Some days ago I wrote about Carol of the Bells, and that the first version of this tune that I liked was the version played by the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble on the CD of Patty Loveless Bluegrass & White Snow. And some days ago I found new videos of the NME with some Christmas tunes. …
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I have just found this nice tune with variations played by Oleg Videnov from Sofia, Bulgaria on the mandolin. Привечер-В.Хватов Performed by Oleg Videnov(mandolin) and Lachezar Videnov (guitar) 22.07.2009 Oleg Videnov has made several videos in his channel ovidenov. This is another example – a serenade by Silvestri: Silvestri-Serenade The last video that I have …
I have heard Carol of the Bells first on the Christmas CD “Blue Grass & White Snow” by Patty Loveless. According to the the reviews it was played by members of the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble – with mandolins, mandocellos, guitars, flute and tubular bells – a very beautiful (and I think still my favorite) version …
Another famous pop song of the early 1980s with the mandolin is Boat on the River by Styx with Tommy Shaw playing mandolin. Yesterday I heard this song in our local radio station, so I looked what I could find about this song. I have found many old and new videos with this song. In …