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Back on Mandolin Mondays this week, we have Jacob Jolliff and his Gilchrist mandolin joining us to play perhaps the wildest version of "Dear Old Dixie" ever performed.



Since Jacob's last appearance on the series, he's recorded and released a brand new bluegrass album with his band. It's an amazing album featuring Stash Wyslouch on guitar, John Mailander on fiddle, and Myles Sloniker on bass. Definitely worth a listen--check ...

The one and only Mike Marshall returns to Mandolin Mondays this week to share an amazing performance of the Prelude from J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 3 on his incredible Monteleone Mandocello.



Mike has just released a new album of the entire 3rd Cello Suite--a beautiful project and another pioneering step in documenting Bach's cello music on the mandocello. Be sure to check it out here: https://mikemarshallf5.bandcamp.com/...ite-3-bwv-1009 ...

So happy to be with you all this Mandolin Monday to share a tune from the new Foreign Landers album. This is a tune called "Johnny's Peacock" and I thought it would be fun to do an 8 string duet version of this one with my Apitius Vangaurd mandolin and Octolindo S Model Deluxe octave mandolin.



The new album Travelers Rest is now out and available to stream/download on all platforms--take a listen here: https://linktr.ee/theforeignlanders ...

This week on Mandolin Mondays we have the incredible Dutch multi-instrumentalist Bertolf Lentink with us, playing an original tune called "Blueberry Blossom" on his 1950 Gibson F12 mandolin.



Bertolf is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer songwriter, and bluegrass lover from the city of Zwolle in The Netherlands. He founded the band The Junes and has toured and recorded extensively with the Dutch tribute ...

I send a hearty howdy to everyone seeing this and hope you and your mandolins, mandolas, octave mandolins and beyond are doing well as the seasons change.
I am excited to be doing an online Songwriting Class via Zoom starting soon.
I have an old H-2 Mandola - Gibson 1915 that seems to make words roll out every time I play it.
On that note (so to speak) I invite you to consider joining me and the class in a creative pursuit.

Here are the class details:
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