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Four fabulous rarities bridge the centuries
23 May 2012, 11:06 am
LAST year, one of the world's most precious
stringed instruments - the 1721 ''Lady Blunt'' Stradivarius violin - sold at auction for a record $US15.9 million. Returns for such high-end
stringed instruments are outstripping stock markets, which makes it all the more amazing that the Australian String Quartet has assembled the first and only matched quartet of instruments in Australia made by the ...
In praise of Hawaii's ukulele (via Portugal)
19 May 2012, 12:33 pm
Kevin Roderick: The
stringed instruments that define so much Hawaiian music all came from somewhere else — and not so very long ago. In the case of the ukulele, that was from Portugal's Madeira Islands. Hawaii's King David Kalakaua embraced the four-
stringed instrument after it arrived about 1879, and the rest kind of is history, as Los Angeles writer Swati Pandey explores at the Daily.
Praise him with stringed instruments ... and organs
19 May 2012, 1:22 am
Last month, my Anglican colleague Peter van der Leelie made some cheerfully rude remarks about guitars in church. His phrase “cute enhancements” comes to mind, as cosmetic add-ons that fall short of “the gritty mission of Christ.”
Bukhchuluun Ganburged: Mongolian fiddler and overtone singer
19 May 2012, 12:00 am
'Bukhu' has lived and performed widely in Australia over the past few years. His 2-
stringed horsehead fiddle is played like a cello and sometimes sounds like one, but his harmonic overtone singing is like nothing else... Bukhu demonstrates this complex vocal technique while accompanying himself on the Morin Khuur. The video below is from a Music Deli performance done in 2010, where he plays his ...
Spirit of Alabama: Dr. Rita Salzberg
15 May 2012, 8:13 pm
DR. RITA SALZBERG HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM FOR 25 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME SHE HAS EXPOSED THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO "
stringed INSTRUMENTS." MOST SCHOOLS AREN'T ABLE TO OFFER VIOLIN OR CELLO IN THEIR MUSIC PROGRAMS, SO "THE MUSIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM," OR "M.O.P." FILLS THAT NEED.
Ukulele revolution
10 May 2012, 11:13 pm
There are no Hawaiian shirts or cheesy renditions of Tiptoe Through the Tulips when the Ukuleles Esperance group meets each week to enjoy playing on the small and increasingly popular four-
stringed instruments.
Thistle And Shamrock: Mando Banjo Magic
2 May 2012, 11:46 am
stringed instruments of all sorts help forge Celtic music's identity. This week we feature two that have become central to its sound with Seamus Egan, Jane Rothfield, and Gerry O'Connor.
Chinese censors block news on blind activist's escape
30 April 2012, 10:45 am
A Chinese musician famous for playing a two-
stringed fiddle, a 1994 Hollywood drama about two prison inmates, a United Airlines flight bound for Washington and CNN -- what do they have in common?
China censors news about blind activist
30 April 2012, 10:45 am
A Chinese musician famous for playing a two-
stringed fiddle, a 1994 Hollywood drama about two prison inmates, a United Airlines flight bound for Washington and CNN -- what do they have in common?
World - stringed
Album review: PiL; This is PiL - scotsman.com
27 May 2012, 5:49 pm
The title track pans out like one of those intro skits on hip-hop albums, if they were delivered by some old ranter on the corner, accompanied by his pal on an Eastern European
stringed instrument. Tonally, Lydon sounds like a croaky middle-aged man ...
ICE delivers startling new music from Europe - Chicago Tribune
27 May 2012, 10:04 am
Aperghis' "Signaux," from 1978, whimsically coaxed microtonal dissonance from four
stringed instruments playing a simple scalar motif, but the joke grew tiresome over time. Even so, Asperghis' "Shot in the Dark" and Alessandrini's "Omaggio a ...
Foundation adds rare strings to ASQ's bow - The Australian
23 May 2012, 9:11 am
ONE of the most significant philanthropic projects in Australia's musical history is nearly complete with the acquisition of the world's only known quartet of rare
stringed instruments by Italian master craftsman Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. Adelaide's ...
Praise him with stringed instruments ... and organs - Brandon Sun
19 May 2012, 1:02 am
Last month, my Anglican colleague Peter van der Leelie made some cheerfully rude remarks about guitars in church. His phrase “cute enhancements” comes to mind, as cosmetic add-ons that fall short of “the gritty mission of Christ.” The McDiarmid ...
David Lindley to entertain at Johnny D’s - The Somerville News
17 May 2012, 12:39 pm
He was a key member of the 60’s psychedelic era band Kaleidoscope, where his proficiency with a variety of
stringed instruments secured his position as one of the most talented and knowledgeable artists on the scene. Throughout the 70’s and beyond he ...
Jazz times two, string band too - VillageSoup Belfast
14 May 2012, 3:56 pm
Rockland — Fans of reverberation will find three nights of
stringed instrument prowess in the Velvet Lounge series of Rock City Café, 316 Main St. Thursday through Saturday, May 24 through 26, the live music will run from 7 to 9 p.m. The Bill Barnes ...
