Dan James is a singer who uses his mandocello or cittern to accompany his songs. He also uses a 7-string guitar. This is an introduction about Dan James taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2008/06/24/dan_james_group.shtml Dan James has been a full time professional musician since 1997. When he’s not writing music or gigging he does this and that (mostly […]
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The best guitar quartets – Review by the German guitar and luth magazine Gitarre und Laute Here are some more interesting videos of great guitar quartets from the review. Corona Guitar Quartet: East L.A. Phase Corona Guitar Kvartet: www.coronaguitarkvartet.dk, composer: Wayne Siegel Aquarelle Guitar Quartet You can find several examples played by the Aquarelle Guitar
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The German guitar and luth magazine Gitarre und Laute has been published since 1979, for many years as a printed magazine but beginning with this year it is published as a blog. So you can find interesting information about the guitar and luth, editions, players or CDs. Gitarre & Laute … seit 1979! 28 Jahrgänge
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Some time ago I bought a copy of the sheetmusic for Leading Off, Chris Thile‘s first CD. This CD has been published in 1994 when Chris Thile was just 13! It is fantastic what Chris Thile was able to play with 13! Leading Off is the debut solo album by American newgrass mandolinist Chris Thile,
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Three very interesting musicians have formed a very interesting trio: Bela Fleck, five string banjo Edgar Meyer – double bass Zakir Hussain – Tabla I have discovered this music from a broadcast at the public radio station WBUR, and I was immediately hooked by this great music. This is an excerpt from a broadcast with
From time to time I like to visit exhibitions and galleries to see some great works of art, but I do also search for drawings and paintings online. As a musician and Bluegrass fan I especially like to watch paintings and drawings of musicians and instruments. Today I want to present five websites with pictures
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On David Grismans Acoustic Oasis site there is a free download of a song every day. From each album available at Acoustic Oasis you can downlod two or more free songs. Recently I have downloaded some songs from Emory Lesters album Reminiscing Today that impressed me very much. I had not kown Emory Lester before,
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The Great Saiya Mandolin Ensemble is a young Japanese mandolin ensemble. After only 5 years the orchestra has already reached a high standard. The fifth regular concert of the Great Saiya Mandolin Ensemble was given on Oct. 2nd. The complete concert was streamed by ustream and has also been recorded. The videos of the concert
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Mike Stern is a great guitar player who plays jazz and fusion on a solid body electric guitar. For many years he had used a Fender Telecaster guitar, but now his main instrument is a signature Yamaha Pacifica guitar. Mike Stern has studied on the Berklee College, he played with Blood, Sweat and Tears in
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The mandolin orchestra Het Consort from the Netherlands was founded 20 years ago. On October 16, 2010 a big anniversary concert will be given in Amsterdam. The orchestra has produced an impressive 15 minute video about the past 20 years, with some great music examples and a lot of information about the orchestra. During the
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