New Music

Paul Bernstein has announced the release of his new project entitled Jazz Mandola, a collection of all original compositions and one Benny Goodman and Charlie Christian cover.

Don Stiernberg calls it "the next great jazz mandolin recording." He also makes a guest appearance on the project, ...

Wyatt Ellis has announced a February 2 release of his first solo album entitled Happy Day, a collection of 12 original and co-written instrumental tunes. On the album, produced by Justin Moses, Wyatt is joined on the recording by a dozen different top flight bluegrass and newgrass mandolin players.

The album, named for a holler ...

LEAMINGTON SPA, UK — Outhere Music has announced the release of Un Air d'Italie. The Mandolin in Paris in the 18th Century featuring Anna Schivazappa, a specialist in historical mandolins, along with ensemble Pizzicar Galante and the voice of Marc Mauillon.
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PORT TOWNSEND, WA. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of Acoustic America, Iconic Mandolins, Banjos and Guitars from the Dawg Collection.

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From the recording, the track "Vintage Gintage Blues" with David Grisman ...

WUPPERTAL, GERMANY — Mike Marshall has announced the release of Mike Marshall Mandocello Solo Bach, Cello Suite #5 in Cm BWV 1011, available for purchase from the artist on Bandcamp.

This is the fifth in the series of recordings aimed at performing the entire ...

TORONTO, CANADA — The Andrew Collins Trio has announced the release of their new project entitled The Rule of Three.

About the project Collins told us, "This is the first album of mine since Little Widgets that I didn't engineer or produce. It was recorded, mixed and produced ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of Old & in the Way Live at Sonoma State, 11/4/73. The release of this live recording marks the 50th anniversary of both this legendary bluegrass supergroup and the gig they played on a Sunday afternoon in November, 1973.

This particular performance ...

PORTLAND, MAINE — Hildalan, the duo of fiddler Louise Bichan and mandolinist Ethan Setiawan have announced the release of their debut album today entitled Sule Skerry on Adhyâropa Records.

Scottish fiddler Louise Bichan and American mandolinist Ethan Setiawan have been making music together for years as part ...

NEW YORK — Adhyâropa Records is proud to announce the October 6 release of Standards on Snare, Mandolin, and Bass Clarinet, an album of jazz standards by trio Jason Berger, Jacob Jolliff and Alec Spiegelman. The trio plays a tight (in time) & loose (in arrangement) set of seven songs from that great ...

Mr Sun has announced a December 1 release for their new project, Mr Sun Plays Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite on Adhyâropa Records, available for pre-order from their Bandcamp website.

On this new recording, the quartet of Darol Anger, fiddle; Joe Walsh, mandolin; Grant Gordy, guitar and ...

PARIS — Naïve Records has announced a September 29 release for Julien Martineau's new recording, O sole mio: Mandolin Concertos & Songs.

On the project Martineau is joined by the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Wilson Ng. Guests performers include Florian Sempey, Anna Schivazappa, Yann Dubost, Philippe Mouratoglou and Eric Franceries.
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WUPPERTAL, GERMANY — Mike Marshall has announced the release of Mike Marshall Mandocello Solo Bach Cello Suite #4 in Eb BWV 1010, available for purchase from the artist on Bandcamp.

This is the fourth in the series of recordings aimed at performing ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of David Grisman Dawg Works Volume 6.

This sixth volume of the collected original compositions of David "Dawg" Grisman is comprised of works written between 2006 and 2018, compiled chronologically in the order in which ...

MONTREAL — Jonathan Bélanger has announced a September 7 release for his new recording Sur le Boulevard.

On the project, Bélanger has teamed up with talented classical guitarist and co-producer Denis Ferland from Montreal. All the arrangements are original and the duo introduces us ...

The Appalachian Mandolin Trio has announced an August 21 release of their first original album, Blast Off... On the recording, the Trio, along with 10-year old, Owen Parker, play all original instrumentals.

This project features all "new acoustic" originals. It is a dense representation of the trio's love for the mandolin ...

BERLIN — Deutsche Grammophon has announced the release of Avi Avital's Vivaldi Concerto for 4 Mandolins, Concerto in B Minor, RV 580 (Adapt. for 4 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo).

Working with Il Giardino Armonico and conductor ...

Mike Marshall has announced the release of a new recording featuring Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Tony Rice, Todd Phillips: Live November 30th 2001, the band taking the moniker Ook'n'm.

About the group and the recording, Marshall told us, "'My first experience ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the digital release of Slapback, recorded in Dawg Studios in 2007.

Slapback Deluxe Edition is an expanded version of the multi-generational musical portrait of contemporary mandolin virtuoso Josh Pinkham and his grandfather, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tom Wright and The Tom Wright Trio have announced the release of their new recording Glad All Over.

About the project Wright told us, "This collection of tunes reflects my influences. Three covers of tunes I played with the 70s band Grits, a Beatles ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the digital release of David Grisman's New Smokey Grass Boys.

About the recordings, Grisman states in the liner notes, "These recordings recently surfaced in a box marked simply New Smokey Grass Boys, a name similar to the one ...

The story of the music that appears at the end of this page starts circa 1966. A young Chicago based banjo player named Richard (Rick) Riman ventured with tape recorder in hand to Knoxville, Tenn. with a mission: to gather a collection of music played by Red Rector.

That collection recently surfaced at Mandolin Cafe headquarters as part ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Jack Dwyer has announced the release of his new recording entitled Rondos Vol. I, the first installment in an original collection of fiddle tunes. Each volume features 15 tunes with demonstration recordings and complete musical notation. Volume I features Jack performing on mandolin with guitar accompaniment. ...

PITTSBURGH, PENN. — Bryce Rabideau has announced a May 19 release on Misra Records for his new album of original material entitled Meanwhile, available for pre-order on Bandcamp.

About his new release Rabideau told us, "Meanwhile is a ten song exploration of the relationship between two titans ...

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of We Love Django! in download format only.

This unique celebration of the music of Django Reinhardt features 16 of his original compositions interpreted by a variety of stellar artists including his partner ...