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Elton John And Leon Russell, Live From The Beacon Theatre – Great Free NPR Concert

Now available at NPR: Elton John And Leon Russell, Live From The Beacon Theatre Earlier this year, Elton John and his piano-playing idol, Leon Russell, released an album together, aptly titled The Union. It’s a gruff but gorgeous collaboration that sounds better than anything either living legend has recorded in at least a decade. The […]

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Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers – Great Country Musik from Seattle – with Ethan Lawton (Mandolin)

Recently I have listened to a Country radio show by Bob Harris from the BBC. The second song of this show was the song Wasting my Time by Zoe Muth, a nice song which also includes a great mandolin part. This song is also available on Zoe Muth’s myspace page (see below). In the meantime

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BBC Virtual Session – Learn Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes with a Band – Tin Whistle and Mandolin

If you play with a band its much mor fun to lear new tunes. If you want to learn some Irish jigs, reels or hornpipes on your mandolin, tin whistle, banjo, guitar or accordeon you can find a great resource at the BBC – the Virtual Session. BBC Virtual Session: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/sessions/ You can find sets

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Music and Sheet Music for Christmas

In three weeks we will have Christnmas, everywhere the special Christmas fairs have opened, people are drinking “Glühwein”, and the snow has brought a nice Winter feeling. So I thought it’s time to present some videos with Christmas music. This is an mandolin orchestra from Japan who plays the famous Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson:

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Three Easy Fiddle Tunes – Over the Waterfall * St. Anne’s Reel * Fisher’s Hornpipe

I am currently reworking some fiddle tunes which I want to play with my duo partner with two mandolins. So I decided that I should present those tunes, togehter with sheet music links and additional information here in my blog. Fiddle Tune Medley Over the Waterfall Michelle Shocked has used the two melodies Over the

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Bluegrass with a Handicap – Jarred Albright (Fiddle, Mandolin) – Barry Abernathy (Banjo)

Some time ago I read about two players with a handicap who despite this have become professional players in a band. Jarred Albright Jarred has been playing the violin since he was seven, and has taken it upon himself to learn other instruments including the mandolin and guitar. For 9 years, Jarred was involved with

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New Videos by the Mandolinenclub Falkenstein, conducted by Natalia Alencova

The mandolin orchestra Mandolinenclub Falkenstein was founded in 1925. In 1965 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary the orchestra organized fir the first time an international competition for mandolin orchestras. Other competitions were organized over the years. Currently the orchestra consists of ca. 20 members. The orchestra was conducted by Keith Harris between 2001

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