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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Fenton, Mo. — Mel Bay Publications has announced the release of World Music for Mandolin Made Easy, by Philip John Berthoud.

The collection includes 35 traditional tunes from Africa, North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia, ...

San Rafael, Calif. — Award-winning mandolinist and music producer David Grisman has announced the release of The David Grisman Sextet, the first collection of Grisman originals in a decade.


In 1976 the newly-formed David Grisman Quintet recorded their first album of Dawg Music, a recording that was ground-breaking and ultimately led a revolution of new adventurous acoustic music.

Fans of the original David Grisman Quintet recording (shown below) will instantly recognize the similarity between the new album art and the original recording, ...

Joyful acoustic music with a good groove, popular songs of the 20th century from Nordic Countries with a fresh attitude, rhythm patterns based on Brazilian choro and samba.


Zebo Records has announced the release of the second album from the Finnish-Brazilian group Nordic Choro, entitled Nordic Choro II.

Nordic Choro was founded in 2008 and released their debut album in 2010. The group is currently concentrating on Nordic classics by arranging ...

Acoustic Disc has announced the release of a two-disc collection entitled Del & Dawg - Live!, available exclusively from Acoustic Disc.

Captured live in concert, the recording is available to listeners in hi-definition as a download.

Del McCoury and David Grisman met at the first ...

Nick DiSebastian has announced the release of his newest book, The Mandolin Style of Jesse Brock, 15 transcriptions of Brock's playing throughout a career that already includes his being twice named IBMA's Mandolin Player of the Year.

Each tune is set in standard notation, tablature, chords and includes Jesse's personal notes.

Asked about the transcriptions, Jesse Brock said, "When Nick came to me with this project I was ...

A camp for traditional bluegrass students returns for a second year to Ontario, Canada when The Old School Bluegrass Camp holds their second annual meeting.

Ontario, Canada — July 3-8, 2016, bluegrass fans will descend here for an exciting educational experience when ...

Danny and Jack were paired together through the VA Folklife Alliance, and after Jack interned with Danny for about 9 months they decided to produce a mandolin duet album with songs that range from bluegrass to old time, to gypsy jazz and swing, to polka to funk, and all the way to a tribute to ...

The 2016 San Diego Classical Mandolin Camp, led by classical mandolinist, composer and educator Chris Acquavella, will take place July 25 –31, 2016 at the centrally located Crowne Plaza Hotel.

San Diego, Calif. — The 5th Annual San Diego Classical Mandolin Camp returns July 25–31, 2016 to explore the depth and breadth of the classical mandolin, from baroque to modern times, ...

Mandolin Original is a new instructional video from Scott Napier, a faculty member of the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music and member of the long running, popular bluegrass band Lost and Found.

Scott Napier, mandolinist for bluegrass band favorite Lost & Found has announced the release of his hour-long ...

Caterina Lichtenberg's highly anticipated School of Classical Mandolin launched today.



Napa, Calif. — Mandolin virtuoso Caterina Lichtenberg teams up with ArtistWorks this week to launch online music lessons a year in the making. After seeing the popularity ...

Traditional bluegrass mandolin stalwart Buddy Merriam has announced the release of Buddy Merriam Back Roads Mandolin, Vol. Two.

The spiral bound book with accompanying CD contains 32 original compositions from the author all set in standard notation ...

50 legendary selections presented in standard notation and mandolin tablature with large chord diagrams and symbols.

Milwaukee, Wi. — The Hal Leonard Corporation has announced the availability of Fiddle Tunes for Mandolin by Dick Sheridan from ...

Nashville, Tenn. — Matt Flinner hosts a free online lesson as part of his ongoing mandolin instruction series this coming Saturday, December 12 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

For mandolin players that have been wanting to try out Matt's series this is an opportunity ...

Nashville, Tenn. — Compass Records has announced a January 22 release for the Matt Flinner Trio recording Traveling Roots, a collection of original material written for the trio's "music du jour" shows where the band plays compositions they penned that day specifically for their evening performance.

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Fairfax, Calif. — Peghead Nation has announced the addition of Mike Compton to their instructional staff with a brand new video course entitled Monroe-Style Mandolin.

Compton joins a talented and rapidly growing instructional team ...

Long-time California bluegrass mandolin man Butch Waller has released a six-song recording of original waltzes entitled Waltz Collection.

A mainstay in the California bluegrass scene since the late 1960s, Waller is known for his ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Mandolin Cafe has long been an enthusiastic supporter of The California Bluegrass Association, and in particular, their Youth Instrument Lending Library.

Over the years we've helped them secure new instruments by getting them in touch with people that contact us in regards to donations, and at times we've ...

Paul Glasse, well known in the mandolin world for his widely acclaimed jazz-tinged recordings has announced he is offering online lessons via Skype.

Students will be accepted at all levels: beginner through advanced on acoustic or electric mandolin, mandola or ...