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The Nordic Sound: Pettersson & Fredriksson – Nyckelharpa & Mandola

Pettersson & Fredriksson – nyckelharpa and mandola (octave mandolin) – a great duo with a great nordic sound. Daniel Fredriksson was part of a project that I have just recently written about in this blog – the Magic Lute Project from the TFF Rudolstadt in 2009. Daniel Fredriksson plays the nordic mandola, an instrument that …

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Alison Stephens – Mandolinist, Composer, Teacher – A Great Loss for the Mandolin World

The great British mandolinist Alison Stephens has died on October 10, 2010. She was only 40 years old. Alison Stephens was the leading British mandolinist. She has played the mandolin part for many performances in Britain and all over the world and appeared in many BBC broadcasts. Alison has recorded several great CDs with different …

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Metallica – Toto – REM – on Mandolin, Mandola, Guitar and Bass – Bandolins de Madeira

Madeira must be a good place for mandolins – at the moment there are 17 mandolin orchestras and tunas on Madeira. Activities of those orchestras can be found on the website of the Associacion de Bandolins de Madeira http://www.bandolins-madeira.net/ A group of four players with mandolin, mandola (octave mandolin), guitar and bass has arranged some …

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