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    New Music from R. Wesley Carr - Restless Wanderer 

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    Published on Nov-10-2021 8:00am  Views: 1939 
    R. Wesley Carr - Restless Wanderer


    DEKALB, ILL. — 2019 National Mandolin Champion R. Wesley Carr has announced a November 20 release of his new solo recording entitled Restless Wanderer, available for pre-order from his web site.

    With five original songs and two original instrumentals contributed, Carr is joined on the recording by Greg Cahill on banjo, Becky Buller on fiddle ("Move," "Half a Mind," and "Cry Me a River"), Clint Morgan on guitar, and Danny Lopatka on Bass ("Indiana Fisher").

    About the new project, Carr told us, "Working on these tunes was such an incredible experience. I'm so proud of how it turned out. Everyone did such incredible work. Greg, Becky, Clint, and Danny shine on every note they play. They're incredible musicians and generous people."
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    New Music from the Appalachian Mandolin Trio - Live in Blowing Rock 

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    Published on Oct-19-2021 7:00am  Views: 4287 
    New Music from the Appalachian Mandolin Trio - Live in Blowing Rock


    The Appalachian Mandolin Trio has announced the release of their debut album, Live in Blowing Rock. Based out of North Carolina, the goal of the trio is to create new takes on old music with mandolin being in the forefront.

    The first release is an attempt to recreate some of the jazz that has inspired so many musicians ...
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    Critically Acclaimed Dawg Jazz / Dawg Grass Re-Released by Acoustic Disc 

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    Published on Oct-09-2021 2:05pm  Views: 3554 
    Dawg Jazz / Dawg Grass


    PORT TOWNSEND, WA. — Acoustic Disc has announced the long-awaited digital release of David Grisman's Dawg Jazz / Dawg Grass, the critically acclaimed 1983 Warner Brothers LP, out of print for over three decades.

    This Deluxe Edition of classic studio performances features David with Tony Rice and Martin Taylor on guitars, Darol ...
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    Acoustic Disc Announces New Releases with David Grisman and Tony Rice and David Grisman Quintet 

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    Published on Sep-04-2021 7:30am  Views: 6005 
    The Gasoline Brothers - David Grisman and Tony Rice



    PORT TOWNSEND, WA. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of The Gasoline Brothers - David Grisman and Tony Rice, from David's extensive musical collection, and the re-release of Dawgwood, by the David Grisman Quintet.

    The Gasoline Brothers is a treasure trove collection of 15 previously unissued traditional bluegrass ...
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    New Music from The Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble - Moonflowers 

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    Published on Aug-11-2021 7:00am  Views: 2725 
    The Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble - Moonflowers


    HARRISBURG, PA. — The Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble has announced the release of their first recording, an EP entitled Moonflowers.

    The four tracks were produced and recorded by HME mandolinist Kevin Neidig during a hiatus resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    David Grisman's Music From the Movie Capone Released 

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    Published on Aug-01-2021 2:50pm  Views: 3179 
    Music From the Movie Capone


    PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of David Grisman's compositions and recordings that made up the sound track for the movie Capone, from 1975. Capone told the story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city ...
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    Mike Marshall Mandocello - J.S. Bach Cello Suite #1 BWV 1007 

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    Published on Jul-27-2021 7:00am  Views: 5813 
    Mike Marshall Mandocello - J​.​S. Bach Cello Suite #1 BWV 1007


    WUPPERTAL, GERMANY — Mike Marshall has announced the release of Mike Marshall Mandocello - J​.​S. Bach Cello Suite #1 BWV 1007, available for purchase now on Bandcamp.

    About the recording, Marshall told us, "I had always wanted to take this in and ...
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    Contemporary Chamber Trio 9 Horses Releases its Second Full-Length Album Omegah 

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    Published on Jul-09-2021 7:00am  Views: 2533 
    Contemporary Chamber Trio 9 Horses Releases its Second Full-Length Album Omegah


    NEW YORK — Known for their virtuosity and wide-ranging stylistic flexibility, the post-genre band 9 Horses has announced an August 6 release date for its double album Omegah. The album is available for pre-ordering starting today.

    Featuring Joe Brent (mandolin), Sara Caswell (violin), and Andrew ...
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    Jethro Burns's Tea For One Rereleased by Acoustic Disc 

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    Published on Jul-05-2021 8:00am  Views: 4229 
    Jethro Burns Tea For One


    PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — The long out-of-print and hard-to-find Jethro Burns classic Tea for One is available once again for our listening pleasure thanks to David Grisman and Acoustic Disc.

    In July, 1980, Grisman produced the unique solo recording of his hero and friend, jazz mandolin pioneer (and ...
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    New Music from Mike Guggino & Barrett Smith - Mia Dolce Farfalla 

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    Published on Jun-11-2021 7:00am  Views: 3852 
    Mike Guggino & Barrett Smith - Mia Dolce Farfalla


    Mike Guggino and Barrett Smith, of the Grammy Award winning Steep Canyon Rangers, are releasing their first full-length album June 14 entitled Mia Dolce Farfalla, a beautiful instrumental album of Italian dance music, or ballo liscio.

    The title track is the one original tune on the ...
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    New Music from Duo Mantar - Music from the Promised Land 

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    Published on Jun-08-2021 7:00am  Views: 3319 
    Duo Mantar - Music from the Promised Land


    Israeli mandolinist Jacob Reuven and American guitarist Adam Levin, collectively Duo Mantar, have announced a June 11 release for their album entitled Music from the Promised Land on the Naxos label.

    Duo Mantar is dedicated to representing the rich variety of music from Israel and to expanding the repertoire available for mandolin and guitar by actively commissioning the most sought after contemporary Israeli composers.

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    New Music from Acoustic Oasis - Mike Mullins 8-String Sketches 

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    Published on May-31-2021 9:30am  Views: 3361 
    Mike Mullins 8-String Sketches


    PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — David Grisman's Acoustic Oasis has announced the release of 8-String Sketches by Mike Mullins in a download format only.

    The new recording is a collection of solo mandolin arrangements from around the world and across time by ...
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    New Music from Andrew Hendryx - Widening Circles 

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    Published on May-11-2021 7:00am  Views: 5434 
    Andrew Hendryx - Widening Circles


    Andrew Hendryx has announced the release of Widening Circles, a follow-up to his 2019 sold recording Deep River.

    Named after a Rainer Maria Rilka poem, Widening Circles features an all-star cast of musicians including Andrew Altman (Railroad Earth), Bobby Britt (Town Mountain), Darby Wolf (Rubblebucket, Alan ...
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    New Music by John Goodin - Telemann: Menuets for Two Mandolins 

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    Published on May-04-2021 7:00am  Views: 3102 
    John Goodin  -Telemann: Menuets for Two Mandolins


    Decorah, IA — Telemann: Menuets for Two Mandolins is the title of a new self-published recording by John Goodin, released May 1 on Bandcamp.

    From the album notes, Goodin writes: According to Steven Zohn in his book Music for a Mixed Taste: Style, Genre, and Meaning ...
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    New Music from C.E. Jones - The Goldberg Variations for Mandolin, Guitar and Banjo 

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    Published on Apr-29-2021 9:45am  Views: 5107 
    C.E. Jones - The Goldberg Variations

    An epic reworking of Bach's complete Goldberg Variations for Mandolin, Guitar and Banjo.


    Morgantown, WV — Music professor and Doctor of Composition by day, Bluegrass musician by night, Christopher Jones has reworked and recorded J.S. Bach's iconic Goldberg Variations for mandolin, banjo, and guitar for ...
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    New Music from The Foreign Landers - Put All Your Troubles Away 

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    Published on Apr-27-2021 7:00am  Views: 6135 
    The Foreign Landers - Put All Your Troubles Away


    David and Tabitha Benedict as the duo The Foreign Landers have announced a May 10 release of their debut EP entitled Put All Your Troubles Away.

    About the new recording the duo told us, "This EP is a collection of material we started working up during the beginning of lockdown ...
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    New Music by James McNulty - Firecracker Day 

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    Published on Apr-20-2021 7:00am  Views: 3694 
    James McNulty - Firecracker Day


    VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — James McNulty has announced the release of a solo album of original compositions entitled Firecracker Day, available from Bandcamp.

    McNulty, playing his Red Diamond F-5 mandolin is joined by an all-star lineup of some of the best ...
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    New Music by Joe K. Walsh - Bluegrass and the Abstract Truth 

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    Published on Apr-13-2021 7:00am  Views: 4490 
    Joe K. Walsh - Bluegrass and the Abstract Truth


    PORTLAND, ME. — Joe K. Walsh has announced an April 16 date for the release of Bluegrass and the Abstract Truth, available for pre-ordering on Bandcamp.com. Walsh is joined on the project by Greg Garrison, Grant Gordy and Alex Hargreaves.

    About the new album ...
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    New Music by Xavier Garci - Bach: Cello Suites 

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    Published on Apr-09-2021 8:00am  Views: 2635 
    New Music by Xavier Garci - Bach: Cello Suites


    ALICANTE, SPAIN — Multi-instrumentalist Xavier Garci has announced the release of Bach: Cello Suites for solo mandolin.

    About the project, Garci told us, "One year ago, during the strict COVID lockdown in Spain, I recorded the complete ...
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    New Music - David Grisman Quintet First Recordings Live in Dawg's Living Room 

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    Published on Apr-04-2021 4:30pm  Views: 4208 
    David Grisman Quintet First Recordings Live in Dawg’s Living Room


    PORT TOWNSEND, WA. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of David Grisman Quintet First Recordings Live in Dawg's Living Room as a download.

    These recently discovered performances are the very first recordings of the David Grisman Quintet, made shortly after Tony Rice's arrival to join the ...
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    New Music from Alex Heflin - Room for Everyone 

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    Published on Mar-16-2021 7:00am  Views: 4460 
    Alex Heflin - Room for Everyone


    MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — Multi-instrumentalist Alex Heflin has announced a March 26 release for his new solo recording entitled Room for Everyone.

    About the new release Heflin told us, "Room for Everyone is most simply just meant to challenge the notion of where the mandolin can belong in music. ...
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    Acoustic Disc Releases David Grisman Quartet with Svend Asmussen Live at Fat Tuesday's 

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    Published on Mar-02-2021 1:25pm  Views: 3179 
    David Grisman Quartet with Svend Asmussen Live at Fat Tuesday's


    PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of David Grisman Quartet with Svend Asmussen Live at Fat Tuesday's in a high definition, download format.

    Asmussen, from Denmark, was an incredible violinist and one of the true pioneers of string jazz. He made his first recordings with the great ...
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    New Music from Ethan Setiawan - Live at Club Passim 

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    Published on Feb-10-2021 11:45am  Views: 3257 
    Ethan Setiawan - Live at Club Passim


    CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Live at Club Passim is the title of a new self-releases project from Ethan Setiawan.

    About the recording Ethan told us, "In the middle of a pandemic, Matt Smith of Club Passim made available to artists a massive backlog of live recordings from Passim. I stumbled across two shows the year I put out a record and toured it. Listening ...
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    Sierra Hull Releases EP of Weighted Mind Original Sessions 

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    Published on Jan-29-2021 2:00pm  Views: 4107 
    Sierra Hull Releases Original Weighted Mind Sessions


    NASHVILLE, TENN. — Sierra Hull has announced the impending release of an EP from the original 2013 Weighted Mind sessions, a more full band version of the project before it was re-recorded with Bela Fleck producing.

    The project is best summed up in this video Sierra shared with her mailing list earlier today!
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    Andrew Marlin Set to Release Two All-Original Acoustic Instrumental Albums 

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    Published on Jan-27-2021 12:00pm  Views: 6589 
    Andrew Marlin - Witching Hour

    Witching Hour

    Fable & Fire

    Following the highly acclaimed Buried in a Cape, Andrew Marlin is set to release two full-length instrumental projects featuring his original compositions.

    Witching Hour and Fable & Fire were created during and partially in response to the pandemic, a time when instrumental compositions freely emerged from Marlin's creative process.

    Both albums are currently available for pre-order with Witching Hour being released on most major platforms, streaming and download, on February 5, with Fable & Fire following February 19.
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