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Anglo Saxon Lyre / Germanic Lyre

One of the oldest musical instruments is the lyre. This instrument is well known as the Anglo Saxon Lyre in the UK, but also as the Germanic lyre. In German it is also known as the Alemannische Leier or Alamannische Leier. On the homepage of Paul Bultler (http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/aslyre.html) you can read: The Anglo-Saxon Lyre is

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Renato Carosone – Tu Vuo’ Fa’ L’Americano – Piccolissima Serenata – With Raf Montrasio on Mandolin

Renato Carosone was a famous Italian singer. The first song that I heard was Tu Vuo’ Fa’ L’Americano – a typical boogie woogie song of the 50s. In this song Raf Montrasio played a fantastic American style mandolin solo on a typical Italian bowlback mandolin. Renato Carosone (3 January 1920 – 20 May 2001) was

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