The Berkeley Mandolin Ensemble was a classical mandolin ensemble. The ensemble travelled to Germany for the German Zupfmusikfest in Bonn in 1978. It was also part of the production of the CD “Rudy Cipolla – Mandolin Maestro”. It did travel again to Germany in 1982 for another Zupfmusikfest. Kennet Frankel who played mandolin, mandola and […]
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In February 2020 the 4th mando-fest of India took place in Goa. This made me very curious about the situation of the mandolin in India. I have tried to collect information about the mando-fest and the most important mandolin players in India. I have got the following information from Pradipto Sengupta who is one of
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I have compiled a playlist with performances from the Celtic Connections 2018 in Glasgow. The Playlist starts with some great videos from the Bothy Culture concert with the Danny MacAskill and the GRIT Orchestra. First video: Danny MacAskill (mountain bike) recreates some of his ‘Ridge’ film at the concert. Other bands included are: The String
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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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Celtic Connections is one of the biggest festival for Celtic Music. This year more than 2000 artists took part in the festival from 21 Jan – 5 Feb 2017 Many of my favorite artists and bands were part of the festival: Kathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Derek Gripper Tommy Emmanuel Maro O’Connor with his Family
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Recently I have been listening to some resources from the Smithsonian websites, especially the radio programs. Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum and research complex, consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. A set of radio programs with many interesting recordings is available at:
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Last month the yearly Merlefest took place in Wilkesboro. One of the shows is named Mando Mania – an all mandolin performance where some of the best mandolin players join to show that it is possible to play great music just with mandolins. Mando Mania has first been organized by Tony Williamson in 1994 and
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Today I have found an article about a recent concert with Eliot Fisk in New York: Guitarist, in Charge, Plays Well With Others So I decided to collect some videos and information about this great guitar virtuoso of our time. Here is my playlist with some videos including pieces like Aria detta la Frescobalda by
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The first twoday Bluegrass Festival took place in 1965. It is fantastic, that there are 2 videos from this first festival, with many of the Bluegrass bands popular in 1965: First Bluegrass Festival Fincastle Virginia 1965 featuring Don Reno Clip from the first bluegrass festival in Fincastle Virginia from 1965 featuring Don Reno, Bill Monroe,
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