Michael Reichenbach

The Wisconsin / Vega Project – Exploring America’s Forgotten Tradition

mandolin ensemble, mandolin history / By Michael Reichenbach

The New Vintage Frets is an American mandolin ensemble based in Wisconsin. In 2018 this ensemble produced a CD titled: The Wisconsin/Vega Project CD This unique CD offers present day recordings of century-old mandolin ensemble arrangements thoughtfully selected from Wisconsin-based mandolin orchestra libraries. Pieces in the collection were published in either the 1890s or early 1900s. …

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Tunefox – Learn to Play Bluegrass Tunes

learn to play the mandolin / By Michael Reichenbach

Tunefox is a new web and app based learning tool for bluegrass instruments. I was asked by Bennett Sullivan to present tunefox in my blog. Tunefox is primaily a web and app based learning tool for banjo, mandolin, guitar and bass. To use all the features of tunefox you need to subscribe. As a subscriber …

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Iona Fyfe – Scots Singer of the Year

singer / songwriter / By Michael Reichenbach

In one of the recent episodes of the Folk Radio Podcast – Folk Radio Episode 51 – I have discovered a song that I did like immediately – especially because I could recognize a nicely played mandolin. This way I have discovered the music of Scottish singer Iona Fyfe. The song Swing and Turn is taken from the new …

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Frank Zappa – The Yellow Shark

composer / By Michael Reichenbach

On April 7, 2019 I was at a concert of the SWR Sinfonie Orchester in Freiburg. The program was composed of works by Frank Zappa. It began with three pieces from the Yellow Shark project. In 1992 Frank Zappa worked together with the Ensemble Moderne to produce a concert with his works played by a …

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