• Merry Christmas from Bobby Osborne

    Bobby Osborne has put together another Christmas greeting for mandolin lovers worldwide, performed with his fellow instructor at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music, Scott Napier, and a private student, Lauren Price. They arranged a triple mandolin version of a familiar carol, and

  • Metacognition – Joshua Palmer

    If there is a talented young bluegrass artist out there somewhere, there's a good chance that Tom Mindte and Patuxent Records has an eye on them. Their catalog contains many a title from the likely who's who of the next

  • Mike Compton to Peghead Nation

    Pegged Nation has announced that Monroe-style mandolin master Mike Compton has joined their staff of instructors, and will soon be introducing a new video course for the California-based e-learning outfit. The company was launched just over a year ago to provide

  • Rules change snares Galax mando record attempt

    Tara Linhardt, the driving force behind the two recent Guinness Book of World Record attempts for the largest mandolin ensemble during recent Old Fiddlers Conventions in Galax, VA, has released a forlorn statement on their most recent quest. It seems that a

  • New Sierra Hull CD in January ’16

    Rounder Records has announced a January 29, 2016 release for Weighted Mind, their third album for mandolin maven Sierra Hull. This one will be something of a departure for the young virtuoso, whose two previous releases featured her as singer/songwriter within

  • Mandolin Symposium taking a break

    David Grisman and Mike Marshall, two legends of American mandolin music, have announced they are discontinuing their Mandolin Symposium which had been held annually at UC Santa Cruz this past twelve years. Dozens of top eight-stringers from around the world have taught

  • Full video from Galax mando record

    Thanks to the folks at the Mountain Music Project, we have this video of the performance of Angeline The Baker featuring 491 mandolins at last month's Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax. It is believed that the group has set the new Guinness

  • The Ryan and Marty mando jam

    How long does it take to establish a bluegrass tradition? I mean if something happens more than once at a festival, when do we start expecting it every time? Well... during last weekend's Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, Ryan Paisley made his