mandolin

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

The US mandolin world rejoiced on August 4 when a group of 491 mandolinists assembled at the Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, VA to re-establish the Guinness World Record for largest mandolin ensemble. Organizer Tara Linhardt is still awaiting final confirmation

Buddy Merriam, who has spent the past 35 years performing traditional and original bluegrass music with his band, Back Roads, has been selected by the Long Island Music Hall of Fame as a recipient of their Long Island Sound award, also known as

Old time fiddler and mandolinist Adam Tanner has put together a mandolin tune book for Apple's iBook format. It combines audio files with standard notation and tablature for on-screen display, in what should be a very convenient learning system for

What do you call four old guys, playing old music on old instruments? In Nashville they're called The Vintage Mandolin Quartet and, as the name suggests, they perform on rare and valuable mandolin family instruments from the early parts of the

Graham McDonald, Australian builder of fine mandolins, mandocellos, and bouzoukis, is doing a valiant service for the 8 string community with his upcoming book, The Mandolin - a history. Using a focus on individual builders as a theme, McDonald's book follows the

The projected new Guinness Book World Record for Largest Mandolin Ensemble, set yesterday at the Old Fiddler's Convention at Felt's Park in Galax, VA, was celebrated by WSLS television, the NBC affiliate station in Roanoke, about 2.5 hours away. A crush of

Well done Old Fiddler's Convention attendees in Galax, VA! This afternoon they once again set the Guinness World Record for Largest Mandolin Ensemble with 491 musicians. At this point, the count is still unofficial but organizer Tara Linhardt tells us that they

This year at the Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, VA we will be attempting to take back the Guinness Book World's record for the Largest Mandolin Ensemble in the history of the world to Team USA on Tuesday, August 4th on

Vince Combs, a near-legendary Monroe-style mandolinist from Kentucky, has passed away after a four year struggle with bone marrow cancer. He was 81 years of age, and died on Saturday night (7/25). Though born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, his life was divided