Show Notes
We'll gather up three fine mandolin recordings, as it seems an appropriate time to catch up with the Mighty Mandolin. Roland White released a tribute to his band The Kentucky Colonels, Black Patti - a duo from Europe - has a fine CD of ragtime and hokum tunes and David Benedict's recording is a bluegrass tour de force. We'll also travel the mandolin world with Ottopasuuna, Tim O'Brien, The Nashville Mandolin Ensemble, Bill Monroe, Hot Club Sandwich and many more. Listen to a range of mando styles … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways The Nashville Mandolin Ensemble / “The Flying Wedge” / All the Rage / New World Bill Monroe / “Dusty Miller” / Bluegrass 1959-1969 / Bear Family Jim & Jesse / “Air Mail Special” / 1952-1955 / Bear Family Blake & O'Brien / “Be Ready Boys” / Be Ready Boys / Shanachie Roland White & Friends / “If You're Ever Gonna Love Me” / A Tribute to the Kentucky / Mountain Home The Kentucky Colonels / “Clinch Mountain Backstep” / Appalachian Swing / Rounder
Ottopasuuna / “Sudenrita” / Ottopasuuna / Green Linnet-Xenophile Tim O'Brien / “Down in the Willow Garden” / The Crossing / Alula Lindsay Lou / “Sugar” / Southland / Self-produced Mike Marshall & Darol Anger / “Beneath the Surface” / Chiaroscuro / Adventure Music The Nashville Mandolin Ensemble / “Silver Ripples” / All the Rage / New World
Ry Cooder / “No Banker Left Behind” / Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down / Nonesuch Black Patti / “Red Tape Blues” / Red Tape / Rhythm Bomb Hot Club Sandwich / “Swang Thang” / No Pressure / Self-produced Tiny Moore & Jethro Burns / “Swing '39” / Back to Back / Acoustic Disc
Carl Jones / “Fond Farewells” / Traveling Star / Dittyville David Benedict / “Lawnmower” / The Golden Angle / Shelton Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
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