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Madeira Mandolin Festival – Festival Internacional de Bandolins da Madeira

I have recently started to collect videos with the mandolin orchestras from Madeira. Madeira has a long tradition of mandolin orchestras. In 2016 the first Madeira Mandolin Festival took place. I have found several great videos made during this festival with the Edu Miranda Trio, Luís Peixoto and Norberto Cruz. Edu Miranda Trio is playing […]

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Jean and Janvier Pietrapertosa – Father and Son – Mandolin Methods and Compositions for the Mandolin

Jean und Janvier Pietrapertosa belong to the mandolin players and mandolin teachers that helped to make the mandolin popular in the region of Paris in France around 1900.Both have written important mandolin methods , they have composed their own pieces and and arranged the popular music of the time. Until today not much is known

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The Water Understands – 9 Horses

Just got a newsletter from 9 Horses with this great video The Water Understands. That’s the introduction for the video from the newsletter: Working together with filmmaker Souki Mehdaoui, American Sign Language actor and performer Christina Dunams, electronic sound designer Justin Goldner, and our friends Nathan Koci on piano, Kevin Garcia on drums, and Reed

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Pizzicar Galante – Mandolin Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti – New Crowdfunding Project

Pizzicar Galante – with mandolinist Anna Schivazappa and harpsichordist Fabio Antonio Falcone – are going to record their second CD with works by Domenico Scarlatti for mandolin and harpsichord. Anna Schivazappa has studied the mandolin in Urbino and Padua in Italy and is currently working on her PHD in musicology. The project is presented in the following video:

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Bobby Osborne “Original” – A Great Bluegrass CD by the 85 year old Bluegrass Mandolin Player

Bobby Osborne has recorded his new CD “Original” at an age of 85. When I listened to this album I was immediatly fascinated by the songs and arrangements. The album has been made available as streaming on the website The Bluegrass Situation. The CD was produced by Alison Brown. The project has been supported by the FreshGrass

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Alon Sariel – telemandolin – New CD with Works by Teleman and C. Ph. E. Bach

Alon Sariel is mandolin player, conductor and lutenist with a busy schedule. His recent newsletter informed among others about his new CD telemandolin, dedicated to Georg Philip Telemann and his music. Alon has recently played concerts in Southafrica, and he gave an interview which is available as youtube video: Interview Die Groot Ontbyt Southafrica Playlist

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Kerim and Selim Altinok – Blind Brothers Duo with Mandolin and Guitar – Mandolin Music from Turkey

The mandolin is not a popular instrument in Turkey today. The baglama is the plucked strings instrument that is mostly played in Turkey. But there are a few videos by Turkish musicians with mandolin. Some time ago I was told about the videos by Kerim & Selim Altinok. After I had watched several videos I

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Peter Pussarnig – Jazz and World Music with Guitar, Mandolin, Baglama, Sitar, Balalaika and more

I have recently discovered some great music by Peter Pussarnig. The sound of the mandolin in the track Anahata from Peter Pussarnigs CD “Autumn Song” inspired me to listen to more music by this artist. In this great video some people were filmed as they heard the track for the very first time – a

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