I've been listening to a number of cuts by the Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie recently. In one of their music videos, they prominently feature a mandola!
I've been listening to a number of cuts by the Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie recently. In one of their music videos, they prominently feature a mandola!
"When I heard what Socrates had done on the lyre, I wished indeed even [I had done] that...but certainly I labored hard in letters!" - Cicero, "Cato the Elder on Old Age"
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Interesting that this is known as "metal" -- the backbeat is much more "surf."
and a hurdy-gurdy! Mandoviol, I got some demo cd's from a Breton harpist, Cecile Corbel, who I thought was great, but the agent couldn't drum up enough interest to put a tour together for her in the U.S. You might like her: Cecile Corbel
Look into Tempest. They are pretty hard folk/metal/Celtic.
Jamie
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The thing that's really cool about this band is that they sing in Gaulish. And if you're into something more hard rock from them, check out this number: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coTd0UoFyXY.
"When I heard what Socrates had done on the lyre, I wished indeed even [I had done] that...but certainly I labored hard in letters!" - Cicero, "Cato the Elder on Old Age"
Weber Gallatin Mahogany F
19th Century Ferrari(?) Bowlback
Early 20th Century British Mandoline-Banjo & Deering Goodtime Tenor
1960s Harmony Baritone Ukelele
The Magic Fluke Flea Soprano Ukelele (in 5ths!)
1910 German Stradivarius 1717 copy, unknown maker
1890(?) German Stradivarius 1725 copy, G.A. Pfreztschner, maker
I was wondering what the language was. Is it something like that odd almost-dead language Romanshe? I've never heard that spoken, but had heard there were still a few crazy Swiss who wouldn;t let it die.
Now i have heard tempest in the past before and as with this new video posted i wouldn't go as far as using METAL in the description of their sounds. They both have some elements of rock in their sound but thats about it. I grew up listening to Black Sabbath and thats metal.
Folk-rock maybe. Not metal.
Is that a mandola or an octave? Not in to that music--but it was fun to watch.
Loved that beautiful little Common (Eurasian) Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Very similar to the American kestrel (Falco sparverius) we have here in N. American. (however, it seems to be one bird that we are steadily losing BTW )
Bernie
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"When I heard what Socrates had done on the lyre, I wished indeed even [I had done] that...but certainly I labored hard in letters!" - Cicero, "Cato the Elder on Old Age"
Weber Gallatin Mahogany F
19th Century Ferrari(?) Bowlback
Early 20th Century British Mandoline-Banjo & Deering Goodtime Tenor
1960s Harmony Baritone Ukelele
The Magic Fluke Flea Soprano Ukelele (in 5ths!)
1910 German Stradivarius 1717 copy, unknown maker
1890(?) German Stradivarius 1725 copy, G.A. Pfreztschner, maker
Woah, check out his peghead!
"When I heard what Socrates had done on the lyre, I wished indeed even [I had done] that...but certainly I labored hard in letters!" - Cicero, "Cato the Elder on Old Age"
Weber Gallatin Mahogany F
19th Century Ferrari(?) Bowlback
Early 20th Century British Mandoline-Banjo & Deering Goodtime Tenor
1960s Harmony Baritone Ukelele
The Magic Fluke Flea Soprano Ukelele (in 5ths!)
1910 German Stradivarius 1717 copy, unknown maker
1890(?) German Stradivarius 1725 copy, G.A. Pfreztschner, maker
There's no doubt that he's compensating for something with that peghead.
And Bernie, the kestrels are declining in Connecticut, too, but Red Shoulders? Through the roof. They're all over the place! They hunt off the gable end of our roof sometimes, and the nest os only about 20 yards off the house. That's the third nesting pair in the neighborhood, 5 years ago there was only one.
Yes that would be the mandolin for folks who have to play in dangerous places -- you have your mandolin and your weapon with you at all times.
In most parts of the country kestrels are declining because habitat changes (increasing forest) favors Cooper's Hawks (and Red Shoulders as well but they are not the problem).
Cooper's hawk populations are increasing rapidly. Now a crow-size Cooper's is a very fast hawk but they can't match a robin-size Kestrel in flight speed/agility -- in a fair flight.
But they can effectively take them by stealth and ambush -- and sadly they do. A Coop is only too willing to kill and eat a kestrel. As to Red Shoulder's, a great bird. They are friends of mine -- three colleagues of mine and I published four papers in Raptor Research on "suburban" Red Shoulders in the late 1990's.
Bernie
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Due to current budgetary restrictions the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off -- sorry about the inconvenience.
The reds are very tame. They'll almost touch you when flying past when on the roof (like when you're re-roofing). I was doing hawk counts for the Connecticut Audubon Society in the late 70's when we'd count three ospreys for the entire migration season. Now you can wander down to the marsh, and see 15 or 20 whirling around, hovering , cruising, whatever.
It'll be interesting to see how the counts change over the years. In Connecticut, when the "white guys" first got here, it was essentially 100% forested, so the rise in the Kestrel wasn't really a natural phenomenon, so is the decline natural? As long as it's not pesticide-driven, it's an interesting phenomenon.
Definitely not metal. Closer to "new wave" maybe? Interesting whatever you call it.
This song itself isn't really metally (the album it's off is somewhat a departure), but here's one that's definitely more metallic (though no mandola):
"When I heard what Socrates had done on the lyre, I wished indeed even [I had done] that...but certainly I labored hard in letters!" - Cicero, "Cato the Elder on Old Age"
Weber Gallatin Mahogany F
19th Century Ferrari(?) Bowlback
Early 20th Century British Mandoline-Banjo & Deering Goodtime Tenor
1960s Harmony Baritone Ukelele
The Magic Fluke Flea Soprano Ukelele (in 5ths!)
1910 German Stradivarius 1717 copy, unknown maker
1890(?) German Stradivarius 1725 copy, G.A. Pfreztschner, maker
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