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Archive for October 10th, 2008

Popular Songs on Marimba

I’ve just found a new band on YouTube - a couple of girls from San Diego, CA called Stacey and Julie - and they are doing some great stuff adapting popular songs to the Marimba.
They have some great arrangements, and their choice of music is really easy to listen to and entertaining - well done [...]