Women with Mandolins

[journeybear]

I also found another old-style mandolin combo. I wonder if that hairstyle is ever going to make a comeback?

[Patrick Hull]

Sort of has that Princess Leia thing going....

[Django Fret]

I also found another old-style mandolin combo. I wonder if that hairstyle is ever going to make a comeback?

That picture was posted way back in #86 so I guess it did make a comeback after all.

Here are two pics of Kerry Claxon.

[journeybear]

That picture was posted way back in #86 so I guess it did make a comeback after all.


Ouch! :redface: :)) :whistling:

Here's a modern mandolin quartet - the Catatonic Mandolin Quartet - and another ensemble, Any Old Time String Band. Didn't catch anyone's names, sorry ... :whistling:

[chasray]

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7211966

a girl with her weber

[MANDOLINMYSTER]

Awesome pictures!:)

[chasray]

who is ollabelle?

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4828641

[chasray]

this is my favorite lady on the mando

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5756518

[JEStanek]

Ollabelle (http://www.ollabelle.net/?mpf=frame&) has a website! Bluesey music. nice. She plays mandola by the way. She is Amy Helm.

Jamie

[Mike Bunting]

Ollabelle (http://www.ollabelle.net/?mpf=frame&) has a website! Bluesey music. nice. She plays mandola by the way. She is Amy Helm.

Jamie

And her Daddy is Levon Helm, she plays some on his latest CD, Dirt Farmer.

[mrmando]

Looks like she plays, among other things, a Rigel R200:
http://www.pollstar.com/filestorage/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/pollstar/0811090509341656625_5072_v1.jpg

[journeybear]

I remember seeing the name Ollabelle about ten years ago, when I was writing for a music magazine in CT. I had the fortune to encounter Elena Skye, founder/leader of Demolition String Band, (http://www.myspace.com/demolitionstringband)then based in NYC, now Hoboken. She is a former punk rocker turned country - quite something to see her belting out genuine country while wearing stilletos heels, fishnet stockings, and miniskirt - with a big voice that belies her petite frame. She plays guitar and mandolin, and Boo Reiners plays some fine twangy guitar and baritone guitar.

I used to get gig notices and they kept mentioning Ollabelle - but I can't remember now if they meant the band or Olla Belle Reed, the inspiration for the band's name. What caught my attention with DSB, beside the aforementioned voice, dress, and musicianship, was their willingness to push the envelope while also keeping it real. The best example of this is their bluegrass version of my favorite Madonna song, "Like A Prayer." It is really slamming. Nice to see they're still at it after all this time, just got their fourth album out. That's NY's Rodeo Bar, where they play most often. I'm tickled to see they played at Grey Fox last year. Good for them!

Glad to have my memory jogged. Good ol' Mandolin Café! :mandosmiley:

[Django Fret]

Here are a few of Delnora Reed from Blue Eyed Grass (http://www.blueeyedgrass.net)

[JeffD]

This from the Menton Musical Festival. Menton, France.

[journeybear]

Linda Eskin - Abigail Alfano - Lewi Tort (?)

More than that I do not know ...

[Scott Tichenor]

Framed next to my PC, from November, 1946, the exceptional talents of artist Alberto Vargas:

[journeybear]

I thought you meant this Vargas oeuvre, but now I see it's February.

[Paul Kotapish]

. . . Any Old Time String Band. Didn't catch anyone's names, sorry ...

Any Old Time String Band were one of the few revival string bands of the '70s and '80s that featured an all-women lineup. They were great then, and they all continue to play great music in new configurations. Every now they do a much-appreciated reunion show, which is where these photos were taken. They recorded two LPs--one for Arhoolie and one for Bay--available together on a reissue on Arhoolie.

The lineup was:

Kate Brislin - banjo, guitar & vocals, Susie Rothfield - fiddle & vocals, Sue Draheim - fiddle & vocals, Genny Haley - banjo, guitar & vocals, Barbara Montoro - bass (1978 session), Valerie Mindel - bass & guitar (1980 session)

That's Valerie on the mandolin in the photos above (and Steven Strauss-not Barbara Montoro--on bass).

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=40952&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1239249505

[Django Fret]

Hannah Blaylock and Lost & Found's Cherrill Green with her mandolins.

[journeybear]

La mademoiselle de Menton looks so serious, I thought I would share some other serious looking players. :(

Clearly to some people music is not all fun and games. It takes dedication and concentration. Still, I hope they are enjoying themselves! :mandosmiley:

[Bertram Henze]

La mademoiselle de Menton looks so serious, I thought I would share some other serious looking players. :(

Clearly to some people music is not all fun and games. It takes dedication and concentration. Still, I hope they are enjoying themselves! :mandosmiley:

As the Romans said: per aspera ad astra (through rough times to the stars). Concentration distorts the nicest people's faces. On most occasions, they smile when it's over.

I am said to scowl at people while playing - photos seem to confirm this...:whistling:

Bertram

[journeybear]

Stretching the limits of this thread a bit - this is a woman with a mandolinist - but since it's Joan Baez it seemed noteworthy.

As the writer says: (http://www.santamonicapropertyblog.com/?p=908) As local legend has it, Joan Baez once lived over the carousel in the hippodrome, and lo and behold, there she was, back at her old stomping grounds sharing how she and her friends, more often than not, would sleep in bean bag chairs.

I am trying to picture where in that building she would be living, but it's a good story anyway.

[journeybear]

Some more paintings:

1) Young Woman With A Mandolin - Vekoslav Karas
---That is the deepest bowl on a bowlback I've ever seen. Imagine the sustain ...

2) Woman With Mandolin - Georges Braque
---I swear there are a woman and a mandolin in there ... somewhere ...

3) Woman With Mandolin - Auguste Renoir - Cigarette Case ID Holder Wallet
---This painting had been posted earlier in this thread, but now it is available at amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Artist-Pierre-Auguste-Cigarette-Mandolin/dp/B001IO0JKS/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1239899873&sr=8-10)as a cigarette case etc, for only $9.99.

You can also get a Woman With Mandolin - Pablo Picasso - Cigarette Case (http://www.amazon.com/Artist-Picasso-Cigarette-Holder-Mandolin/dp/B001IO0I4K/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1239899764&sr=8-6) and Woman With Mandolin - Pablo Picasso - MOUSE PAD, (http://www.amazon.com/Artist-Pablo-Picasso-MOUSE-Mandolin/dp/B001I0P9XO/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=office-products&qid=1239899492&sr=1-20) each for only $9.99, but the artwork is just a bit too representational for this forum.

[billhay4]

Journeybear,
Are you sure that's a mandolin with Joan Baez? If so, it's the biggest one I've ever seen (or the smallest mandolinist).
Bill

[journeybear]

Are you sure that's a mandolin with Joan Baez? If so, it's the biggest one I've ever seen (or the smallest mandolinist).

Ha! Trick photography! :))

No, that would be a left-handed octave mandolin, or maybe mandocello. Sure is a whopper, and a beaut. :mandosmiley:

BTW, I believe that is her son playing the cajon in the back.

[Duc Vu]

Some more paintings:


2) Woman With Mandolin - Georges Braque
---I swear there are a woman and a mandolin in there ... somewhere ...



Don't you see it's a Gibson 3-pointer?:))

A couple more from Braque:

[mandomania7923]

Rebecca Lovell. Be sure to welcome her and her sisters back from Their European tour if you are at merlefest, they are playing all the days;)

[journeybear]

Rebecca Lovell is one of the most photogenic mandolinists featured on this thread.

[Chris Keth]

Rebecca Lovell is one of the most photogenic mandolinists featured on this thread.

I'll say.:redface:

[mandomania7923]

And one heck of a mandolin player too. With her and Sierra in the mandolin world's hands we don't have to worry about the next generation as much.

P.S. If you haven't heard Rebecca, Check her out at merlefest. She is playing all four days with her band the lovell sisters.

[journeybear]

And one heck of a mandolin player too. With her and Sierra in the mandolin world's hands we don't have to worry about the next generation as much.

Absolutely! What I find intriguing about her is how different her own music is from the more traditional music she plays in The Lovell Sisters. She clearly is interested in exploring the instruments possibilities beyond traditional bluegrass. Check out their myspace pages to hear what I mean.

Also, her fingers. :) I wish I had long skinny fingers like hers! Someday I hope to see them fly along the fretboard ... :mandosmiley:

[D.E.Williams]

Wow, that's one really pretty, er, mandolin.

:disbelief:

:redface:

[JEStanek]

Duffinately.

Jamie

[mandomania7923]

Are we gonna have a lovell picture war Journey Bear?

[Jim MacDaniel]

The Mandolin Sisters (http://mandolinsisters.com/biography.shtml) M.Sreeusha and M.Sireesha...

[John Flynn]

The Mandolin Sisters (http://mandolinsisters.com/biography.shtml) M.Sreeusha and M.Sireesha...
Those look like Shrinivas Signature Models they're playing! Is that the only electric mandolin available in India? :cool:

[journeybear]

Are we gonna have a lovell picture war Journey Bear?


Nope. I prefer to think of it as an homage. :grin: And the more, the merrier!

[mrmando]

Is that the only electric mandolin available in India?
Nope:
http://www.emando.com/images/players/RajuNagamani.jpg

[mandomania7923]

fun!

[journeybear]

Hey - no repeatsies!!! Especially pics I've already posted! More is merrier only if it's more - capisce?

[Django Fret]

I don't believe any of these have been posted after a quick perusal of the "search this thread" feature. Here are two more and I think that Rebecca has passed Sharon Gilchrist for the "most posted woman with a mandolin" in this thread.

[journeybear]

... I think that Rebecca has passed Sharon Gilchrist for the "most posted woman with a mandolin" in this thread.

Wouldn't be surprised. Though now I expect Gilchrist fans to respond. And then while these two camps are going back and forth, the Rhonda Vincent Legion will rebound!

[mandomania7923]

One more

[Jill McAuley]

Oops, her last name's not Lovell, but she is a gal who plays mandolin....
Here's a few pix of Jennifer Daunt, mandolin player with Portland, OR. band Axton Kincaid.

Cheers,
Jill

[journeybear]

Oops, her last name's not Lovell, but she is a gal who plays mandolin....

Ha! It is to laugh - and so I do ... :)) Another county heard from - and a good thing too. :)

Of course there are more mandolinists than Rebecca, and even more Lovells than she, but the Sisters are indeed quite Lovell-y ... OK, quite enough of that! :grin:

Speaking of which ... Someone mentioned their appearance at Merlefest, so here's a bit of that. Sorry about the scale on the long shot of Mando Mania, but I'm sure many will still be able to identify some of the participants. And posing with another well-known mandolinist and occasional bassist, John Paul Jones. Funny how they keep lining up Rebecca, Jessica, Megan, left to right.

And I'm going to try and shift my focus to include others, really! There are so many, as this thread has proven.

[journeybear]

Spending so much time focusing on the players, it's easy to forget about the instruments. I came across this step-by-step photographic record of the processes involved in building a mandolin for Rebecca Lovell of The Lovell Sisters. Of course it doesn't show every step, but it's very instructive especially for those of us (myself included) who have never seen the craftsmanship that goes into creating the magic. And the final result is truly beautiful.

Paul Duff builds a custom F-5 Mandolin for Rebecca Lovell - from Mandolin Central

page 1 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky.html)
page 2 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky2.html)
page 3 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky3.html)
page 4 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky4.html)
page 5 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky5.html)

[journeybear]

It's Sunday morning, time to spend some time with the kids.

Got your Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes on? Me neither. :) The young lady in the first picture is participating in the annual Hart's Square (http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/schoolpages/claremont/Hart%20Square/index.htm) "reenactment" in Catawba County NC. It's a private collection of over 60 reconstructed log cabins, open to the public once a year on the fourth Saturday of October, when craftsmen and artisans demonstrate the way of life in the 1840's. Her costume may be period but her mandolin is not.

That's Leah in the middle. And I'm sure many recognize Sierra Hull.

[billkilpatrick]

Spending so much time focusing on the players, it's easy to forget about the instruments. I came across this step-by-step photographic record of the processes involved in building a mandolin for Rebecca Lovell of The Lovell Sisters. Of course it doesn't show every step, but it's very instructive especially for those of us (myself included) who have never seen the craftsmanship that goes into creating the magic. And the final result is truly beautiful.

Paul Duff builds a custom F-5 Mandolin for Rebecca Lovell - from Mandolin Central

page 1 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky.html)
page 2 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky2.html)
page 3 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky3.html)
page 4 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky4.html)
page 5 (http://www.mandolincentral.com/buildingbecky5.html)

wouldn't it be great to have that coming at you ... slowly-slowly ... day by day ... coming your way ...

MAS hurts - bill

[journeybear]

Bill, I think you've got the makings of a haiku there!

it's coming at you
slowly ... slowly ... day by day
MAS hurts so!

[Dfyngravity]

How about Cheyenne Kimball- Vocals/Mandolin for Gloriana. Mighty fine is all I can say.....

http://www.cmt.com/pictures/gloriana/photo-gallery/3138301/3532050/artist_photo.jhtml

http://www.cmt.com/pictures/gloriana/photo-gallery/3138301/3785609/artist_photo.jhtml

And she plays a righty upside down lefty....

[journeybear]

How about Cheyenne Kimball- Vocals/Mandolin for Gloriana. Mighty fine is all I can say.....

And she plays a righty upside down lefty....

I thought you might be having a problem posting the pics so I've gone ahead and done that so everyone can see easily. Pretty good-looking band all around.

[Michael Cameron]

How about Cheyenne Kimball-

And she plays a righty upside down lefty....

...with a capo.

[journeybear]

A little bit more on Gloriana:

In the first photo, left to right:

Rachel Reinert - Vocals
Tom Gossin - Vocals/Guitar
Cheyenne Kimball - Vocals/Mandolin
Mike Gossin - Vocals/Guitar

The other two pics are from a gig at the ACM Awards in Las Vegas.

Influences: Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Keith Urban, Ryan Adams, Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow
(kind of odd choices for a band that's trying to break into country)

They're on tour opening for Taylor Swift and Kellie Pickler. That would be aimed at a young crowd, I reckon!

[Dfyngravity]

Video of Gloriana

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[Mike Bunting]

More Nashpop.

[journeybear]

More Nashpop.

Mmm hmm. Seems so. More packaging than content.

'Course I've heard only two songs. But judging from that ...

[journeybear]

And now, for something completely different ...

Totally Gourdgeous (http://profile.myspace.com/TotallyGourdgeous), a colorful group from Australia. Penelope Swales makes these instruments from dried gourds. She plays mandolin but mostly guitar, mandolin duties being handled mostly by the fiddler, the rather tall fellow. She's barely squeezing the mandolin into the frame with her in #3. These instruments sound really nice; she has learned her craft well. I expect they must be a lot of fun in concert.

[John Rosett]

Joni Mitchell with a mandocello.

[journeybear]

Joni Mitchell with a mandocello.

Joni's first instrument was a baritone ukulele, so there's a precedent for her use of different instruments. She was probably the first major artist to use dulcimer on records. Sure, Mimi Fariña was there before her, but I said major ... :)

[barney 59]

Mimi was kind- a major to me....

[journeybear]

Mimi was kind- a major to me....

I understand - I liked Mimi - and Richard - a lot, and am very glad to have met her once ... but there's a difference between being a favorite and a major artist. Basic difference is the lack of blank stares and questions when you mention someone's name. :) Still, those tend to be my favorites. Read my rant on this at my myspace page and see how many of those albums you recognize ... :whistling:

More power to the obscure but great!!! :mandosmiley:

[JEStanek]

And now, for something completely different ...

Totally Gourdgeous (http://profile.myspace.com/TotallyGourdgeous), a colorful group from Australia. Penelope Swales makes these instruments from dried gourds. She plays mandolin but mostly guitar, mandolin duties being handled mostly by the fiddler, the rather tall fellow. She's barely squeezing the mandolin into the frame with her in #3. These instruments sound really nice; she has learned her craft well. I expect they must be a lot of fun in concert.

Penelope is very entertaining and quite nice. She got her gourd instrument making skills from her partner Jack Spira, of whom I'm a fan and caretaker of one of his mandolins. My wife and I had lunch with Jack and Penelope when I picked up my mandolin in 2007. She's doing good things in this world.

Jamie

[journeybear]

Penelope is very entertaining and quite nice. She got her gourd instrument making skills from her partner Jack Spira, of whom I'm a fan and caretaker of one of his mandolins. My wife and I had lunch with Jack and Penelope when I picked up my mandolin in 2007. She's doing good things in this world.

Jamie

I didn't know they'd been to the US. Or did you go there? How does that mandolin sound? If there ever was an obscure act that deserved to play at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, it's them. This band is built around such a great concept, and also execution. They would be phenomenal there.

I believe she is currently in the outback doing some environmental work (her website says: Penelope is currently doing volunteer work for Kimberly land council in Broome) so yes, she is indeed contributing, above and beyond her music, which is a wonderful contribution itself. :mandosmiley:

[billkilpatrick]

fawzia, rockin' ...

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[Michael Gowell]

Jeeze, I dunno about her music...she's doing these modest pick strokes and all this processed sound is coming from...somewhere. At first I thought the sound was unconnected to the lady. Just not my cup of tea, I guess.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Nancy Wilson...
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[JEStanek]

Bill,
That was an interesting video. A Djangolin looking mandolin with lots of fuzz effect and a tune that sounded more classical Italian bowlback than Eastern, to my ears. It's so cool to see how wide a musical net the mandolin can cast. Thanks.

Jamie

[billkilpatrick]

absolutely ... she's playing a crafter m-70 - making more music with it than i ever could. in terms of the mandolin casting a wide net, check this out (sorry, the only woman here is holding the video - listen for her aspirated "wow" at the end):

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[JEStanek]

Bill,
That's Diptanshu Roy who is also a Café member. He's got a lot of Eastern and Western mandolin music under his belt posted on youtube. He's not been active here lately but I keep up with him through other channels.

Jamie

[Canuck]

:mandosmiley:

[Tracy Ballinger]

Bill,
That's Diptanshu Roy who is also a Café member. He's got a lot of Eastern and Western mandolin music under his belt posted on youtube. He's not been active here lately but I keep up with him through other channels.

Jamie


I love how he's nonchalantly looking out the window around 50 seconds in! :)) I chat with him on myspace occasionally. He's VERY good!

[journeybear]

Thanks for reminding us of Nancy Wilson. Not that she's well-known for playing mandolin, but she does a good job with it on Zep's "Battle Of Evermore," as seen above. Not too many pictures of her with it on the interweb, and the best one has already been posted here by the inimitable Django Fret, and over at emando, but here are a couple more, plus a portrait.

[Django Fret]

Wow, I've been called a lot of things before but never inimitable...

Here is another one of Nancy with her mandolin from the Heart Music (http://www.heart-music.com/gallery/gallery.asp?catid=7350) Web site.

[journeybear]

Wow, I've been called a lot of things before but never inimitable...

Well, then, it's about time! :) You have a way of finding pics for this thread that none has equalled, surpassing even my earnest efforts in this regard. I was stuck trying to find a word to express this - inimitable is a bit vague - but something had to be said. Tenacious? Persistent? Pitbullian? :disbelief: Words failed. And I see now I was correct in my estimation - again you have succeeded in finding another photo of Nancy Wilson, which eluded my searching. I tip my hat to you! :cool:

[Jim MacDaniel]

Nancy also penned the soundtrack for Elizabethtown, and included a few nice mandolin tracks on it as well.

[garyblanchard]

I have been enjoying this thread. In the effort to find women playing mandolin you are not only showing that the mando is not purely a male-dominated instrument but you are also showing the variety of music that can be played on it. Thanks to everyone who has added to this discussion.

[Django Fret]

In the effort to find women playing mandolin you are not only showing that the mando is not purely a male-dominated instrument but you are also showing the variety of music that can be played on it.

Ah, yes. Both the mandolin and women are indeed wonderful creations and the combination of the two of them in the same image is truly amazing.

Back to the subject of this thread's topic, here are some pictures of McKenzie Merchant and her band, Firefly

[barney 59]

Lorraine Duisit at Augusta Heritage Workshop with Jethro Burns 1983

[journeybear]

Gotta love festivals and workshops, bringing together talented artists with disparate styles. :mandosmiley:

Imagine being in that room - wow!

[journeybear]

Today's color: GREEN

1) Rhonda Vincent with two fans - note T-shirt in back
2) Sierra Hull at Merlefest
3) The Lovell Sisters, Rebecca in green

[Django Fret]

[QUOTE=journeybear;659231]Today's color: GREEN

In that case, here are Kimi Hughes from MerryWives, and singer/songwriter Angela Easterling and Pooka's Karin Tuffield.

[journeybear]

inimitable!

[Django Fret]

[QUOTE=journeybear;659231]Today's color: GREEN


And we shouldn't overlook Kathleen Swadling, Katie Renton plus a lovely Green-themed lady from years gone by.

[journeybear]

Rhonda Vincent, Terri Hendrix (with Lloyd Maines), and a young lady named Ashley.

[journeybear]

Going artistic ...

A metal sculpture of the owner (I believe) of the other Mandolin Cafe, (http://www.themandolincafe.com/) in Tacoma WA. Note green background.

An alabastrite rendering of a clown with mandolin - gender undetermined, 50% chance of being OT

A poster print from 1891 - Mother Teaching Child To Play Mandolin - a twofer!

[Steve Cantrell]

Not just a pretty face on this one. Megan Murphy can lay it down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RREvdz--5fM


For some reason I can never see YouTube vids I post, so here's the URL--

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RREvdz--5fM

[JEStanek]

Steve's video.
RREvdz--5fM
In the You Tube box just paste in the video identifier from the url. RREvdz--5fM

Jamie

[Steve Cantrell]

Oh...well, there's a DUH moment for me then.

[Bill Snyder]

...
A poster print from 1891 - Mother Teaching Child To Play Mandolin - a twofer!

A twofer indeed. It appears to me the "mandolin" has two strings. :mandosmiley:

[journeybear]

A twofer indeed. It appears to me the "mandolin" has two strings. :mandosmiley:

Ha! :)) That's quite true. I've noticed this a lot - artistic representations of mandolins are very often inaccurate about the most basic characteristics of the instrument. I find this quite baffling. :confused: It's as if artists find the general shape of the instrument pleasing or intriguing but couldn't care less about the details. :disbelief: I don't know if any other instrument has received such rough treatment at the hands of artists.

In this case at least the artist did match up the number of strings with the number of tuning pegs. But the relative proportions of the body and neck, the rounded shape of the fretless neck, the lack of a soundhole - all these make me wonder whether the artist had ever even seen a mandolin. Then again, if the little girl is enjoying herself that much with this odd instrument, imagine what she will do with a real mandolin! :mandosmiley:

[journeybear]

A little bit more of Megan Murphy. Megan Murphy and Yankee Bluegrass are a family band from Glouster Ohio, in the southeastern part of the state. That's Dusty on guitar and Elaine on bass. Megan started on violin at 5, picked up her first mandolin (a Kentucky F5) at 10, and has been wowing 'em ever since. She won a bluegrass scholarship to college, and augments her income with mandolin lessons. Very cool! :cool: :mandosmiley:

[Jim MacDaniel]

Karen Ennis, of Newfoundland trad duo Ennis, as well as of the trio The Ennis Sisters, who have shared the stage with the Chieftans among others.

[Michael Cameron]

More Nashpop.

I liked the movie"Wild at Heart".(Nicholas Cage,*Laura Dern*,Willam Dafoe)

Laura Dern is white hot in the movie...that's all I have to say about that.:disbelief:

Laura Dern doesn't play mando AFAIK.

[journeybear]

Sierra Hull, Leslie King, Carol Young of Greencards

[Tom C]

I got one of those scary clowns as a present. I almost dropped it when I saw the thing. I've seen them before and never would have gotten it for myself.

[journeybear]

I got one of those scary clowns as a present. I almost dropped it when I saw the thing. I've seen them before and never would have gotten it for myself.

At least it didn't make you give up the mandolin. Drop the clown - save the mandolin! :grin:

[Django Fret]

A nice picture of Marilyn Mair along with some members of the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra. Read all about it at this event at post (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50754).

[Tracy Ballinger]

A nice picture of Marilyn Mair along with some members of the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra. Read all about it at this event at post (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50754).

Isn't that our Yvonne on the right end?

[journeybear]

Yes, it is ... hence the link ... :)

More of the DMO, through the years. Yvonne tends to stand out, even when sitting down ... :grin:

[journeybear]

I remembered about Annie Raines a couple of days ago. She's better known for her harmonica playing, both in the duo Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, as well as with John Sebastian et al in The J Band, but she also plays mandolin.

1) Hometown gig - Raines with Rishell and her Rigel
2) With another nice F model
3) OK, she's playing harp in this one, with Sebastian on banjo (!) and Yank Rachel on mandolin, at BB King's in April 1996

[Wesley]

I LOVE Paul Rishell & Annie Raines. They're wonderful. I just wish their CD's were easier to find.

[mandolooter]

All American Bluegrass girl!

[journeybear]

I LOVE Paul Rishell & Annie Raines. They're wonderful. I just wish their CD's were easier to find.

I know whatcha mean. That's how it is with independent musicians. Try their website here

http://www.paulandannie.com/content/store.php

for both CDs and track downloads.

Sorry - no MC, but Annie at her best. Also love that Res-O-Phonic guitar! BTW, that's them all dressed up for a First Night gig.

[kestrel]

Mandolin content, if I did it correctly.

Really great sound!

Gene

[Tracy Ballinger]

[QUOTE=journeybear;663203]Yes, it is ... hence the link ... :) QUOTE]

It's amazing how many details you miss when you're skimming! :redface:

[journeybear]

'Tis true. The embedded link (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?p=663736#post663736)function is very nice but a bit subtle, and one can easily miss the change in color if one isn't careful! ;)

[Django Fret]

A few of Holly Hughes of "Breakin' Strings".

[journeybear]

More pics of Caterina Lichtenberg, with:

1) Mike Marshall;
2) Mirko Schrader;
3) Mirko Schrader and Silke Lisko, in a trio called TrioMiSu (tiramisu for the ears, I'm sure :) ). Those are soprano lutes, sorry ... :whistling:

[journeybear]

Happened across a few more photos of Charlotte Carrivick and Rhonda, her Peceny F5 ... :mandosmiley:

[kristallyn]

http://www.cmt.com/sitewide/assets/img/artists/hull_sierra/sierrahull01-x600.jpg I like sierra hull
nice pictures in this topic:)

[journeybear]

Why, thank you! We do try ... ;)

And welcome to the Café! Nice photo.

Some more of Sierra ... two with Cory Walker (one from what looks like a trip to Japan), and one on guitar.

[kristallyn]

thank you for the welcome:)
and great pictures of sierra

[GRW3]

Wednesday, June 10th, Sarah Jarosz CD Release, Song Up in Her Head, at Cactus Cafe, UT campus, $10.00/ door, 8 PM

This is a nice intimate venue. Sarah is a real talent. Mando is her primary instrument but I think she can play anything. I first met her years ago when her mama would bring her to the local jams. She was a great player even then. I wouldn't call her precocious though as I always associate that word with pushy little snots that deserve a different word that does not suit social decorum. Sarah was very nice and very polite... and way better than the rest of us.

[kristallyn]

:)http://www.kristalmusic.nl/mediapool/64/644941/images/Herschaalde_kopie_van_GEDC1165.jpg
me, woman with mandolin:)

[Django Fret]

OK, the thread says Women with Mandolins, but not that they are actually have to be playing them. Here are three that would fit that description:

#1<Sorry; family show. Picture removed by Moderator>

#2 Another that is attributed to being Jane Buffet (but is that just a photoshop picture or really Jimmy Buffet's wife with another strategically placed mandola)? Maybe JB can help us out here...

#3 <Sorry; family show. Picture removed by Moderator>

[journeybear]

Another that is attributed to being Jane Buffet (but is that just a photoshop picture or really Jimmy Buffet's wife with another strategically placed mandola)? Maybe JB can help us out here...

Which JB? Jane? Jimmy? Moi??? :confused: I think Jimmy would say "There Is Something so Feminine About A Mandolin" and leave it at that. :)) I'm going to say that looks pretty photoshoppy to me ... :whistling:

[Wesley]

I'm not so sure the instrument on the far left is a mandolin at all. It looks like it has a fifth string. Like it's one of those wood bodied banjo type things. And there's probably an actual technical term for "wood bodied banjo type things".

[MikeEdgerton]

OK, the thread says Women with Mandolins, but not that they are actually have to be playing them. Here are three that would fit that description:....

Guys, this is a family forum and I'd hate to see a thread that has been running for years locked down.

[CES]

A banjola, perhaps? I think Gold Tone makes one currently...

[JeffD]

I'm not so sure the instrument on the far left is a mandolin at all. It looks like it has a fifth string. Like it's one of those wood bodied banjo type things. And there's probably an actual technical term for "wood bodied banjo type things".

I think its called a manjo.

[Arto]

The exhibition booklet Ring the Banjar! by Robert Lloyd Webb calls this instrument "mandoline-banjo" (wooden instrument with mandolin body, bowlback or flatback, and 5-string banjo neck). I suppose the invention never got to be popular unlike the vice-versa instrument with banjo body and mandolin neck with eight strings.

[D.E.Williams]

Dang. Is there such a thing as Buffet Envy? Nevermind. Sorry...

[billkilpatrick]

whoever ... whatever ... transgressions have been committed, all i can say is - shame on you. say 5 hail whatevers and contemplate this:

[JEStanek]

Hey, that's Jim McDaniel (or at least a previous avatar of him)!

Jamie

[Django Fret]

Guys, this is a family forum and I'd hate to see a thread that has been running for years locked down.

Wow! I apologize if those two pictures were inappropriate for the forum and didn't think they were or I wouldn't have posted them. I would also hate to have this thread locked down after all this time. Sorry about that Mike.

[journeybear]

The exhibition booklet Ring the Banjar! by Robert Lloyd Webb calls this instrument "mandoline-banjo" (wooden instrument with mandolin body, bowlback or flatback, and 5-string banjo neck). I suppose the invention never got to be popular unlike the vice-versa instrument with banjo body and mandolin neck with eight strings.


Really!?! My understanding is a mandolin-banjo - aka banjolin - is a banjo body and mandolin neck. I'm confused ... :confused: ... or perhaps Mr. Webb is ... :whistling: I dunno - seems to me that distinctive body, circular with stretched drum head, would be the defining characteristic, at least for modern instruments. But what do I know? I've only owned two of 'em - good for upbeat jug band songs. :mandosmiley:

[billkilpatrick]

chaste ... very chaste photos of the instruments in question:

- first is a manjo, courtesy of the 12 fret
- second is a banjola, courtesy of eldery
- third is a banjolin, taken from wikipedia

- bill (nude from the neck up)

[Django Fret]

Based on these pictures, the one in question sure looked like a banjola to me. Getting back to the topic of Women WITH Mandolins, here is one of Hayley Moyses and a mandolin b@njo.

[journeybear]

... Getting back to the topic of Women WITH Mandolins, here is one of Hayley Moyses and a mandolin b@njo.

Never seen one with single strings before. Both of mine had eight, and rang and rang like all get out. The first one was like this, some well-known mfr whose name escapes me (Vega?), with plastic head, and was awfully loud, but worked well in the jug band. Traded it for a nice old one with smaller diameter body and skin head, with a quieter, even sweeter tone. Brought it in to my luthier's for skin replacement, found it needed some work - much more costly than it cost - and has sat in his basement ever since. One of these days ... :whistling:

Here are a banjolin and mandolin duo, and a pic of a Bulgarian banjolinist busking. The caption for the third image reads: chup chungvoi ban jolin shin dep. If I ever translate that I'll let you know.

If you go here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78001486@N00/3254244918/)you will see a delightful pic of some young Aussie ladies on a spree in 1939, one playing a banjolin like my second one. Also at flicker: The Banjolin and it's creator, Ed. (flickr.com/photos/echenique/2424327946/) though these are what we seem to be calling banjolas.


chaste ... very chaste photos of the instruments in question:

- bill (nude from the neck up)

Thanks Bill for the pictorial evidence. I get it now, now I see. Now please go cover up all potentially offensive areas! :)

[Tim]

Am I the only one who has attended a show only because of this thread? I'd never heard of Red Molly before this thread (several pages back) but when I saw them listed on the schedule at a local venue, I bought tickets. No mandolin on the stage that night.

[Django Fret]

I'd never heard of Red Molly before this thread (several pages back) but when I saw them listed on the schedule at a local venue, I bought tickets. No mandolin on the stage that night.

As a small consolation, here is a small picture of Carolann Solebello of Red Molly. I haven't bought a ticket yet, but probably would if any came into the local area. I had no idea that so many women played mandolin until this thread came along.

[JeffD]

Really!?! My understanding is a mandolin-banjo - aka banjolin - is a banjo body and mandolin neck. I'm confused ... :confused: ... :


The way I learned it: a banjolin is a banjo body and a mandolin neck and strings. A manjo is a banjo neck and strings on a solid mandolin like body.

Who knew? :mandosmiley:

[Ken Berner]

Be assured that a mandolin banjo will have eight strings. If the likewise small instrument has only four strings, it might be a banjo uke; five strings it might be a banjeurine.

[Jim MacDaniel]

If this shot by Bryan Peterson at corbis.com had a title, it should be "Joy"...

(There are no details at corbis about the photo or model, other than it is a "royalty free" image.)

[Patrick Hull]

Would "Red Molly" be an homage to the lass of the same name in the song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning?"

[journeybear]

Very likely, though there's no mention at their website, nor does the song appear on their albums. Then again, I've often wondered whether RT's character was a reference to some other character ... And FWIW, they formed after jamming together at Falcon Ridge 2004, and it was at Falcon Ridge in ~1995 that I first heard that great song, done by Greg Brown. As I said, FWIW ... ;)

Looking through the photos at their webiste it looks like she plays guitar most of the time. If you go to her website (http://www.carolannsolebello.com/music.html) there's a clip of a song she wrote called "Papa's Mandolin."

[Neil Gladd]

Am I the only one who has attended a show only because of this thread?

Nope, this thread got me to a Beth Patterson show a few months ago. Fantastic!!!

[Randi Gormley]

if you really are interested in where Red Molly got its name, i can probably find out fairly quickly. I work with Abby Gardner's mom (who broke her arm a couple weeks ago and has been away from work, but ought to be back soon).

[Keith Wallen]

Here is one of Honey Brassfield. Great singer, songwriter, and mandolin player. Got to jam with her last weekend and had a blast. I put a link to her myspace site. I don't think she posts here but I will mention it next time.

http://www.myspace.com/honeybrassfieldandmidnightstorm

[journeybear]

if you really are interested in where Red Molly got its name, i can probably find out fairly quickly....

Inquiring minds want to know! Information beats speculation. ;) Though for sheer entertainment value, speculation is hard to beat! :))

[journeybear]

Yet another young phenom, Sarah Jarosz. Check her out at youtube jamming with Mike Marshall - outstanding! :mandosmiley:

She's going to be on NPR's All Things Considered (http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/index.php?prgId=10&showNav=1)this weekend.

[Phil Goodson]

Re: Origin of name "Red Molly"

From a question posted on Dixiestreams.com (http://www.dixiestreams.com/red-molly-love-and-other-tragedies-buy-red-molly/)

"Did you get the name Red Molly from that Richard Thompson song?
Well, sorry to disappoint all you Richard Thompson fans, but no, we didn’t. After we decided on the name, we realized the connection and are happy, since we really like Richard. But we aren’t a RT tribute band or anything. Actually, we got "Red" from "Red Dirt Girl", an album by Emmylou Harris (one of our favorites). The "Molly" came from a little girl we met on the subway who was sweet and wide-eyed and wonderful. Red is also a spunky color, so we like that!"

[journeybear]

Our own Gail Hester with a 1921 K4 mandocello; with husband Chuck and Bluegrass Bonnie; and some of her work. All I have left to say is, wow! Oh, and maybe - the family that picks together, sticks together! :mandosmiley:

[Randi Gormley]

i see the question was answered (sorry, was away from the computer for a few days). they're a great group, aren't they?

[Phil Goodson]

Yep. Tell Abby's mom that we think she did a good job!

[pglasse]

Choro mandolinist Nilze Carvalho, of Brazil.

http://bp3.blogger.com/_cShGaavloI8/R4Uzrn7KL4I/AAAAAAAAABo/QLmDzZkY2Vs/s400/Nilze+Carvalho_LPv1+%281981%29.jpg

http://bp1.blogger.com/_cShGaavloI8/R4U1QH7KL5I/AAAAAAAAABw/-I7jIgUNnQc/s400/foto+Nilze+Carvalho+e+Sururu+na+Roda.jpg

[billkilpatrick]

listen - go slowly here ... there's something wrong with her eyes - but here's a lovely caprice played by sara from belgium:

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[John Flynn]

Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls with a vintage Gibson. Saw them last week. She only played a couple of tunes on it and she basically strums it like a "little guitar" but it's always nice to see the instrument in front of a wider audience.

[JEStanek]

Bill, watching her other video's her eyes appear the same in them all. She might be blind or have an eye muscle issue (her interests are listed as mandoline and ropeskipping). She plays nicely.

Jamie

[Sheryl McDonald]

Here's one of me....

http://chatlanta.org/~sherylm/pix/SherylwMando2.jpg

[chip]

What about your A5's?

[mandozilla]

here's a lovely caprice played by sara from belgium:

Wow! She's good and what a stretch...I'm jealous :mad:...I'll bet I can Play "Kentucky Mandolin" better than her though! Nanner, nanner, nanner! :))

~o):mandosmiley:

[Larry S Sherman]

I think all of the women (Turid Jørgensen, Solveig Heilo, Marianne Sveen og Anne Marit Bergheim ) in Katzenjammer (http://www.katzenjammer.no/index2.html#) can play mandolin. They play domra, mandolin, ukes, guitars, banjos, even a balalaika bass.

http://www.bonnaroo.com/ImageHandler.ashx?imagepath=~/images/Artists/katzenjammer-Katzen_promo_01lavweb.jpg

This band (http://www.myspace.com/katzenjammerne) is from Norway, and their first CD will be out in August 2009. Mandolin is a featured instrument, but they are NOT bluegrass. David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame) seems to be helping them break internationally.

Some video clips:

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-AIdYoMpINQ

Larry

[JEStanek]

Larry I liked the second video a lot. Thanks. I bet they're a stitch live.

Jamie

[Jim MacDaniel]

That contrabass balalaika with the Cheshire Cat graphics is the coolest instrument I've seen for a while -- and that groove they have going on in Ain't no thang is hot.

I also got a kick out of their instruments page:
http://www.katzenjammer.no/images/instruments.jpg
(And not too many artists still include a mellotron in their credits anymore.)

[journeybear]

Good find! These gals is ca-razy!!! I wholeheartedly agree with you Jim - that groove in "Ain't No Thang" is hot hot hot - a whole 'nother somethin' - and live, in a boat, recorded from - on shore? On board? Huh? :confused: Outstanding! (And standing up in a boat ...:disbelief:) Katzenjammer, eh? Pussycat Dolls have got nothing on them! WOW!!! :mandosmiley: This is the wildest, coolest, funnest group I've heard since ... oh yeah, Totally Gourdgeous.

Apparently us Americans just missed them - they were at Bonnaroo last weekend, and that Mercury Lounge date was just this past Tuesday. They are flying in for a Fourth of July show at Milwaukee's Summerfest, then flying back to Norway. I'd like to have a word with their manager! Their CD is available online, if you can't wait for the international release.

There's a group that comes around here once or twice a year, rockabilly quartet from Russia called "Red Elvises," and the bass player plays one of these balalaika basses. But I don't know anybody who plays a trumpet/violin ...

[journeybear]

Here are some pics of the Katzenjammers in action. Looks like they switch around their instruments a lot!

[Jim MacDaniel]

You can download the CD, Le Pop (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EUTWB8/ref=sr_f2_artist_1_rd?ie=UTF8&parent=B001GCGBFY&qid=1245354215&sr=102-1), at amazon, as well as one free track from that CD.

Caution: there are several artists with similar names at amazon, so make sure you hunt for Katzenjammer, not DJ Katzenjammer, The Katzenjammers, or Katzenjammer Kabaret -- although the latter, a Souxie-esque band from France, is pretty cool.

[journeybear]

Thanks for the tip! And it's true - there are Katzenjammers, and then there are Katzenjammers. We're talking about the quartet from Norway, not the piano-playing duo from England. ;)

BTW, on the studio version, the lead on "Ain't No Thang" is played on banjo, not mandolin - yet another reason I like the live version ... :mandosmiley:

[JEStanek]

The trumpet violin or Stroh Violin doesn't get much use anymore (other than recording onto wax cylinders) but there are a couple Café members who own and loan them...

Jamie

[WireBoy]

hey jim mcdaniel, where did you find the cool instruments page and those cool avatars. i found lots of music videos but not those things...

eric

[WireBoy]

oops i just found it on larry shermans post
never mind.....

[Jim MacDaniel]

Oh, I guess you weren't asking about my avatar after all. <sniff>

(Just in case you were though, it is Marin Mersenne's (http://www.justonic.com/mersenne.html) circle of fifths, c. 1648.)

[WireBoy]

jim, circle of fifths is a very nice avator

[journeybear]

hey jim mcdaniel, where did you find the cool instruments page ...

The instruments are from the Katzenjammers website (http://www.katzenjammer.no/instruments.html) :mandosmiley: - not their myspace page.

[man dough nollij]

Oh, I guess you weren't asking about my avatar after all. <sniff>

(Just in case you were though, it is Marin Mersenne's (http://www.justonic.com/mersenne.html) circle of fifths, c. 1648.)


Here I thought it was the blueprints for a Death Star!

[jefflester]

There's a group that comes around here once or twice a year, rockabilly quartet from Russia called "Red Elvises," and the bass player plays one of these balalaika basses.
They are Russians, but they are actually from L.A. I saw them on the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade back maybe 10-12 years ago.

[mrmando]

What? No Hardingfele? No nyckelharpa? If only Annbjorg Lien would sit in with Katzenjammer ...

Eric Gorfain of the Section Quartet performs with a Stroh-violin now and then.

[man dough nollij]

They are Russians, but they are actually from L.A. I saw them on the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade back maybe 10-12 years ago.

I've never seen them live, but it seems like they play a lot in Montana.

[Keith Miller]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZgjA-mDSCs&feature=related
Lee Saterfield with Nancy Griffith

[journeybear]

5ZgjA-mDSCs

Now there's a band! Maybe not flashy, but solid, in synch, with loads of talent ... :mandosmiley:

Bumped into Pete & Maura Kennedy down here a couple of years ago - just being tourists. Really nice people, and a great duo.

Not finding any photos of Lee with mandolin, but here's an interesting one from a few years ago, a band shot with someone else on mandolin, someone well known in these parts ...

LOST IN THE SHUFFLE c. 1982 (Dusty Clampitt, Michael Maffeo, Mike Pearl, John McGann, Lee Satterfield)

[Mark Walker]

Don't see too many mandolin players fingerpicking their instruments like Nanci's mandolin player. Very smooth performance of that song! Thanks for sharing!

[journeybear]

There was a recent thread (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46178)on this very subject with some interesting examples from some people you might recognize. :mandosmiley:

[Keith Miller]

Maura Kennedy "multi tasking" :)) sorry could not resist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAqimxg9t7c&feature=PlayList&p=C7E3542A5D717428&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=32

[journeybear]

Wow! All she needs is a grass skirt instead of the LBD. Like I tell so many people, folk music is fun! :))

Sorry no MC, but this is way too much fun to leave out. :mandosmiley:

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[CES]

Man, I can barely play and sing at the same time!!

[Django Fret]

Singer, songwriter and mandolin player Austin-based Charlie Faye.

[journeybear]

Oh - you mean Charlie Faye! Oberlin grad, originally from PA, spent a year in NY, now in Austin playing with her band Charlie Faye and The Total Sweethearts - that Charlie Faye!

Sure seems to favor the banjolin in photos, but that's all right ... :mandosmiley:

[Django Fret]

[QUOTE=journeybear;685230]Oh - you mean Charlie Faye!

That is correct. Not to be confused with Andrea Faye who played mandolin and some times bass with some mandolin player from Chicago named Yank something or other? Or was it Andrea Yank or Yank Faye or Rachell Yank? I'm sure someone on the Cafe will know...

[Mike Bunting]

[QUOTE=journeybear;685230]Oh - you mean Charlie Faye!

That is correct. Not to be confused with Andrea Faye who played mandolin and some times bass with some mandolin player from Chicago named Yank something or other? Or was it Andrea Yank or Yank Faye or Rachell Yank? I'm sure someone on the Cafe will know...

And with The Uppity Blueswomen.

[Django Fret]

[QUOTE=Django Fret;685643]

And with The Uppity Blueswomen.

Yes, but only since 1992 so it may be before Yank passed on...

[journeybear]

Yank died in 1997, if that helps the timeline. And Andra Faye did indeed join Saffire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffire_-_The_Uppity_Blues_Women) in 1992, relacing Earlene Lewis. Of course, her playing with the one need not have precluded playing with the other.

By the way, if anyone has some time and info about Yank Rachell, please forward it to me so I can spruce up his page or register with wikipedia and do it yourself. It is woefully lacking, maybe 125 words in all. :disbelief: Johnny Young's page could use some work too.

Here's Yank sharing the cover of Mandolin World News with Lorraine Duisit and her mandola, many years ago.

[Django Fret]

Yank died in 1997, if that helps the timeline.

I guess its a good idea to double check some of the things you read on the Web...

Almost the same spelling but playing a completely different type of music, here are a few of Rachel Gouin with her band East of Gatineau.

[Linda Binder]

Lots of Brazilian music activity for me lately! Here I am with a new trio I'm playing with in Milwaukee, Toco Rio. We just have a couple private parties booked for this month. Another new group for me is Chicago Choro performing July 12 in Wilmette, IL at CJ Arthur's. I'm continuing to play with Chicago's 10 piece Orquestra de Samba, performing July 16 and 19 at outdoor festivals in Evanston, and playing with guitarist Paulinho Garcia on a few gigs this fall. My bandolim is happy with all this choro action!

[journeybear]

Hi linda

Thanks for piping up. It's been a while since a member threw her hat into this ring - and there are plenty, I'm sure. Of course, with all us silly people hereabouts, I can't blame them for being reluctant. ;)

So - Milwaukee, eh? In case you hadn't heard, Katzenjammer is flying all the way from Norway just to play at Summerfest today, 3PM and 6PM, then flying all the way back. More info on them here and here. (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52750) I know I'd go if I were that close! Then again, you're probably parking there right now and won't see this till later. :) Enjoy!

Here they are, busking (for fun, profit, or both) at this year's SXSW, this year's Sundown Festival, and last year's Kartfestivalen.

[GRW3]

Sarah Jarosz's new album Song Up In Her Head is available on ITunes for $8. That's a deal, no mater how you look at it.

As Scott pointed out in his blog, this is one of the most read threads on the Cafe. If 'Women with Mandolins' want to promote their efforts here, God bless them. It only makes sense to market to the favorably disposed.

[Linda Binder]

I LOVE Katzenjammer! I"ve been listening to their CD Le Pop while out on bike rides. I didn't get to Summerfest today as the whole day was charted out in advance, darn it. I'm sure they were great.

[Linda Binder]

The last time I was on this thread was page 1,Post #24! I'll wait another 60 or 70 pages and post again. :)
Happy 4th of July!

[journeybear]

... I'll wait another 60 or 70 pages and post again. :)

Ha!!! Don't be any stranger. ;) Very cool photo. Was that from a trip to Bulgaria? Wow! Nice bowlback. :mandosmiley:

[Linda Binder]

Thanks! No, not Bulgaria, but the picture was posted here by my friend Plamen Ivanov who is a fine mandolinist from Bulgaria. The mandolin is a modern bowlback made by Gabriele Pandini, an Italian maker. The photo was taken at a Milwaukee bank where my viola playing friend Kory and I were hired to play classical music for people who came to see the bank's holiday display. A prominent part of the display was robot penguins emerging from a space ship, which is right behind us in the picture... Nothing says the holidays quite like robot space penguins.

[journeybear]

Except maybe zombie or vampire robot space penguins. :))

[journeybear]

OK, some more of Katzenjammer, then moving on ... :mandosmiley:

[mandopete]

That's gotta be the biggest, triangle-shaped mandolin I've ever seen Boris!

:))

[MANDOLINMYSTER]

Heres one:)

[Jim MacDaniel]

Amanda Barrett of the Ditty Bops:

[JEStanek]

Love the Ditty Bops. Collings and a Batwing!

Jamie

[journeybear]

Heres one:)

Do you have any idea who this is with the EM-150? Because that sure looks like Donna Fargo to me ...

Oh, I see - it's a CD, not a magazine. Could be anyone. Never mind ... :whistling:

Not a bad lineup, though:

1. Royal Princess Two Step
2. Angus Campbell
3. Crystal Waltz
4. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
5. Pinetree Jig
6. Waltzing Through The Leaves
7. Blue Spanish Eyes
8. Honey Harbor Two Step
9. San Antonio Rose
10. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
11. No Letter Today
12. Tennessee Waltz
13. Mexicali Rose
14. St. Louis Blues
15. In A Little Spanish Town
16. Nobody's Darling But Mine

[Gene Bragg]

I dont know how to post the video but Abby Dewald of the Ditty Bops plays what looks like a Webern f5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQfwudBuY9s

[Gene Bragg]

I made a booboo and said Abby and it was Amanda. But trust me the vid is great it was from Craig Ferguson show. My bad!

[journeybear]

FYI: To embed, copy the string of code so indicated, go back to the Café (having two windows open really helps) click the youtube icon above the message pane, paste that code where indicated, click ok, and bang zoom there you go. If you've done it right you'll see a paragraph's worth of code with YOUTUBE at beginning and end. Doublecheck with preview, if you wish.

CQfwudBuY9s

PS: Yep - Amanda. Somewhere in my video archives I've got a few of their talk show appearances. Delightful. I think this was from January 2005, and they had also just been on Conan that New Year's Eve. I'd like to see them someday. I'd like to see them on Austin City Limits or Soundstage someday! Instead of ______________ [fill in with your axe to grind example of recent featured artists]

[man dough nollij]

I'm pretty sure the mandolin player is Amanda Barrett. If she ever gets sick of music, she could be a supermodel. Stunning.

CQfwudBuY9s

[Bill Snyder]

I don't really think that looks much like Donna Fargo.

[journeybear]

I don't know what she looks like now; I meant Donna Fargo from back in her heyday 35 years ago ... You really don't think there's a resemblance?

Anyway, who cares? I already owned up to the error in my original post: < Oh, I see - it's a CD, not a magazine. Could be anyone. Never mind ... :whistling: > Why bring it up again?

[Bill Snyder]

Yeah. I know. I remember what she looked like and googled images of her. I don't think they look much alike.
Obviously YMMV and I could be all wet (but I don't think so). :)

[man dough nollij]

I can't get enough of this stuff.

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[journeybear]

Well, no biggie. But if I find any pics of her with a mandolin, I'll be sure to post them! :))

[Jim Garber]

I can't get enough of this stuff.

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Lee, that is great... I will buy their album from iTunes. great stuff, high energy. Hey even a mandolin and a bass balalaika in there. Amazing!! These folks are Norwegian?

[journeybear]

Yep! I'm surprised you haven't noticed them before; there's been a lot of chatter about them on this thread (search the thread, you'll see what I mean). Their myspace page is more useful than their website. And there are a bunch of videos on youtube. Apparently David Byrne has a hand in bringing them to the US. They played at SXSW, Bonnaroo, and on July 4th at Milwaukee Summerfest. I believe their second album is coming out in CD format next month. Possibly the coolest thing about them is they switch around their instruments a lot, and at least three of them play mandolin. :mandosmiley:

The one that really gets me is the video in the boat. So much fun to see/hear them having so much fun. :grin:

[man dough nollij]

The one that really gets me is the video in the boat. So much fun to see/hear them having so much fun. :grin:

Have you figured out how they shot that? The camera goes completely around the boat. A couple of times I spotted a shadow of the cameraman, but no clues of how they moved around...:disbelief:

[journeybear]

Someone with real film crew experience will have better insight into this (paging Chris Keth!), but I've looked at this again and again, and here's what I've noticed:

1) It looks like one continuous shot. I don't see any seams or edits.
2) It's shot from a source that moves around the boat silently, and causes no wake.

I'm assuming it's shot from another boat (rowboat or more likely canoe) with a two person crew - camera operator and oarsman. I prefer the canoe theory because of the way the camera moves twice, focusing on buildings across the river, then swings back toward the boat, caused by the oarsman braking with the paddle on one side. I think it's a two person crew, from the way the camera tracks and zooms. But it could be just one person in the canoe, with the camera on a tripod (which it must be anyway, from its general steadiness), who has to switch between duties - operating the camera while drifting, then steering when needed.

I'm pretty sure the recording was done with hidden mikes on the boat, as the sound is consistent. They could be wireless mikes, or the sound recorder could be hidden on board too. And since this is one continuous shot, I'll bet they made several passes at this until they finally got it all. Must have been frustrating at times but a lot of fun in the end. Especially with the final results. :mandosmiley:

[journeybear]

Speaking of which ... don't know how I missed this one before, a quiet moment backstage, practicing their song, "Cherry Pie." Not often one gets to hear mandolin and ukulele together, :mandosmiley: :mandosmiley: and also a treat to hear their charming harmonies without crowd noise. It looks like this was shot looking into a distorted mirror.


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Also, here's something you might recognize, their closing song from their mainstage set at Bonnaroo.



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[man dough nollij]

Wow. That looks like it was filmed in a funhouse mirror. Reversed AND distorted.

[Django Fret]

Here are six mandolins played by Sue Flower, Susan Welch, Susan Garland, Susan Salmon, Suze Durk and Susan Peden.

Pretty amazing that this thread is getting close to 300,000 views.

[JeffD]

Ms. Salmon is playing a Flatiron pancake with a pick guard, arm rest, and a truss rod cover (which I didn't think they even came with a truss rod). I have never seen that. Really cool looking. Really cool.

[Plamen Ivanov]

Nice Embergher in the hands of Sue Flower! What do you know about her as a player? Obviously a classical mandolinist...

[Jim MacDaniel]

More Katzenjammer pics (another new crush, er, fan here ;) )...

[mrmando]

Wow. That looks like it was filmed in a funhouse mirror. Reversed AND distorted.
Could just be a cheap Webcam. I see mirror-image Webcam photos from time to time.

[mandopete]

More Katzenjammer pics (another new crush, er, fan here ;) )...


...yeah, nice, but is it really bluegrass?

[Patrick Hull]

Would the huge triangular feline thing be a balalaika (sp?) Or a bass balalaika?

[journeybear]

Could just be a cheap Webcam. I see mirror-image Webcam photos from time to time.

I thought so too, but there are a couple of points where one or another of them plays with the distortion - that is, moves her hand right through an area of distortion - just to get the effect. Also the distortion is distorted (inconsistent) - some areas are fine, others are wacky. I think they noticed the mirror was funky and got someone in to shoot some footage of them in it. I love their sense of fun! :))

And OldGrapePat, I think it's called a balalaika bass. Leastways that's what my friend the bass player calls it.

Oh, and mandopete - it is definitely not bluegrass - and vive la difference! :mandosmiley:

[mandozilla]

Would the huge triangular feline thing be a balalaika (sp?) Or a bass balalaika?

Maybe it's a Bassalaika? :grin:

~o) :popcorn:

[journeybear]

Maybe it's a Bassalaika? :grin:

What he said - ouch! :))

The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking "bass balalaika" is the proper terminology. The object is a balalaika and bass is the modifier, similar construction to "alto saxophone" or "tenor guitar." That is, it's a balalaika first, bass second. Also, I get more hits on the interweb for "bass balalaika" than "balalaika bass," almost 4:1, FWIW.

According to wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balalaika)

The modern balalaika is found in the following sizes:

piccolo (rare)
prima
sekunda
alto
bass
contrabass

There's more here, (www.barynya.com/bass_balalaika.stm) including tuning.

[Patrick Hull]

In addition to the bass balalaika, there appears to be a levitating F style mandolin in one of the pictures....these women are talented indeed!

[journeybear]

Ha! :)) Oh no, sir, there's a strap. But there is another picture which displays a levitating mandolinist - though the altitude achieved by the guitarist is extraordinary!

They are a breath of fresh air, with their exuberance and expertise, and they sure seem to be having fun when they play, as much fun as we have observing this. :) Video of their performances at Bonnaroo have been showing up at youtube this week, that main stage renditon of "Ain't No Thang" being just one of them (too bad the camera zooms out and pans away just as the mandolin solo starts). There's footage of them playing this on the side stage earlier in the day, which is very poorly recorded (way too loud and out of focus) but captures the excitement, and the comments iclude a mention of them attracting an enormous crowd. Not at all surprised. ;)


This is another video from their main stage appearance - mandolin and ukulele. Apparently this song is not on their album.


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[Omer]

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=44274&stc=1&d=1247689150
Christine, plays piano, hammer dulcimer, penny whistle, and yep, mandolin.

[Jim Garber]

Nice Embergher in the hands of Sue Flower! What do you know about her as a player? Obviously a classical mandolinist...

More info here (http://www.melbournemandolinorchestra.org.au/recentconcerts.html). She is associated with the Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra.


St John's Church, Southgate - Saturday 16th of August 2008 "Baroque & Classical Mandolin"

This fantastic concert featured two of Australia's finest mandolin virtuosi:

Sue Flower and Marissa Carroll who performed in Antonio Vivaldi's G Maj Concerto for Two Mandolins, Hummel's Concerto in G Maj for Mandolin and Elke Tober-Vogt's Concerto for Mandolin from Frederick the Great.

Michelle Nelson (Classical Guitar) also featured as a soloist playing in a trio with both Sue and Marissa.

Music performed included: I Puritani by Bellini and Suite No 2 for Mandolin Orchesta by Wolki

[jefflester]

Ha! :)) Oh no, sir, there's a strap.
I figured that was a reference to the 4th photo where the mando is on a bracket on the mic stand. It does kind of look like it is levitating out there in front.

[Patrick Hull]

Yes, I was refering to the one suspended on the bracket,,,,,but I must admit that the levitating mandolinist is rather amazing. Can she jump that high from the ground or is she jumping off something? Gee I need to get a life....

[journeybear]

Oh, I see what you're talking about. That's an instrument hanger attached to the mike stand. You see in the first photo where the mandolinist wearing yellow has her arms spread out and the mandolin is kind of floating there (that's what I though you meant) it is held by a strap, while a guitar is hanging from the mike stand. That same setup is being used in the fourth photo with the instruments reversed.

And Pat - the levitating mandolinist I mentioned is on the right, in red, but the leaping lady with extraordinary altitude is playing guitar ... but the height she gets is indeed noteworthy - and she's barefoot, too. I think they're just young, full of energy, and light. But not lightweight, not by a long shot! :mandosmiley:

It sure is hard to keep up with them, they swap around their instruments so much. I think I've got it sussed out, though, for the posed photo, #6, left to right:

Turid Jørgensen - bass, mandolin
Solveig Heilo - drums, bass, trumpet
Marianne Sveen - guitar, accordion
Anne Marit Bergheim - mandolin, guitar

It's really dizzying trying to figure out who plays what when, but the first instruments mentioned seem to be their main instruments. That's the instrumentation in the Sundown Festival 2009 photo (the levitation one). Beyond that, who knows? ;)

[jefflester]

Sophia Hogman (I believe) of Abalone Dots (http://profile.myspace.com/abalonedotsmusic) from Sweden. At NW String Summit last weekend outside Portland:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3502/3743786400_c6e9887d5b.jpg

[Django Fret]

[QUOTE=jefflester;691980]Sophia Hogman (I believe) of Abalone Dots (http://profile.myspace.com/abalonedotsmusic) from Sweden. At NW String Summit last weekend outside Portland:


Here is another one of Sophia and her MK.

[bellingham]

The lovely and talented Carrie Rodriguez with her Mandobird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiWzSdD4Zi0

Apologies if this has been posted before!

[journeybear]

Um, actually that's Gretchen Peters. Here's Carrie Rodriguez, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKoJuWMnr_k) with her MandoBird ... :mandosmiley:

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What I like about this second video is the nice ringing tone she gets with the single string MandoBird. Also, for those who say a mandolin can't provide good rhythm backup for guitar, pay attention to this! :mandosmiley: BTW, the name of this song is "Seven Angels On A Bicycle."

[mandolooter]

seen Carrie a few weeks back...it was a good show!

[billkilpatrick]

had no luck with the videos (arrived all chopped up) but found her myspace site:

http://www.myspace.com/carrielrodriguez

... "50's french movie" is a gas - makes me want to get a pair of wrap around sunglasses and a mandobird.

[journeybear]

This lovely 3" x 4" photo can be yours, available now on ebay. She is not playing a Gibson - acccording to the description, "penciled on back is a note 'Merry Christmas To Mr + Mrs W.L. Gibson'." That's how this turned up via my search parameters.

[jim simpson]

Heres Gloria Belle. Nice story on Gloria in the current issue of Bluegrass Unlimited by Murphy Henry:

[journeybear]

Analise Gold of Gold Heart, (http://www.goldheartbluegrass.com/bios.php) based in Virginia. Sisters Jocelyn on guitar and Shelby on fiddle plus their father Trent on bass, and Russ Carson on banjo, round out the band. They're pretty new on the scene but starting to make a big splash. The group shot is from two years ago, included mostly to show her luxurious long hair, usually up. Good form on the chop chord in pic #1! :mandosmiley:

[journeybear]

Well, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is, Milla Jovovich married Paul W. S. Anderson yesterday. The bad news is, none of us ever stood a chance with her anyway! ;) Mr. Anderson has directed a bunch of action movies - Alien vs Predator, Mortal Kombat, the Resident Evil series among them. They've been together over six years and have a 21-month-old daughter, Ever Gabo Anderson.

Congratulations and best wishes! :mandosmiley:

[mandroid]

Someone gave me a copy of 'The Fifth Element' on VHS of my own, to watch ..\
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/

:popcorn:

[journeybear]

I might just go on and pick up her album. Gets some pretty good reviews at amazon, and there are some for less than $1 ...

[Django Fret]

Congratulations to Milla and wishing her much happiness in her marriage. Here are a couple of pictures that I don't think have appeared in this thread before. There is definitely a mandolin in the first and I'm pretty sure that is one behind her in the second.

[Mike Bunting]

I emailed Milla and asked her to sign onto the 'cafe. Who knows.

[journeybear]

Oh no, you didn't! :disbelief: I imagine she might find some of what's been said about her a little disconcerting, however well-intentioned. Well, hopefully she has a sense of humor about such matters. :)

Once again, Mr. Fret, your persistence has paid off and you have found images hitherto unknown hereabouts. It was all I could do to find one; you have found two! :mandosmiley: Now, if only someone could find photos of Milla actually playing mandolin, rather than just posing. :confused: I remain skeptical that she plays, and await delivery of "The Divine Comedy" to see what I may learn from the liner notes. I've seen musician credits on the interweb (she's not in them) but nothing beats holding the actual artifact.

[JEStanek]

...I imagine she might find some of what's been said about her a little disconcerting, however well-intentioned. Well, hopefully she has a sense of humor about such matters. :)...

That's why I've said before, and say again, especially in this thread, post as if the person you're writing about is reading (ideally over your shoulder) what you're writing.

Jamie

[Barb Friedland]

That's why I've said before, and say again, especially in this thread, post as if the person you're writing about is reading (ideally over your shoulder) what you're writing.

Jamie

And remember that the cafe is not solely a men's forum. It personally bugs me when semi or overt sexist comments are included in posts.

Barb

[journeybear]

Exactly. This has been brought up before but it's worth remembering, especially in this thread, where we walk a fine line sometimes. Even people who work in the public eye in fields such as cinema and modeling deserve respect and consideration, and by and large they are treated that way here. I had just taken a look through earlier posts to guard against duplicating photos and reread some old posts. We've come a long way since then. ;)

[Django Fret]

And remember that the cafe is not solely a men's forum. It personally bugs me when semi or overt sexist comments are included in posts.

Barb

I wholeheartedly agree and keep in mind that younger mandolin players come to this site so we mando-elders need to set a good example for them. Otherwise, we might be perceived as no better than b@njo players!

[Matt DeBlass]

I think, in spite of a few posts that pushed things a bit, it's a relatively well-behaved bunch in here (please don't prove me wrong).

I'm sure Miss Jovavich is used to being told she's pretty, after all, it's part of her livelihood. By the way, if she is reading this, Milla, the 5th Element is one of my favorite movies ever, mostly because of you and Mr. Oldman. Great job, now do you really play mandolin?

[delsbrother]

I'm pretty sure the mandolin player is Amanda Barrett. If she ever gets sick of music, she could be a supermodel. Stunning.

I believe she was a model at one point.