Women with Mandolins

[journeybear]

re that pink photo above from the sheet music...are you sure the person on the right is a woman? and can those matching perms possibly be real?

Of course they're women! And those perms are real, all right. There was a time it was fashionable for women to wear their hair piled atop their heads high as they could, some believing they would be that much closer to God. "Nearer my God to thee," etc.

So I've heard ...

[man dough nollij]

Saint Marge:

[journeybear]

Now that's EXACTLY what I mean! And Marge does what she can to keep her clan living right. Funny, but Mrs. Flanders didn't go this route ...

[journeybear]

D'Italia, Paola Esposito -

with guitarist Francesca Ghilione
with duo partner Miki Nishiyama
with a quartet for a Genoa performance of Prokofiev's "Romeo And Juliet"

She is playing a 1998 Pandini with the guitarist and a 2007 "Calace Jr" with the others. Nishiyama's looks like a Calace too.

[Django Fret]

Some of classical mandolinist Gertrud Tröster.

[Plamen Ivanov]

They both were already posted. Paola has changed her image. Look here to see what i mean. And Gertrud ist no longer Troester, but Weyhofen.

[Django Fret]

They both were already posted. And Gertrud ist no longer Troester, but Weyhofen.

Thanks for the update and I guess you can't believe everything you see or read on the Internet. Here are two more pictures of Annika Lückebergfeld to add to the one posted earlier in this thread.

[journeybear]

They both were already posted. Paola has changed her image. Look here to see what i mean.

Yes, she certainly has, in the three years since that post. But the Pandini hasn't changed a bit. Such graceful lines, such sinuous curves ...

[journeybear]

Someone mentioned the Carrivick Sisters from England a while back. Here's something snazzy from Charlotte Carrivick

[MikeEdgerton]

Before we get a thread that has been running for years locked down, let's stop the double entendres now and keep in mind we have a family forum here. It may seem like simple fun but if it goes beyond where the owner of the site wants it to go it all ends.

[Django Fret]

Here are two of Italian mandolinista Dorina Frati, one with a 6-course baroque mandolin.

[journeybear]

Sorry for any offense. Meant to be funny, not insulting. One person's harmless fun may be another's red flag. I apologize for causing anyone discomfort.

But double entendres aside, I really am impressed with some of the bowlbacks I've been seeing lately. Besides Esposito's Pandini and Calace Jr., and whatever Sonya Maurer is playing, there's Stephens' Embergher - what gorgeus workmanship. It sounds great, too, judging from her site's samples. Same can be said about Esposito's. I haven't thought much about bowlbacks in years, but these and others have been enlightening, a very nice side benefit to all the surfing I've been doing. It's a whole different type of craftmanship and musicianship. I've also found some very interesting Italian mandolin orchestras. All these instruments have great presence, a joy to hear. Now to electrify one ...

Charlotte Carrivick has a couple of her own, pictured here. Nice to see that someone so young has paid attention to the instrument's heritage. Bodes well for the future. BTW Rhonda is the name for her Peceny F model; of the bowlbacks, I'm not sure which is Figli and which is Reg.

[Django Fret]

I love these two pictures of Betty Meyer (younger and older) from her two CDs. No financial interest, but you can purchase them at the Christchurch Country Music Club Web Site

Glad to see that she moved on from the mandolin b@njo at some point in her life.

[journeybear]

Glad to see that she moved on from the mandolin b@njo at some point in her life.

I don't understand ... Is the "B word" a no-no around here?

Well, at the risk of ruffling feathers ... Whilst traversing the pond via the interweb, I also came upon a band called The Kittyhawks, featuring Lucy Ray on mandolin and Mo Jackson on banjo (yes, that's clawhammer style). The second photo shows the full band, from a concert at Sore Fingers, a summer school / music camp attended by, amongst others, the Carrivick sisters, previously mentioned. Small world, sometimes. This camp is held at Kingham Hill School in Cotswold. That's just one of the buildings. Does this look like any camp YOU attended? Brilliant!

[MikeEdgerton]

I don't understand ... Is the "B word" a no-no around here?...

b@njo....

That's pretty much a mandolin cafe joke.

[journeybear]

b@njo....

That's pretty much a mandolin cafe joke.

I figured as much. I reckon over at the B-njo Shed site (wherever them types congregate) they say that we play m@ndolins!

[Django Fret]

Yes, the ribbing is all in good fun. Here are two groups of sisters who play b@njo and mandolin. Kara and Pam of The Barnard Sisters, and Heidi and Pam of The Severin Sisters.

[journeybear]

I can't help noticing how often sister acts have shown up here. I would have posted The Schankman Twins long ago if I had ever been successful at convincing Lauren to play mandolin as well as fiddle. Two of the nicest performers I've ever met, even if Dana plays the unmentionable drum-with-strings. Last heard from in 2004 as Malibu Storm with younger brother Michael on bass. May have retired

[journeybear]

More sisters ...

While searching on Patty Larkin (excellent singer/songwriter, plays great guitar but no mandolin, as far as I know), came upon The Larkins - Shaunna on fiddle, Tina on mandolin - mentioned previously and presented herewith.

[Bill Snyder]

Well others have posted post cards so I guess I can to.
This one is currently for sale on ebay.

[earthsave]

Yes, the ribbing is all in good fun. Here are two groups of sisters who play b@njo and mandolin. Kara and Pam of The Barnard Sisters, and Heidi and Pam of The Severin Sisters.

Hey Kara and Pam. Kara can play anything very well and writes some great songs. If you are ever in Brown County, IN, stop by her music store Weed Patch Music and you can play some Taggarts and other mandolins and instruments on the wall.

[Django Fret]

Nicole Solis from is claimed to be the Bay Area's finest all-gal bluegrass band, the Barefoot Nellies.

[mandopete]

Nicole Solis from is claimed to be the Bay Area's finest all-gal bluegrass band, the Barefoot Nellies.

Hmmm, I looked at the pictures on their website and they appear to be wearing shoes in all of them.

[Jason Renzi]

Hmmm, I looked at the pictures on their website and they appear to be wearing shoes in all of them.

[Bertram Henze]

Nicole Solis from is claimed to be the Bay Area's finest all-gal bluegrass band, the Barefoot Nellies.

That might be the ultimate answer to all those questions how to strap an A-style - I just hope that's not the cause for that painful expression on her face...

Bertram