The Ensemble Hikari 光 has been invited to the show „Kaffee oder Tee?“ (coffee or tea?) of the German TV Station SWR on January 3rd, 2014. Now three videos have been made available at youtube. The ensemble has been founded by mandolin players from Germany and Japan and it aims to make music by Japanese composers better …
Olga Egorova is a mandolin player from Russia. As most mandolin players in Russia she has studied the domra first and has got a degree in classical music from the music academy in Moscow. After this she began to play the mandolin too and has studied bluegrass, folk and other music for the mandolin. Finally …
Jarmo Romppanen has just recorded a new CD with his band Nordic Choro. Instead of playing the Brazilian repertoir Nordic Choro have arranged nordic songs in the style of Brazilian choro – a great idea! Nordic Choro have started a campagin to raise the money for the production of the CD. They have presented their …
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Folk Radio UK shares a so called Covermount Mix every month to the subscribers of the Folk Radio UK Newsletter. In the latest covermount mix I have discovered Kyrre Slind with the great track Oysterhaven from his latest album Open Airs. I have also found a recent video at youtube: Kyrre Slind plays Kevin’s Melody …
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