Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet
Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet
The Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet is a quartetto classico version of the mandolin quartet; we play 2 mandolins, mandola, and mandocello. Our repertoire is diver
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Sailors_Dream_WMQ_eq
Sailors_Dream_WMQ_eq
Enjoy this Acoustic track.
SoundClick artist Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet presents "Sailors_Dream_WMQ_eq", an outstanding release in the Acoustic genre. Featuring mandolin, mandola and original instrumentals, the production has a distinctive and cohesive sound. The kind of acoustic track that draws you in and holds your attention through to the end "Sailors_Dream_WMQ_eq" has peaked at #19 in the Acoustic General category on SoundClick. Need a beat for your next project? "Sailors_Dream_WMQ_eq" is available with a royalty-free Creative Commons license on SoundClick.
Put Your Money In a Tango
Put Your Money In a Tango
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"Put Your Money In a Tango" is an Acoustic track by Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet on SoundClick. The sound is shaped by mandolin, mandola and original instrumentals, giving the song its signature feel. The production choices here reflect a genuine understanding of what makes acoustic work. It has reached the top 10 on the SoundClick Acoustic General chart, peaking at #8. Looking for a royalty-free Acoustic track to license? "Put Your Money In a Tango" by Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet is available with a free Creative Commons license on SoundClick.
Angus's Caribbean Holiday
Angus's Caribbean Holiday
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Independent artist Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet drops "Angus's Caribbean Holiday", an Acoustic track on SoundClick. Featuring mandolin, mandola and original instrumentals, the production has a distinctive and cohesive sound. This track does what good acoustic does best — it connects. "Angus's Caribbean Holiday" can be used royalty-free with a Creative Commons license, making it freely accessible for sync, content, and creative projects.
Maserati Polka
Maserati Polka
A malapropism-inspired polka for mandolin quartet...
"Maserati Polka" by Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet is an Acoustic production available on SoundClick. The sound is shaped by mandolin, mandola and original instrumentals, giving the song its signature feel. There is a quiet confidence to this track — the mark of an artist who understands the acoustic sound. The track is available royalty-free with a Creative Commons license, the standardized, legally-sound way to grant permissions.
O'Carolan's Draught
O'Carolan's Draught
Composed by the venerable Irish harper.
"O'Carolan's Draught" is an Acoustic track by Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet on SoundClick. The sound is shaped by mandolin, mandola and original instrumentals, giving the song its signature feel. The arrangement unfolds with a natural ease, guiding the listener through a more immersive experience. The track is available royalty-free with a Creative Commons license, the standardized, legally-sound way to grant permissions.
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WMQ was founded at the turn of the century (um, the most-recent one) to apply the quartetto classico version of the mandolin quartet to a completely new repertoire. Whatever your preconceptions are about what a mandolin quartet is like, forget them.
We are thrilled to be offering our first CD, "The Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet." Please contact gary_wikfors@hotmail.com for more info.
Band/artist history
The current, and founding, members of WMQ are: Ellen Cohn, mandolin; Colin Healy, mandola; Betsy Rome, mandolin; and Gary Wikfors, mandocello.
Gary had acquired a chronic itch to arrange music for mandolin quartet, and eventually a mandocello and mandola to do so. After experimenting with multitrack recordings, Gary felt the need to impose this affliction on some musical friends. Betsy likes to joke that this is the first band she was invited to join by email.
All WMQ members are playing out of their normal elements in this group: Betsy is a well-known flatpick guitarist anchoring the bluegrass-swing quartet "Too Blue," Colin is a fiddler and multi-instrumentalist at the center of the "Ash Creek String Band," Ellen is a sought-after accompaniest of traditional Irish and Quebecois tunes on piano and guitar, and Gary usually plays the wee-little mandolin with "The Fiddleheads" and others.
WMQ made its public debut in 1999 at the NOMAD festival in Newtown, CT. Since then, we have played other folk and traditional-music festivals, coffeehouses, concerts, apple orchards (?), and private events. To be honest, we have some trouble getting past the "Mandolin quartet? No, we don't do THAT kind of music!" reaction. So, we hope this site helps people re-define what "THAT kind of music" is and consider including this in their events.
Have you performed in front of an audience?
WMQ very-much enjoys entertaining at private events and at festivals and coffeehouses. We infuse our arrangements with a healthy dose of humor and especially appreciate it when audience members leap to their feet to "sing along" with our instrumentals!
Your musical influences
Not classical. Motown, TV themes, surf, O'Carolan, hard rock, traditional Swedish... A common response is "I can't believe you can play that on mandolins!"
Woodbridge, CT
USA
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646319
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