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PUYALLUP, WASH. — Daniel Ullom has announced the release of The Swannanoa Sessions, his debut recording featuring an all-star cast of bluegrass and old-time musicians from North Carolina.

About the recording, Ullom said, "As a mandolin player, not knowing the difference ...

MARSHALL, MICH. — Northfield Mandolins has released an informational page for their new Airloom Tūra & Tūra DLX carbon fiber cases that have been spotted accompanying select Northfield mandolins for sale from their retail partners.

NOTE: the pricing listed on the Northfield web site, currently listed as starting at $650, is a special introductory pricing. A case cover is in the plans with an expected availability date late 2022.

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İZMIR, TURKEY — Bulent Yazici (mandolins) & Ender Bilge (guitar) have announced a July 22 release of Carlo Munier: Works for Mandolin and Guitar, at which time the recording will be available on many prominent streaming platforms.

The composer Carlo ...

The Tom Wright Trio has announced an August 1 release date for Why Not?, an album recorded as a live set at Blue House Productions, Kensington, Maryland. On the album Wright plays a 10-string electric mandolin in a trio setting with Blake Meister on bass and Leland Nakamura ...

NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Chisels Are Calling, a film about John Monteleone is set for its initial viewing August 2, 2022 as part of the Woods Hole Film Festival, Woods Hole, Mass. and will be followed by Julian Lage performance.

The film, on Street Singer Productions, was produced by Trevor ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of Dawg Works: The Collected Compositions of David Grisman, Vol. 1 in download format.

This collection contains recordings of all the known original compositions by David Grisman, compiled chronologically in ...

The Appalachian Mandolin Trio has announced a July 26 release of their second album, Let's Swaaaaaaang!!. On the recording, the Trio tackles swing style with the mandolin family instruments being paramount.

This western and swing based project features a more "song-like" format than their first jazz based album, ...

SAVONA, ITALY — Carlo Aonzo has announced the launch of E-learning Italian Mandolin, the result of two years of intensive preparation for students of Italian music wishing to study online.

In the new venture, Aonzo partners with Giorgio Fabbri, Professor of Music ...

HAMBURG, GERMANY — Florian Klaus Rumpf has announced the release of his newest recording, A Mandolin's Guide to Hamburg. The project showcases music as lively and impressive as the port city in northern Germany.

About the new recording Rumpf told us, "A Mandolin's Guide to Hamburg ...

NEW YORK — Known for his stunning cross-genre virtuosity and collaborations with musicians from across the musical spectrum, acoustic musician Jacob Jolliff today announced the upcoming release of his album The Jacob Jolliff Band on Adhyâropa Records. Featuring tight vocal harmonies as well as the customary instrumental fireworks of a collaborative ensemble made up of fellow young stars, this album marks a major milestone in Jolliff’s evolution and the arrival of an authority on bluegrass mandolin.
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Rain Of Animals, the duo of Pepita Emmerichs and Theodore Barnard, have announced the release of their debut album of original fiddle tunes entitled Nali's World. On the album, Emmerichs holds down mandolin, violin, mandocello, cello, tenor guitar and Barnard is featured ...

BLACKROCK, IRELAND — Sean Keegan has announced the upcoming release of A Bird Never Flew on One Wing, his debut recording of Irish Traditional Music on mandolin, tenor banjo and fiddle. A noted performer, engineer and producer, Keegan has worked with many of the most prestigious ...

WUPPERTAL, GERMANY — Mike Marshall has announced the release of Mike Marshall Mandocello Solo J​.​S. Bach Cello Suite #2 BWV 1008, available for purchase on Bandcamp. The release of Suite #2 comes on the heels of last year's release of J.S. Bach Cello ...

BAARN, THE NETHERLANDS — Pentatone Music and Alon Sariel have announced a June 24 digital release for Plucked Bach, an exploration of Bach's cello suites performed on mandolin, arch-lute, chitarra Spagnola, liuto attiorbato and oud, concluding with Sariel's own Bach-inspired Mandolin Partita.
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POMONA, CALIF. — Eastman Strings has announced the availability of their new MDO605 octave mandolin.

About the new offering, Eastman's spokesman told us, "We will see the first small batch heading out to dealers in late July ...

SAARBRÜCKEN, GERMANY — Charlotte Kaiser, an award winning mandolinist currently studying at The Hochschule für Musik Saar (University of Music Saar), has announced the release of her debut solo recording entitled Poems for Mandolin, which includes works of Ludwig ...

If you are reading this article today, please join us in rejoicing on the 100-year anniversary of the issuance of the F5 mandolin; an instrument sparked by two eagles, whose fire was fanned to an inferno by a third.

Steve Gilchrist with Lloyd Loar signed F-5 #70281. Photo credit: Roger H. Siminoff.

About the author: Luthier, Orville Gibson and Lloyd Loar historian, author, inventor, and acoustician Roger H. Siminoff makes ...

CREMONA, ITALY — The Second Annual Cremona Musica International Exhibitions and Festival will be held here September 23-35. One of the most important music fairs in Europe and the hometown of Antonio Stradivari, the exhibition includes high-quality musical instruments, including "Mandolini in Mostra," an international event focusing on mandolin. ...

İZMIR, TURKEY — Telemann's Op. 2 Flute Sonatas for 2 Flutes Arranged for Mandolin is the title of a new recording from mandolinist Bulent Yazici, available on many prominent streaming platforms.

As one of the most productive ...

BOLOGNA, ITALY — Tactus Records, The Italian classical music label, has announced the release of Giovanni Battista Gervasio - 6 Duets for Two Mandolins, Op. 5, performed by the ensemble De bon parole: Marco Giacintucci (1st mandolin), Francesco Marranzino and Luca Dragani ...

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Back in 1969, the mandolin seemed poised to become a sustaining part of rock 'n roll and popular music. Over the next three years, no lesser lights than the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Band, the Grateful Dead, and Rod Stewart would produce one or more songs that featured the instrument. Each of the albums went platinum. And Stewart's classic "Maggie May" simultaneously topped the pop charts in the U.S., U.K, Canada, and Australia.

The instrument's future in popular music seemed bright. Until suddenly it wasn't.

Over the ensuing seven decades, the mandolin has retained its beloved place in folk, country, and bluegrass, even ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA. — Andy Statman's 1986 recording Nashville Mornings, New York Nights, long out of print, has been was rereleased by Rounder Records last month on a number of streaming platforms. Originally released in LP format, it was never made available ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of The Tony Rice Unit Live at the Birchmere in download format.

On October 13, 1987 the legendary master of acoustic guitar, Tony Rice, played two inspired sets with his band at the Birchmere, one of the country's premiere intimate ...

BRUSSELS — Raffaele La Ragione and Arcana Music have announced the release of Mandolin On Stage, an album containing the four best-known mandolin concertos, which appear in a new light here thanks to the use of three different period mandolins.
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