Pete Seeger has produced the Rainbow Quest series of TV shows in 1965 and 1966. This is a great documentation about the folk music of the 60s. I found this when I searched for videos of Richard Farina, and I have watched some other episodes too. Those videos show many singers, songwriters, folk bands, bluegrass …
Rainbow Quest – Pete Seeger and Guests – Great Folk Music from the 1960s Read More »
By a tweet I was led to a blog post about the music of Richard and Mimi Fariña. In this blog post Neal Hellman tells about his passion about the Mountain Dulcimer or Appalachian Dulcimer, whow he wrote his first book about the dulcimer and after some time also found a publisher for this project. …
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Art Rosenbaum is an US American painter and musician. I have met Art Rosenbaum in Freiburg when he spent a year teaching at the univerisity during the 80s. He used to bring his banjo to the lectures and play some examples of the true American folk music that he has recorded all over the country. …
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 – …
Mandola Power – Swiss Folk-Metal-Band Eluveitie with their Song Omnos Read More »