Photos from EWOB 2008

 posted by John Lawless on 05.14.08 @ 11:05 am
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European World of Bluegrass FestivalJan de Mooy from The Netherlands sent along a number of terrific photos he took during the European World of Bluegrass festival in Voorthuizen earlier this month.

He captured images of of 12 different bands on stage, from 9 different European countries.

Here are the photos, tagged with his comments. Thanks Jan!

Acoustic River ‚Äì A bluegrass Band from Paris (France) On the picture 3 of the 4 bandmembers: Christophe Constantin (mandolin), Patrick Peillon (guitar) and Remy Abiven (bass).  Acousticure ‚Äì the winning band chosen by the EWOB 2008 Festival musicians. ( #1 European Bluegrass Band 2008) A band from Hungary. On the picture all of the bandmembers. Andras Toth - guitar, banjo, dobro, mandolin, vocal, Zsolt Pinter: fiddle, guitar, mandolin, vocal, Peter Gyergyadesz - bass, vocal and Geza Kremnitzky - mandolin, banjo, vocal  Black Jack, a band from the Czech Republic. On the picture 3 of the 4 bandmembers: Slavek Podhrasky (mandolin), Ondra Plucha (guitar) en Martin Kubec (banjo).  Bluegrass Cwrkot ‚Äì the winning band chosen by the EWOB Festival audience. (#1 Audience Popularity Award, EWOB 2008) Also a band from the Czech Repubic. On the picture all of the 5 bandmembers. Pavel Brandejs (bass), Marek Macak (mandolin), Honza Maca (fiddle), Jan Lzicar (guitar) and Milan Leppelt (banjo)

Bononia Grass, a band from Italy. On the picture 3 of the 5 bandmembers: Pedro Judkowski (bass), Gian Luca Naldi (banjo) and Giovanni Stefanini (mandolin).  Four Wheel Drive, a band from the Netherlands. On the picture 4 of the 5 bandmembers: Joost van Es (fiddle, J?ºrgen Biller (banjo), Alfred Bonk (bass) and Jan Michielsen (guitar)  Half a Turn, another band from the Netherlands, on the picture 3 of the 4 bandmembers: Paul van Vlodrop (mandolin), Elly Beurskens (bass) and Bruno van Hoek (banjo)  Honza Maca, the fiddler of Bluegrass Cwrkot

The Looping Brothers, a band from Germany. On the picture all 4 bandmembers: Bernd Nollenberg (bass), Ulrich Sieker (mandolin), Matthias Malcher (guitar) and Edwin Herkert (banjo)  Lusatian Grass, a band from the Czech Republic. On the picture all 4 of the bandmembers.  Montserrat Serramia, mandolin player of Autopista 6, a band from Spain.  The Niall Toner Band from Ireland. On the picture all 3 bandmembers: Dick Gladney (bass), Niall Toner (guitar) and Clem O'Brien (guitar)

Sirius Radio, the people of Sirius Radio in action: Chris Jones and Ned Luberecki   Stewart Johnson, the banjo picker of the English band, The Toy Hearts.

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