Hi Andy,
I'm considering going this year but I'm wondering how well prepared one needs to be to have a good experience at DiJ. In addition to having some familiarity with the music (I know DiJ...
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Hi Andy,
I'm considering going this year but I'm wondering how well prepared one needs to be to have a good experience at DiJ. In addition to having some familiarity with the music (I know DiJ...
Fabulous Pete. Thanks for getting this going.
Both Betty Beath's composition and Victor's description of the Kalymnian sponge divers are beautiful. It was wonderful to listen to the recording while reading Victor's lovely evocation of Crete.
Looking for mandolin, fiddle, bass, and guitar players in the Johnstown, PA area for old time jam and for a "for-fun" (nonpaying) gig in late August. All skill levels welcome.
Funny day to launch a new website but that, I'm assuming, is the point--keep everyone guessing. I'm a member of Tony Trischka's School of Banjo over at ArtistWorks. I just provided the link to BC...
Anyone know of any websites for studying classical mandolin online? I'm wondering if there are any equivalents to ArtistWorks or Peghead Nation, which cater to the bluegrass world, for the aspiring...
Thanks for the ECD arrangements David and for the link to your videos Martin. I look forward to going through the arrangements. Next month I'll be joining an ECD group in Pittsburgh. Today I'm...
Hi Jamking. Yes, I play mostly clawhammer banjo these days, standard old time repertoire. I played mandolin for a long time, and have a very nice Kimble two-point, but a hand problem (focal...
I live in Johnstown, but come into Pittsburgh often. I play mostly clawhammer banjo these days and old time music. Don't know if that suits you but, if so, I would be interested in jamming.
Engelmann's so sweet
Adirondacks are a beast
Quilted pool of bliss.
Thanks for the heads-up on that Mike. I didn't see the discussion from yesterday. I should have looked more closely to see if the article had already appeared here.
There is a very nice story about 97 year old, mandolin-playing Holocaust survivor Emily Kessler in today's on-line version of the Jewish Daily Forward. The article describes her early life with...
Buying instruments from Stan and Hap in the early days of the Mandolin Brothers defined my late teens. Living in NY, I would often take the ferry to SI and to the apartment where Stan and Hap had...
Well played Kevin! Nigel's tunes are very well crafted and the Sobell sounds great. A few months ago you initiated a thread on Sobell mandolins and I wrote to say that I had just sold an early...
Hi Jim,
One fun way to build repertoire for ITM would be to attend this summer's Catskills Irish Arts Week, July 13-19, in East Durham, NY. http://catskillsirishartsweek.com/ Accordion master...
I'm always looking for the holy grail of picks. Thanks.
I wrote to Stefan last night about his 5-string banjo-citterns. He said he's built about six over the years. Stefan writes that Martin Simpson has one and recorded a track with it on one of his...
Here's a photo of my Sobell mandolin, which I purchased directly from Stefan back in 1976, also from Turf House in Steel. I believe this instrument was the first mandolin he sent to the United...
Hi Doug,
I'm assuming the mandolin player on this live performance of Shalom Aleichem is Andy Statman. In addition to this YouTube video, Perlman and Statman play the song on Perlman's album A...
I saw today on the Jewish Music list an announcement for a new Andy Statman album, due to be released Oct. 22, 2013. It's called Superstring Theory, on Shefa Records, and features the Andy Statman...
I'm always looking for new picks and new sounds from my instrument. The quest for great tone never seems to end.
Here's a video of a really fabulous performance of Frank Wakefield's tune New Camptown Races played by members of Augusta's 2013 Bluegrass Week staff. Jesse Brock and Alan Bibee are on mandolins and...
The best source that I know of is "Easy Klezmer Tunes: Classic Tunes from Eastern Europe Arranged for Beginners on All Instruments" by Stacy Phillips and published by Mel Bay in 2003. The book's...
I sent ArtistWorks the name of one of the Beatles tunes that Mike played and they sent me the discount code. Seems legit to me.
Wow, what a fabulous concert, such a breath of fresh air for me. Thanks for link Michael. They are all great musicians. In addition to Anoushkas's great musicianship, I loved the double reed...