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Metallica – Toto – REM – on Mandolin, Mandola, Guitar and Bass – Bandolins de Madeira

Madeira must be a good place for mandolins – at the moment there are 17 mandolin orchestras and tunas on Madeira. Activities of those orchestras can be found on the website of the Associacion de Bandolins de Madeira http://www.bandolins-madeira.net/ A group of four players with mandolin, mandola (octave mandolin), guitar and bass has arranged some […]

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Lickin’ Good Fried – Bluegrass from Toronto / Kanada – With Andrew Collins, Mandolin

A mix of mainly bluegrass and some other styles is available as a concert on demand of the CBC: Concert on Demand: Lickin’ Good Fried with Andrew Collins (mandolin) (concert no more available) The band describes itsself on their homepage http://www.lickingoodfried.com/ as The Scrappiest Country Band in Toronto and plays tasty country music. Singer Alex

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Watermusic – Georg Friedrich Händel on plucked instruments

Last year was the 250th year after the death of Georg Friedrich Händel, and so Händels music was present in the media. Händels music can also be played on plucked instruments, here I have collected some interesting examples: Suite by Händel played by the Mandolin Orchestra Het CONSORT Evan J. Marshall, Solo Mandolin: Handel’s Pastorale

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Capella Aquisgrana – Early Music – Lute Consort

The Capella Aquisgrana is an ensemble based in Aachen, Germany that plays the music from the 14th until the 18th century on historical plucked instruments. The basic ensemble is composed of the instruments of the lute and guitar family – baroque mandolin, baroque guitar and mandolone – and is completed by other instruments like the

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Mandola Power – Swiss Folk-Metal-Band Eluveitie with their Song Omnos

If you count the youtube views this video might be one of the most successful songs with a mandola (or ocatave mandolin). It has been viewed almost 4 million times – it’s for sure that there are many more metal fans than people who watch traditional or classical mandola videos. Eluveitie – Omnos Eluveitie –

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Madison Violet – Folk Duo from Toronto

The latest podcast from Radio Canada Live is a recording frm a concert given by the Canadia singer/songwriter duo Madison Violet in the Hugh’s Room in Toronto. Madison Violet has just released their Album No Fool. And they were named ‘Vocal Group of the Year’ at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. They also just won

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Mandolin, Guitar and Ukulele Videos

Here are my latest youtube Videos: I Skovens Dybe Stille Ro – Classical Guitar Solo Guitar Arrangement of a Danish Folk Song: Ragtime Medley – Mandolin Solo Sérénade de Mandolines – Mandolin Serenade Hallo Sommer / Hello Summer – Ukulele Solo Thanks for watching and subscribing to my youtube channel!

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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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Mandolin Serenade – Charlie Chaplin

I knew already, that Charlie Chaplin composed some music. But I did not know, that he did also compose a piece for the mandolin – the Mandolin Serenade used in his movie A King in New York. Recently I have discovered videos with this Mandolin Serenade. The first video is from a record with the

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My Vintage Mandolin Postcard Collection

Here is my video showing vintage mandolin postcards form my private postcard collection. Many of those postcards are more than 100 years old: Vintage Mandolin Postcard Collection More pictures of my vintage postcards can be found in my instagram profile You can also check my mandolin website www.mandoisland.de! Merken

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