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Mandolin community news from the Mandolin Cafe, focusing on builders, musicians, workshops, new recordings and other special mandolin related events.
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Bradley Laird's Mandolin Song Book
Watch and Learn, Inc. has published a book/CD pack of 26 bluegrass, old-time, Celtic and classic American songs for mandolin players written by Bradley Laird.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
FestivaLink.net Music Collection to Benefit Musicians in Need
A new collection of live songs from the live music download site FestivaLink.net will benefit the Bluegrass Trust Fund, an emergency financial aid program administered by the International Bluegrass Music Association.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Andy Irvine - Abocurragh
Andy Irvine's first solo recording since 1999. Recorded in Dublin, Norway, Australia, Hungary and Brittany between February 2009 and April 2010.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen - At Edwards Barn
Rounder Records has announced a new Chris Hillman Herb Pedersen recording "At Edwards Barn," a career retrospective, featuring songs from various aspects of their storied careers
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Second of Three Exhibits for Monroe Centennial Celebration
The International Bluegrass Music Museum has announced their Bill Monroe Centennial Exhibit on September 10, 2010, as part of the worldwide Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration. This event takes place just three days prior to what would have been Big Mon's 99th birthday.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
10 Questions for Jody Stecher
Jody Stecher's mandolin playing and singing as a member of The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band will be on display in September with the release of the recording Legacy. We catch up with Jody for this extended interview about the new recording and his musical career.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Special Fall MandoJam with Radim Zenkl
The Klamath River MandoJam will hold a special Fall session featuring mandolin virtuoso Radim Zenkl, November 11-14, 2010.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Jacob Reuven - Hebrew Mandolin
Jacob Reuven has announced the release of "Hebrew Mandolin," a project that incorporates rearrangements of Israeli songs for the mandolin and orchestra with the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra, Omer M. Wellber Conducting.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
2010 CMSA Convention Information
The Classical Mandolin Society of America and the Seattle Mandolin Orchestra invite you to attend the 24th Annual CMSA Convention, October 13-17, 2010 at the Marriott Seattle Airport hotel.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
The Ronnie McCoury Interview
The Mandolin Cafe's Forum members have the questions, and mandolin legend Ronnie McCoury has the answers for another of our extended feature interviews.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Jerry Douglas and Sharon and Cheryl White Host 2010 IBMA Awards
Award-winning artists Jerry Douglas and Cheryl and Sharon White of The Whites will co-host the 21th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards on Thursday, September 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Bluegrass Jamming Essentials
AcuTab's latest DVD project, Bluegrass Jamming Essentials, offers instruction, information and valuable tips for the largest sector of acoustic and bluegrass musicians - jammers!
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
10 Questions For Wayne Helfrich
We visit with Wayne Helfrich, a music fan who chronicled the early 70s Bluegrass scene with some amazing photos and stories for this exclusive Mandolin Cafe interview.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
2010 CMSA Convention
The Classical Mandolin Society of America (CMSA) presents its 2010 Annual Convention, Oct. 13-17, at the Seattle Airport Marriott, 3201 S. 176th St., Seattle. In addition to public concerts, the convention features workshops, vendors, a raffle, a playing contest, a gala banquet and other activities for participants.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Colorado Case Company Offers New Flight Case Line
Colorado Case Company has announced the addition of their own line of fiberglass flight cases for mandolin, guitar, banjo and a mandolin/fiddle combo case.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
10 Questions for Laura Weber Cash
On September 10, 2010, the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro will observe Bill Monroe's 99th birthday (September 13 the actual date of his birth) with a two-year exhibit that includes his original mandolin headplate. We interview Laura Weber Cash, the owner of this historic icon.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Steve James - Roots and Blues Mandolin
The mandolin has been heard from the earliest incarnations of blues to the contemporary roots music revival. Now learn the essentials of the style by playing 13 classic tunes with Steve James' Roots and Blues Mandolin.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
The Loar Announces The LM-300 Mandolin
The Loar has announced the release of their first x-braced A-model mandolin, hand-carved by their team of expert luthiers at The Loar Hand Carved Workshop, the birthplace of the best-selling LM-400, 600 and 700 mandolins.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
Ali Beag MacLeod and Kevin Macleod - Braes Of Badentarbat
One of the leading voices on mandolin in Scottish traditional music, Kevin Macleod along with Ali Beag MacLeod have released Braes Of Badentarbat, performed on melodeon, resonator guitar, strings and some nineteenth-century Gaelic poetry set to music.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news
IBMA Press Conference for 2010 Awards Nominees
A press conference to announce the Nominees for the 2010 International Bluegrass Music Awards and this year's inductees into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame will be held Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at the Country Music Hall of Fame, 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville.
Categories: Bluegrass and folk news


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