It is just one week that the new CD by the Norwegian Women Quartet Katzenjammer has been published in Germany. Since I have discovered Katzenjammer two years ago this quartet – four women from Norway – has made a big development. They have toured through Germany and Europe and played at many festivals. Their song […]
I have just discovered several great videos showing the German guitarist Siegfried Behrend and the German Plucked Strings Orchestra (Deutsches Zupforchester). In those videos you can see Takashi and Sylvia Ochi on the mandolin playing a concerto for two mandolins by Antonio Vivaldi, Takashi Ochi plays a part of a Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven.
The Russian Rag by Robert L. Cobb has been made popular in the Mandolin World by the recording made by Dave Apollon in the 30s. David Grisman has published the recordings by Dave Apollon in the 70s (The Man with the Mandolin). The transcription of the Russain Rag for mandolin has been published in the
Some time ago I have discovered this duo from Japan that plays a nice selection of music with mandolin and ukulele. For each video a special setup has been installed for the video, showing a special toy, a plant or like in the following video a drink: Ukulele × Mandolin – MOLIENDO CAFE (コーヒールンバ) Ukulele
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LEVANTE Mandolin Orchestra 6th Concert in Morioka, JAPAN. 20th March 2011 The LEVANTE Mandolin Orchestra is located in the North-East of Japan. It has uploaded videos of the program of the last concert on March 20th 2011 in Morioka. The program of the 6th concert included the following pieces: ARSNOVA suite 1st mov. Lento espressivo,
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In the homepage of DUNAV – a homepage dedicated to the folk danes of eastern Europe and Asia – I have recently discovered this simple but anyway interesting folk dance tune: Tin Tin Tini Mini Hanim The melody is composed of only 5 different notes, but it is possible to play this tune for a
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O Brother, Where Art Thou – 10 years ago I have listened to the soundtrack of this movie very often, and I have watched the DVD several times. If you like this movie like me you might be interested in this radio special which is available at Airplay direct: New one-hour radio special looks back
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I have just discovered The Boxcars – a great Bluegrass band with Adam Steffey on mandolin. Adam Steffey is one of the great bluegrass mandolin players of today. He has played in many bands, during the 90s he was the mandolin player with Alison Krauss and Union Station. The Boxcars was founded in 2009 and
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Revendo o Passado is a great choro waltz by Freire Júnior. You can find more information about Freire Júnior at the end of this post. I have found many interesting versions of this choro, played by guitar, bandolim, cavaquinho, clarinet as well as sung versions. I have even found a version played by a trombone.
A great swing tune by David Grisman – Tipsy Gypsy. This is a great tune if you want to start with jazz or swing mandolin. You can find free TABs and sheet music on the Mandozine homepage. David Grisman played and conducted this with participants of the Mandolin Syposium 2006 – a great performance: Dawg
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