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.

The program can be listened to live, streamed ...

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.

The evening ...

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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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. ...

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 ...

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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Scotch Plains, N.J. — Barry Mitterhoff is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd Annual New Jersey Folk Festival.

"I'm honored and excited about getting this Lifetime Achievement Award for playing and teaching bluegrass music in New Jersey ...

The Carlo Aonzo Trio has announced the release of A Mandolin Journey, a brilliant, bold and adventurous new recording in which Aonzo and fellow band-mates take on a broad range of material that includes not only the music of their Italian roots, but also American and European ethnic and jazz compositions ...

Hamburg, Germany — Haus der Musik Trekel has announced the publication of John Goodin's "The North Georgia Hills," arranged for mandolin orchestra.

About this new work Goodin told us, "'The North Georgia Hills' was composed in 2015 for the Atlanta Mandolin Orchestra and was inspired by the compositions of both Norman and Nancy Blake arranged, with the assistance of Peter Ostroushko, ...

Pacific, Mo. — Mel Bay Publications has announced the release of John Goodin's 12 Divertimentos for Solo Mandolin.

James Oswald, a prominent Scottish composer, music publisher and teacher, composed and published 12 divertimentos in London around 1759 for ...

Bellows Falls, Vt. — The Festival of Mandolin Chamber Music, July 7-10, 2016 in Bellow Falls is pleased to present guest condutor Jacob Reuven, a brilliant mandolinist and conductor from Israel.

Reuven is a founding member of the Kerman Mandolin Quartet, ...

Lawrence, Kans. — The Mandolin Cafe is proud to announce the launch of the Banjo Cafe at banjocafe.net, its companion web site for banjo.

The Banjo Cafe will be administered by Charlie Schwartz of Lawrence, Kans., a long-time friend of the Mandolin Cafe.

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Celtic World Collection is a unique collection of 20 traditional and 20 newly composed tunes for mandolin self-published by Brent Robitaille.

The tunes are in standard notation with mandolin tablature and chords. Also included: 40 audio recordings with guitar accompaniment recorded at a slower speed to facilitate learning.

In addition, some useful mandolin chord charts, commonly used mandolin scales charts, a page of warm-up technical exercises, and a full fingerboard and note chart for mandolin.
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Palo Alto, Calif. — This July, California Coast Music Camp (CCMC) will offer two week-long acoustic camps, July 10-16 and July 17-23, 2015.

The camp is located on a wooded ridge at 4,000 feet, in the historic Sierra Nevada Gold Country in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento.

CCMC offers more than 30 classes in mandolin, ...

Pacific, Mo. — Mel Bay Publications has announced the release of International Mandolin Method by Philip John Berthoud.

In this book the author introduces the basics of mandolin playing using a body of international music to present the desired techniques.
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Five years ago, already a seasoned professional with multiple recordings and regular appearances at the very best music camps offering Irish music education, Marla Fibish made the move many a musician dreams of but so few realize: she left the corporate world to be a full-time musician.

To say she hasn't looked back would be an understatement.

A chance to share her talent with renowned guitarist Bruce Victor soon after resulted in a strong musical bond. New music was co-authored, performed and recorded, and ultimately the two wed.
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Bend, Or. — Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments, known for its high attention to detail and the uniqueness of its instruments, is offering you the chance to win the opportunity to design your own custom instrument.

Just fill ...

Detmold, Germany — Duo Acquavella presents their new release, along with the Bach Collegium San Diego, on Centaur Records, titled Gimo-Samling: 18th Century Sonatas and Triosonatas for Mandolin.
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Bend, Or. — In October of 2012, Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments was acquired by Two Old Hippies Stringed Instruments located in Bend, Oregon. The company was relocated to Bend, and the workshop's handcrafting practices were maintained.

For the ...