Tater, Thanks for the link, there's a lot of interesting recordings there other than musical as well. Was listening to a speech by Teddy Roosevelt from 1919 concerning social equity in an industrial society. I've bookmarked this site to be sure.
Again, thanks On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:08 AM, mistertaterbug <[email protected]>wrote: > Howdy Erik, > I listen to the radio mainly when I'm in the car anymore and listen to > NPR lately, at least until the features start to repeat. That's pretty > much what's on public radio here. Mostly classical and news. You'd > think this so-called "music city" would be teaming with radio station > options. Nah. Just the same old clear-channel crap. There's a couple > stations here that have some good shows though. The local Vanderbilt > station has bluegrass, latino, blues, jazz, headbanger, etc. It's been > a while since I listened, but seems like most of the deejays sounds > like college kids that just shared a spliff. There's an oldies/big > band station that's been around for years and I dig that now and then. > Seems like another one I just came upon a couple months ago that has > some really good oldtime hillbilly country shows, obscure stuff for > the moldy fig in us, plus special shows on specific topics. > > Sure, there was a huge output of mandolin scores and tons of mando > bands, but all I've ever seen on record are small ensembles or solos > by guys like Samuel Siegel. For anybody that's interested, check this > link: > > http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/ > > Lots of interesting stuff to listen to there. I've got a pile of > Crescendo mags, the early Frets and Cadenza. Most all have programs > submitted by mandolin orchestras of the day showing the program (set > list, for us hillbillies) for the evening; the song titles, writers, > sometimes the performers. There is ample record of mandolin music > being played, and it would seem logical that there were recordings > being made, but maybe that was reserved for only a privileged few. > Anyway, check out the link. > > Tbug > > On Jan 1, 5:48 pm, erik berry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all-- > > > > So I generally listen to Minnesota Public Radio's classical channel > > when I listen to the radio and it's usually a pretty strong mix of > > stuff: symphonic, quartets, classical guitar, piano, organ and a few > > other odds and ends (choral, harpsichord, etc). But I don't think I've > > ever heard any mandolin, mostly 'cuz I'm pretty sure I'd turn it up if > > I heard it. Do any of you listen to your state's classical station and > > do they play mandolin music? It seems like the mando has a decent > > repetoire (sp?) in classic music, certainly a strong heritage. > > Shouldn't I hear it on the radio now and again? > > > > just wondering, > > erik > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > -- "Its never too late to be what we might have been" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
