Music blog happenings from around the globe

Here are a few short bits from some of my favorite music blogs. You can always visit my link blog to see all the stories (both music and non-music related) that I’ve been checking out: Blogs – the new wisdom of crowds? – On An Overgrown Path blogger...

Fun With Filo! – internet cooking show from bassist Paul Dallas

In addition to performing for many local and national musical theater productions, Chicago-area bassist Paul Dallas hosts an online cooking show specializing in Greek dishes.  Titled Fun With Filo, this show gives Chef Paul a chance to show how to cook a huge...

Great meet-up with Hans Sturm

I just got together with International Society of Bassist president and Ball State University bass professor Hans Surm last night to chat about ISB business and do some podcasting. We got some really great footage (both audio and video)–expect to see something...

Gary Karr with his Immortal Beloved

Here’s a video of Gary Karr describing the history of the ‘Amati’ double bass. Gary talks about the origins of this bass (further research of the instrument has shown that it was not likely to have been made by the Amati brothers) and how it came to...