Nashville, Tenn. — Seven years since the release of Circles Around Me, his last studio release, Sam Bush is set to release Storyman on Sugar Hill Records on June 24.
Storyman consists of 11 original Sam Bush compositions,
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A weekend of Acoustic Music on the banks of the Klamath River, August 26-28, 2016.
Orleans, Calif. — Each summer Sandy Bar Ranch hosts The Klamath River SwingJam. This summer, musicians of all levels and styles will meet here for an opportunity to learn, play and enjoy
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Milwaukee, Wi. — The Hal Leonard Corporation has announced the publication of Mandolin Favorites, eight familiar melodies set in standard notation and tablature for mandolin.
First generation bluegrass mandolin legend Frank Wakefield and guitarist Leon Morris have announced their first joint recording since the 1960s for the two, a project made up of mostly original songs.
Surfside Beach S.C. — Mandolinists will gather here August 24-26, 2016 when the 1st Annual Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp at Ocean Lakes Campground convenes.
In addition to veteran bluegrass Bibey, Danny Roberts, long-time mandolinist with The
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Napa, Calif. — ArtistWorks, the leading provider of interactive online music lessons has announced the addition of Bluegrass Vocal Lessons with Michael Daves coming in the near future.
Students will have the opportunity to get direct advice on their singing from one of the best bluegrass singers on the scene. Once pre-launch registration opens, Artistworks is offering 20% off the full subscription
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Farmingdale, N.Y. — D'Addario and Planet Waves has announced the availability of their NS Micro Soundhole Tuner.
This version of their popular NS Micro tuner is designed specifically for oval hole acoustic instruments including guitars, octave mandolins, mandocellos, mandolas, citterns, bouzoukis and most (oval hole) mandolins.
Belgrade, Mont. — Zeta Violins, a company known for progressive acoustic and electric violins announces the launch of the ZETA JM25 Mandolin.
ZETA's new Jazz Fusion 5-string mandolin features discreet polyphonic signals providing a digital MIDI-capable output, along with a standard 1/4" true analog out.
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New York, N.Y. — Sheri Mignano Crawford will be the guest for a live in-studio interview on the "Johnny Mandolin Radio Show," Monday, May 23, 2016 from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on City World Radio.
Kansas City, Mo. — Folk Alliance International Presents Good'le Days, a celebration of the music of John Hartford on May 25 in Prohibition Hall, 1118 McGee St., 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Tickets are $8 in advance or $15 suggested donation at the door.
David Benedict could have chosen a variety of sites to host his ongoing video series featuring his music entitled "Mandolin Mondays." It's not like it's difficult to find a blogging host. His own web site has those capabilities. But January 4 of this year, post #1 appeared on the Mandolin Cafe with David playing a blazing version of "Huckleberry Hornpipe," and the hashtag #mandolinmondays.
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Classical mandolinist Julien Martineau has announced a May 13 release of his newest project entitled Paradis Latin.
The project is the result of a mix of early Hollywood movie influence that finds itself expressed in the wide variety of selections ranging from Italian to South American and more that Martineau describe as "...blurring the boundaries between scholarly and popular music."
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Winchester, Va. — This year for the first time The Murphy Method will offer a mandolin camp in addition to its regular schedule of banjo and jam camps. The Chris Henry Mandolin Camp will be held at the Courtyard Marriott in Winchester, September 23-25, 2016.
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Evanston, Ill. — Perennial jazz mandolin favorite Don Stiernberg is back with a spectacular new release that includes jazz standards and original compositions, entitled Good Numbers.
On the collection Stiernberg is backed up by two of Chicago's
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Amy Sullivan and Kali Nowakowski to Expand Straight Up Strings Division.
Atascadero, Calif. — Luthier, Orville Gibson and Lloyd Loar historian, inventor, and acoustician, Roger Siminoff, has announced that he will retire this month and steadily phase out Siminoff Banjo and Mandolin Parts.
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