Finnders & Youngberg, Colorado’s premier Americana quintet, will add yet another honor to their impressive resume: they’ve been chosen as an official showcase act for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass conference in Nashville, Tenn., this fall. They are one of just 13 acts invited to perform during the bluegrass industry’s biggest and most important week.
Festival Mozaic has announced its 2012 summer season, which will take place July 12-22 in the most charismatic spaces across California's Central Coast including Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Chapel Hill in wine country, Hearst Castle overlooking the sparkling Pacific Ocean, and Mission San Miguel . The theme, "In The Footsteps of Giants," will showcase a lineage of masterworks which inspired – and were inspired by – phenomenal composers over the ages.
The San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra with singers Susan Gundunas and Twila Ehmcke will be performing one of the gems of the Baroque music era, Stabat Mater, written in 1736 by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
The Newport Festivals Foundation has announced the lineup for the 2012 Newport Folk Festival set to take place July 28-29 at Fort Adams State Park.
A neurological disorder called dystonia is estimated to have ended the careers of at least one member of every major American metropolitan orchestra. Dystonia has claimed the livelihoods of musicians across genres including the acclaimed pianist Leon Fleisher of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, former first oboist of the Chicago Symphony Alex Klein, acoustic guitarist Billy McLaughlin, classical guitarist Liona Boyd, keyboard player Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, and others.
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Lunel Day 1
The 8th International Festival Mandolines de Lunel opened last night. Here are a few photos.
By Reidar Falch
At the reception before the concerts, there were speeches and speeches. Then there were music. The godfathers, Mike Marshall and Hamilton de Holanda did a short set.
Eva Scow (mandolin) and Mike Taylor (guitar) were the first to play on stage. Michel Benita (bass) was sitting in for the entire show. Despite dull stage lighting and too many empty seats, the great musicians managed to get the concert off the ground with heart warming jazz.
Väsen, Mikael Marin (viola), Olov Johansson (nyckelharpa) and Roger Tallroth (12-string guitar), plays Swedish folk music with an attitude. After a few tunes, they were joined by Mike Marshall. Some big eyes were spotted in the audience.
Mikael Marin, Olov Johansson, Mike Marshall, Eva Scow, Roger Tallroth and Hamilton de Holanda did the final Meeting on Stage.