My friend Eric likes to play this tune, so I thought that I should listen to some recordings of it and learn topplay it right. I have found many interesting videos and compiled thos in my playlist. This tune goes back to the 1930s when it has been recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks: Mississippi Sheiks […]
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On this page you will find some interesting concerts from NPR Toots Thielemans On JazzSet, With Kenny Werner http://www.npr.org/2012/04/26/141755779/toots-thielemans-and-kenny-werner-on-jazzset Bill Frisell On JazzSet December 5, 2013From the Newport Jazz Festival, guitarist Bill Frisell shines in three completely different settings: with his band playing reworking John Lennon tunes, in a duo with violinist Jenny Scheinman, and
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You can find a great selection of Bluegrass, Blues, Americana and Country CDs to listen to at AirPlay Direct: http://airplaydirect.com/ Use the Radio Charts to find new and often played CDs! You can listen to many complete CDs, but in some cases the tracks are shortened. This is a selection of interesting CDs that I
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Zayn Skinner is a 15 year old mandolin player who plays in the band of his dad Jason Skinner named Hudson and Skinner and the Blue Ridge Cut Ups. In his fathers youtube channel you can find videos with the complete band, but also a set of videos of Zayn together with his dad playing
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In three weeks we will have Christnmas, everywhere the special Christmas fairs have opened, people are drinking “Glühwein”, and the snow has brought a nice Winter feeling. So I thought it’s time to present some videos with Christmas music. This is an mandolin orchestra from Japan who plays the famous Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson:
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From time to time I like to visit exhibitions and galleries to see some great works of art, but I do also search for drawings and paintings online. As a musician and Bluegrass fan I especially like to watch paintings and drawings of musicians and instruments. Today I want to present five websites with pictures
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On this page I will collect my favorite resources for listening to good music – podcasts, concerts on demand, web radio – with bluegrass, music for guitar or mandolin or other plucked instruments and so on: Mandozine Radio Mandozine Radio plays mandolin-centric music covering, Bluegrass, Jazz, Classical, Celtic, Choro, Newgrass, Gypsy Jazz, and Dawg music.
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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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Today I have found two different Mandolin Boogies at youtube. The first version was recorded by the Armstrong Twins in 1946. The Armstrong Twins were one of the successful duos who sang country songs with guitar and mandolin. Other duos were The Monroe Brothers, Jim and Jesse, Homer and Jethro or Lonzo and Oscar. The
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