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Remembering Butch Baldassari – The Fantastic Sound of the Mandolin

Almost one year has passed since Butch Baldassari died on January 10. In his latest BBC broadcast Mike Harding played a piece from the CD Travellers with Butch Baldassari, John Reischman and Robin Bullock, a very nice medley composed of the following three tunes: The Old French / The Wise Maid / Swinging On A […]

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Fraunhofer Saitenmusik – Magic Strings – Hackbrett / Hammered Dulcimer

The time around christmas is a time to listen to music like the music by this German group – the Fraunhofer Saitenmusik. The group is named after a location, an old guesthouse in Munich and was founded in 1978 by Heidi Zink and Richard Kurländer Das »Fraunhofer« – eines der ältesten und schönsten Wirtshäuser Münchens

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