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    Canadian Bluegrass Star Adrian Gross Perseveres through the Pandemic 

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    Published on Nov-10-2020 8:00am  Views: 7212 
    Adrian Gross


    The first time I talked to Adrian Gross was in the fresh fruit department of my local supermarket. I spotted the young man carrying an A-style mandolin case, so naturally, had to approach. Little did I suspect he would soon be the phenomenal mandolin player for Canada's best known and probably most successful touring bluegrass band ever, The Slocan Ramblers. The band has released three albums and recently won the IBMA Momentum Award for Band of the Year.

    A native of Montreal, Adrian moved to Toronto when he entered the Humber College jazz program as a guitar major. As a kid, Adrian fell in love with the sound of gypsy jazz after seeing the Woody Allen Movie Sweet and Lowdown (he thought the fictional film was about a real musician). Adrian is a highly versatile player and jazz is still an important part of his musical life but these days he rarely ...
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    Recipients of Scott Napier's Top 5 Must Own Classic Bluegrass LPs Announced 

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    Published on Nov-07-2020 10:30am  Views: 5559 
    Recipients of Scott Napier's Top 5 Must Own Classic Bluegrass LPs Named


    HAZARD, KY — Scott Napier, Bluegrass mandolinist and Associate Professor at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music at Hazard Community & Technical College has announced the recipients of five LP copies from his personal collection of classic bluegrass mandolin albums he considers the ...
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    Frank Solivan Releases a Pre-Holiday Message and Music 

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    Published on Nov-06-2020 8:00am  Views: 6398 
    Frank Solivan - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas


    Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and mandolinist Frank Solivan is out with a Christmas classic — "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" — meant to serve as encouragement in what has been a very difficult year for so many reasons.

    About the recording, Solivan said, "2020 has ...
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    Mandolin Recordings Sweep This Year's Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest 

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    Published on Nov-03-2020 12:50pm  Views: 4012 
    Mandolin Recordings Sweep This Year's Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest


    WASHINGTON — Mandolin recordings swept this year's Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest from the DC Bluegrass Union. The three top songs feature the mandolin prominently, with a driving bluegrass tune, a moody waltz and an old-time sounding mandolin-guitar duet.

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    New in eBook from Choroplaybacks.com - Izaias do Bandolim: Chorando na Garoa 

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    Published on Oct-29-2020 8:00am  Views: 4907 
    Izaias do Bandolim: Chorando na Garoa


    ChoroPlaybacks.com, the worldwide reference in professional choro backing tracks of Brazilian instrumental music has announced the release in eBook format of Izaias do Bandolim: Chorando na Garoa.

    Izaías do Bandolim, leader of the "Izaías e seus Chorões" ensemble (Izaías and His Chorões) — the oldest instrumental ensemble in ...
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    Scott Napier Giving Away Top 5 Must Have Classic Bluegrass Mandolin Albums 

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    Published on Oct-20-2020 7:00am  Views: 6280 
    Scott Napier


    HAZARD, KY — Scott Napier, Bluegrass mandolinist and Associate Professor at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music at Hazard Community & Technical College, is giving away five personal LP copies of music he considers the best of the best early, classic ...
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    New Music from MandoMorphosis - 2020 

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    Published on Oct-14-2020 8:15am  Views: 3488 
    MandoMorphosis - 2020


    After a 10-year recording hiatus upon the release of their critically acclaimed 2010, mandolin-centric group MandoMorphosis returns with a new recording entitled 2020 on Right Brain Records.

    About 2020 the group told us, "MandoMorphosis started ten years ago with a question: What would ...
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    Mandolins and Beer Livestream Episode #2 - Austin, TX 

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    Published on Oct-13-2020 7:00am  Views: 3179 
    Mandolins and Beer Livestream Episode #2 - Austin, TX


    AUSTIN, TEXAS — Mandolins and Beer Livestream Episode #2 is headed to Austin on Saturday, October 24 at 8:00 p.m., featuring live music and conversation with Kym Warner, Paul Glasse, Billy Bright and host Daniel Patrick.
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    New Music from Calum McIlroy - This Ill Deeds 

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    Published on Oct-06-2020 10:45am  Views: 2859 
    Calum McIlroy - This Ill Deeds


    ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND — This Ill Deeds is the debut EP from multi-instrumentalist Calum McIlroy, scheduled for an October 30 release.

    Those interested in supporting the project and obtaining a copy benefitting from many other perks surrounding the release ...
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    New Music from Gabriel Wiseman - Off The Cuff 

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    Published on Oct-02-2020 7:00am  Views: 2350 
    Gabriel Wiseman - Off The Cuff


    MARION, NC — Gabriel Wiseman of The JackTown Ramblers has released his third solo recording, an instrumental collection entitled "Off The Cuff," that contains three original compositions.

    A recent guest of David Benedict's Mandolin Mondays, Wiseman's band The JackTown Ramblers feature his fiery mandolin talents on everything from bluegrass to gypsy jazz and swing tunes, often in the same set!

    About the new project Wiseman told us, "It's all mandolin instrumentals and ...
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    New Music from Mark Stoffel - Coffee & Cake 

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    Published on Sep-29-2020 7:00am  Views: 3037 
    Mark Stoffel - Coffee & Cake


    ARDEN, NC — Mountain Home Music Company has announced an October 2 release for Mark Stoffel's first solo project in over ten years entitled Coffee & Cake.

    Currently holding down mandolin duties for Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, Stoffel's debut album for Mountain Home Music Company is a brilliant showcase ...
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    New in eBook from Choroplaybacks.com - Viva Jacob do Bandolim 

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    Published on Sep-25-2020 3:30pm  Views: 3020 
    Viva Jacob do Bandolim


    ChoroPlaybacks.com, the worldwide reference in professional choro backing tracks of Brazilian instrumental music has announced the release of another eBook featuring the music of Jacob do Bandolim entitled Viva Jacob do Bandolim.

    About this important recording of Jacob's ...
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    Comeaux Collection: The Fretted Instruments of Dr. Tommy Comeaux 

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    Published on Sep-18-2020 7:00am  Views: 4308 
    Comeaux Collection: The Fretted Instruments of Dr. Tommy Comeaux


    LAFAYETTE, LA — The University of Louisiana Press has announced the publication of Comeaux Collection: The Fretted Instruments of Dr. Tommy Comeaux.

    Comeaux collected some of the most beautiful and valuable instruments ever created — exquisite guitars inlaid with shimmering abalone ...
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    Mandolins and Beer Livestream Episode Set for Sept. 26 

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    Published on Sep-17-2020 7:00am  Views: 11831 
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    NASHVILLE — Mandolins and Beer podcast has announced plans for their first Livestream event to be held in Nashville on Sept. 26 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and will feature Dominick Leslie, Casey Campbell, Thomas Cassell and host Daniel Patrick. ...
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    New from Mel Bay: Mandolin Picking Tunes - An Early American Christmas 

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    Published on Sep-16-2020 11:15am  Views: 2832 
    Mandolin Picking Tunes - An Early American Christmas by Tommy Norris


    FENTON, MO — Mel Bay Publications, Inc. has announced the release of Mandolin Picking Tunes - An Early American Christmas, by Tommy Norris.

    Norris has selected eighteen lesser and better-known carols and songs from the folk, shape-note, sacred, Native American, ...
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    Registration Opens for the Monroe Mandolin Camp Online Virtual Extravaganza 

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    Published on Sep-10-2020 9:00am  Views: 2436 
    Monroe Mandolin Camp Online Virtual Extravaganza

    Despite the havoc wreaked by COVID-19 the show goes on with this year's multi-discipline bluegrass music camp taking place Sept. 16-19, exclusively online.


    NASHVILLE, TENN. — Registration for Monroe Mandolin Camp's Virtual Extravaganza, held Sept. ...
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    Florian Klaus Rumpf's A Mandocello's Yearbook Launches 

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    Published on Sep-01-2020 12:00pm  Views: 2470 
    A Mandocello's Yearbook - Florian Klaus Rumpf


    HAMBURG, GERMANY — On the heels of his successful A Year with Calace, Florian Klaus Rumpf follows up with A Mandocello's Yearbook, quietly launched August 1 on a subscription base from the popular European based crowdsourcing site Ko-fi.

    "The idea behind A Mandocello's Yearbook is to expand the repertoire for 8- and 10-string mandoloncello as a solo instrument by constantly collecting arrangements and original compositions," Rumpf told us.

    Individual chapters of the book under way contain one piece in standard notation and tablature, information about composers, about the piece itself and the technical execution. Arrangements for the 8- string mandocello have been added to compositions for 10-string mandocello, ...
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    New Music from Avi Avital - Art of the Mandolin 

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    Published on Aug-26-2020 1:15pm  Views: 4353 
    Avi Avital - Art of the Mandolin


    BERLIN — Deutsche Grammophon has announced a November 6 release for Avi Avital's Art of the Mandolin, his first recording consisting exclusively of pieces originally written for mandolin, his personal take on the best existing repertoire for the instrument, and a showcase presentation of the fullest spectrum of its expressive potential.

    While a full track listing won't be revealed until a yet to be announced date in ...
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    New Music from Evan J. Marshall - All My Strumming 

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    Published on Aug-25-2020 1:15pm  Views: 2301 
    Evan J. Marshall - All My Strumming

    An all-Beatles tribute for solo mandolin in duo-style.


    Internationally renowned mandolin virtuoso Evan J. Marshall has announced the release of a 6-song EP tribute to The Beatles entitled All My Strumming, the cover art inspired by the iconic album cover for Meet the Beatles/With the Beatles ...
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    A Virtual Quaff with Daniel Patrick of Mandolins and Beer Podcast 

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    Published on Aug-18-2020 7:00am  Views: 3903 
    Daniel Patrick of Mandolins and Beer


    The date was August 17, 2019 and a new podcast we'd been hearing about had launched. Mandolins and Beer, previously Daniel Patrick's ambitious "Lick of the Day" postings, took a break and shifted gears when David Benedict of Mandolin Mondays and Mile Twelve Bluegrass band appeared as Daniel's first audio interview guest. We were hooked.

    A year later with 54 episodes under his belt it's Daniel's turn in the spotlight. With luminaries like Andrew Marlin of Mandolin Orange, Caterina Lichtenberg, Doyle Lawson, Adam Steffey, Sierra Hull and so many more, the queue to be a guest on Daniel's podcast has grown, and for good reason. Whether your musical interests are bluegrass, jazz, classical, Irish and all things progressive, or traditional, it's hard to beat the enthusiasm, inspiration and plain joy ...
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