With grown children in their teens and above, Lynn Muir and Greg Burgess never expected "a surprise" to happen, but it did. Discovering they were pregnant later in life may have sent them into a tizzy, with preparation of repeating
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Alex Meredith – The Friends I Made Along the Way
Although Alex Meredith was born in Colchester England, he's spent most of his life in Siler City, North Carolina. Playing mandolin since his teens, Meredith's style is full of youthful inventiveness, which comes through on his debut solo project, The Friends
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Track Premiere: West Virginia Red from Danny Roberts
Grascals mando man Danny Roberts has a new single this week from his upcoming project with Mountain Home Music. It's an instrumental he wrote called West Virginia Red, which also features Tony Wray on guitar and banjo, Jimmy Mattingly on fiddle,
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Gibson introduces two new F-5 mandolins
Gibson has announced two new instruments in its iconic F-5 mandolin line, a replica of the historic 1923 Loar, and a modern version for players who want the sound without all the frills. The 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue is a
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Too Old To Die Young from Bobby Osborne and CJ Lewandowski
The first single from the highly anticipated final recordings by Bobby Osborne, from his duet project with fellow mandolinist C.J. Lewandowski of The Po' Ramblin' Boys, is released today to radio on Turnberry Records. They've chosen a new version of Too
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Blue Mountain – debut single from Addie Levy
Addie Levy is a new bluegrass artist on the national scene, having just released her debut single, Blue Mountain. A talented young singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist now living in Nashville, Levy grew up in the Appalachian region of southwestern Virginia where
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Get Lost video from Wyatt Ellis
Mandolin wunderkind Wyatt Ellis has released another single from his next self-produced album, a new instrumental tune called Get Lost, which he wrote with one of his teachers, Jake Workman, of Kentucky Thunder. Only 14 years of age, young Mr. Ellis
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Quick Stream video from Jared Finck
Engelhardt Music Group has released a music video for their debut single for South Dakota-born bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Jared Finck. Now living in Nashville, Jared has recorded his second album of original bluegrass instrumentals, supported by some of the top pickers that
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Oban Bay from Scots mandolinist Callum Morton
Scottish mandolinist Callum Morton, known throughout the UK for his work with Glasgow's The Fountaineers, has embarked on a solo project of his own music. Its first single drops today, Oban Bay, where the Scots make some of the finest
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David Harvey – Gibson luthier and historian
David Harvey is Master Luthier at Gibson (head of the Gibson mandolin department), a musician/singer/songwriter, and a historian with a vast knowledge of the early history of Gibson instruments. The musical maestro continues to give educational, interactive, visual presentations. "It was born