During the last days I have listened to a concert with blues singer Rita Chiarelli that was available as concert on demand at the CBC (link no more valid) Rita Chiarelli at the Empress Theatre Rita Chiarelli uses her amazing 3-octave voice to belt, to croon and to tell stories. She’s won multiple Maple Blues […]
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Some days ago I have found a set of videos of an orchestra in Japan named “GEM”. The videos were made from the first concert of this big orchestra. The programs are composed of symphonic music by classical composers This mandolin orchestra’s name is “GEN”. Karuizawa Ohga Hall (cont) Here a selection of the most
Ugo Orlandi has been the most famous classical mandolin player in Italy for the last 20 years. He has recorded many CDs and has played with many of the important chamber orchestras. Many years ago I have attended a workshop with Ugo Orlandi. I have just discovered three new videos with Ugo Orlandi from a
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I have just listened to the Art of Time Ensemble: Abbey Road – another great concert of the CBC concerts on demand. If you love the original album by the Beatles, you will also like this concert – a great concert with so much energy – incredible. (link no more valid) Forty years to the
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Riccardo Sandoval, the mandolin palyer from Venezuela, has visited Japan several times. A set of about 20 videos from a concert in Japan from last October are available at youtube. Ricardo Sandoval plays mainly mandolin, but also the bandola llanera from Venezuela. He is accompanied by guitar, cajon, mandolin and mandola. Let’s start with a
The Wolga Virtuosen Quartet was one of the groups at the Eurofestival Zupfmusik in Bruchsal that got a lot of applause for their performance of typical Russian folklore. It was a lot of fun to watch the players play and act. The group was composed of prim-domra, alto-domra, bass-balalaika and the accordion instrument bayan. Ther
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Today I found a tweet about the following video of of the Steep Canyon Rangers. Steep Canyon Rangers – Knob Creek One of SCR’s signature songs. Written by mandolinist Mike Guggino it’s a tour de force for the entire band. A hauntingly beautiful melody which flows through many tempo and mood changes SCR really shines.
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On David Grismans Acoustic Oasis site there is a free downlod for every day. The download of today is a recording of the jazz title Perdido played by George Barnes. This download will only be available until tomorrow morning, but the videos of this song that I have found on youtube and the videos with
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Today I have found the following Online ad of the Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra – as this does contain all the imprtant information about this orchestra I have just copied the complete text including the links to the videos of the Orchestra. The original text with some photos of the group can be found here
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I am currently working on a tune that I think everybody knows well – Sweet Georgia Brown. I have tried to play this every now and then, but now I am playing this together with a friend on two mandolins – so it’s time to learn it really good. Before I begin with the mandolin
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