Tracklist
Eastern Feast Yearn
236
When I Ride Through That Forest
215
Mountain Ghost
275
Annie Little Soul
123
Happygrass
185
Rock Slide Area
286
Uneaten Apples
210
Johann Do Banjolim
173
Czech And Slovak Medley
225
Al Di Mandola
213
Beauty, Power And Pain
378
Czech It Out
1994
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Tracklist
Eastern Feast Yearn
236
When I Ride Through That Forest
215
Mountain Ghost
275
Annie Little Soul
123
Happygrass
185
Rock Slide Area
286
Uneaten Apples
210
Johann Do Banjolim
173
Czech And Slovak Medley
225
Al Di Mandola
213
Beauty, Power And Pain
378
Show Notes
Czechoslovakian mandolinist Radim Zenkl is back with a stunning collection of solo mandolin, mandocello, and mandolin banjo music that showcases his gifts as a composer and his inventive style as a performer. Czech It Out (featuring eight Zenkl originals and seven traditional songs from his native land) is a technical tour de force: "Often it sounds like he's playing two or three instruments at the same time," says Acoustic Musician magazine of Zenkl's incredible technique. "He plucks, strums, uses a bottleneck slide and even taps the strings with a pencil to elicit sounds previously unheard and perhaps unimagined on the mandolin."
The original compositions on this recording reflect Zenkl's classical training as a child, his eastern European heritage, and a passion for Western music that runs so deep that he came to America (three months before the fall of communism) to be closer to his musical influences. Today, at 28, Zenkl has made his mark on the modern mandolin movement in this country where his music is on the cutting edge. Czech It Out , co-produced and engineered by David Grisman, is Zenkl's second release on Acoustic Disc.
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The original compositions on this recording reflect Zenkl's classical training as a child, his eastern European heritage, and a passion for Western music that runs so deep that he came to America (three months before the fall of communism) to be closer to his musical influences. Today, at 28, Zenkl has made his mark on the modern mandolin movement in this country where his music is on the cutting edge. Czech It Out , co-produced and engineered by David Grisman, is Zenkl's second release on Acoustic Disc.