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Here's my solo mandola take on John Whelan's tune "Trip to Skye."


https://youtu.be/G1rBPDKWi8k

I love the way Paddy Fahy often plays around with the modality of his tunes, typically by messing with the 3rd and 7th scale degrees. (The 7th, in the case of this particular tune.)

Thanks for...

No need to go to Facebook, folks. Colin's YouTube channel also features his output. See https://www.youtube.com/@colinbotts

I'm not sure if you're looking for just professional recordings like CD's and vinyl but some of the new ones I've been following are from:

Janis Burns & John Doran,
Tijn Berends,(bouzouki) ...

The daddy of all 'Irish' mandolin recordings must be Dave Swarbrick's 'Rags, Reels and Airs' LP of 1967, since reissued as a CD. Not all mandolin but plenty of great Irish mandolin stuff on there...

Another good Marla Fibish mandolin album is one she did with Jimmy Crowley on bouzouki and mandocello -- The Morning Star.

I came across this while doing some research and thought how amazing it was to be able to be able to hear the man himself. There are so very few of these gems. Nice little bio also.:mandosmiley: ...

I so much enjoy listening to Gertrud Troster's CD Nakano: Jewels for the Mandolin that I just wanted to make sure people were aware that music for these pieces is available on the SheetMusicPlus...

This is from an email news blast from Carlo. Rather than attempt to make a news article out of this simply posting it here.

It's word for word so in his voice:

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Here we are! Finally...

Ernesto de Curtis (1875-1937): Torna a Surriento (Come Back To Sorrento)
Arranged by Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni

This is one of the classic Neapolitan songs, recorded by everybody. Somewhat...

They vary, but the good ones really are amazing sounding. I own five (yeah, I know), and my favorites are a 1921 A and a 1920 A, followed closely by a 1909 A. The 1909 has a narrower fingerboard than...