A picture of Scott DuBois with a beautiful guitar by D’Angelico was printed in my newspaper today. Scott DuBois will play in Freiburg tonight. He is currently on tour through Germany and Austria. Information taken from Sctt’s homepage: In addition to being part of the New York City jazz/improvised music scene for the past fifteen […]
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The Mandolin Orchestra of the Hiroshima Jogakuin University in Japan has more than 50 videos in its video channel at youtube. The videos present recordings made during the concerts of the previous years. This mandolin orchestra is organized by the university for the students like many other mandolin orchestras in Japan. Hiroshima Jogakuin was founded
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The Pittsburgh Mandolin Society provides a set of free sheet music for folk dances from former Yugoslavia. It is possible to play those pieces with one or two mandolins and guitar accompaniment. Yugoslav Songs and Dances: http://www.pittsburghmandolinsociety.org/archives/yugoslav.html One of the dances is Seljancica Kolo, a well known dance from Croatia, which can be found several
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On the Virtual Gramophone site I found a recording of El Choclo – the famous tango written by Ángel Villoldo at the beginning of the 20th century – probably the most famous tango at all. This tango has a long history, and many artists have created their very special versions – it is fascinating to
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The Virtual Gramophone is a site where thousands of recordings from the early 20th century from Canada can be found as podcasts or for immediate download. Welcome to the Library and Archives of Canada’s Virtual Gramophone, a multimedia website devoted to the early days of Canadian recorded sound, providing an overview of the 78-rpm era
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The Canadian musician Jayme Stone has travelled to Mali to research the history and origins of the banjo in Africa. There he met Mansa Sissoko, a “griot” and storyteller. In this concert of the CBC you can hear both musicians together – creating something new from two different cultures. Jayme Stone / Mansa Sissoko at
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Today i have selected some videos of the concerto for lute, violins and basso continuo in d major by Antonio Vivaldi. This concerto is played quite often by different ensembles. I have played this many years ago together with the mandolin orchestra of Baden (Badisches Zupforchester). The first video has just been added to youtube.
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The fretwork ensemble is a viol consort from England which exists since 1986 and which plays music from 500 years. This ensemble does not limit itself to old music originally composed for viols centuries ago, but it also plays new compositions composed especially for this group. A great example of this kind of new music
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Some time ago I have presented the group Vishtén from Acadia / Canada who plays great fiddle music with powerfull step dance. In the meantime I have discovered two other bands from the same region, Acadia and the St. Edward Islands in Canada. Today I want to present Gadelle – four energized women with fiddle,
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