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Butch Baldassari & John Mock
7+ albums
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Butch Baldassari (mandolin) and John Mock (guitar, recorders, whistles) have joined forces to perform either Irish or classical music. "Music of O'Carolan" includes some songs from the extensive catalog of Irish harpist/composer Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1737). Their cd "Cantabile: Duets for Mandolin and Guitar" ranges from Bach and Scarlatti to Beethoven and Sor. The timeless melodies of Tarrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Satie's Gymnopedie #1 also receive very fresh treatments in this duet setting. Butch Baldassari has distinguished himself as a premier American mandolinist whose music ranges from classical to traditional folk to bluegrass. Although usually cited as a bluegrass musician by virtue of his work with performers such as Lonesome Standard Time, Richard Greene and Alison Krauss, he was also the founder of the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble, an outfit that revived the largely forgotten late-19th century tradition of the mandolin orchestra. John Mock is an accomplished classical guitarist, mandolinist, and a master with recorders and whistles. He performs regularly with Kathy Mattea, Nanci Griffith, Maura O'Connell, and the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble. John recorded with Mark O'Connor, James Taylor, Yo-yo Ma, and Wynton Marsalis for Mark O'Conner's Liberty soundtrack, a PBS special documenting the Revolutionary War. In addition to his musical compositions, John is an accomplished self-taught photographer, and his first published collection of photography sho
