate the most nteresting posts from the last year to English step by step, so please come again and see whats new.

My latest youtube video – a trio version of the Staten Island Slide, combined with a blues composition by myself:

Michael Reichenbach