Benzinho

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 [...]

Roda de Choro de Lisboa

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 [...]

John Adams – Gnarly Buttons – With Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo … and a Cow

John Adams is one of the most important composers in the USA today. On the CBC concert on demand site I discovered a new string quartet that has been played in a concert by the St. Lawrence String Quartet I have seen several works by John Adams, and liked all of it. Some years ago [...]