I have recently found a concert with Harrison Kennedy on the CBC Concerts on Demand site. Harrison Kennedy plays mandolin, guitar, banjo, harmonica and he sings. During the 60s Harrison was a member of The Chairman of the Board and he was very successful: In 1968 the Detroit POP GROUP “The Chairmen of the Board.” [...]
Pettersson & Fredriksson – nyckelharpa and mandola (octave mandolin) – a great duo with a great nordic sound. Daniel Fredriksson was part of a project that I have just recently written about in this blog – the Magic Lute Project from the TFF Rudolstadt in 2009. Daniel Fredriksson plays the nordic mandola, an instrument that [...]
Sfida was founded in March 2004. The members of the group are playing solo- and chambermusic for mandolin, mandola, mandoloncello and guitar The name of the group “Sfida” is Italian and means “challenge”. The group has organized concerts every year, the last concert was the 14th concert and was given on Sept. 5th, 2010. Sfida [...]
The great British mandolinist Alison Stephens has died on October 10 2010. She was only 40 years old. Alison Stephens was the leading British mandolinist. She has played the mandolin part for many performances in Britain and all over the world and appeared in many BBC broadcasts. Alison has recorded several great CDs with different [...]