During the last days I have looked for some interesting choro music, and I have discovered a project titled Beatles’n’Choro. 4 CDs with Beatlessongs played by Brazilian Choro musicians with clarinet, flute, cavaquinho, bandolim, violao and pandeiro. On the bandolim we can hear Hamilton de Holanda who plays a nice arrangement of Something on the [...]
David Grisman has just made a relounch of his Acoustic Disc website Acoustic Disc. He has added the Acoustic Oasis. The Acoustic Oasis is the new place where you can find a free download from the Acoustic Disc CDs in one of the rooms. If you make a download every day you can build up [...]
Edu Miranda has uploaded three new videos to youtube. This time he plays the bandolim in the Roda de Choro de Lisboa. The videos have been taken from a recent TV show. I like the version of Brejeiro by Ernesto Nazareth very much. It is not played too fast, but with a lot of rhythm [...]
During the last days I have practiced Tico Tico no Fubá – I really want to be able to play this fantastic composition on my mandolin. So I searched for interesting videos of Tico Tico. My favorite video ist the following fantastic performance by the Edu Miranda Trio: TICO TICO NO FUBÁ – Edu Miranda [...]
Luperce Miranda is one of the most important composer of choros for the bandolim, the brazilian mandolin. Miranda was born in 1904 and died in 1977, he has composed more than 500 choros. You can find some biographical notes about Miranda in the Choro Blog: Luperce Miranda – King of the Mandolin Many of Mirandas [...]