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We received this note from Nancy Cardwell at IBMA. John Wynn, builder of Wynn mandolins and banjos and  the banjo player/band leader along with his wife, Betty of their family band, SouthWynn, passed away early this morning, Wednesday, August 11,  at

The Loar has introduced a new hand-carved, solid wood mandolin. It's an A-model designated as the LM-300-VS, their first x-braced A style. The LM-300 is designed with fewer visual appointments, allowing them to offer it for sale at $374.99. The binding

Barry Scott is on the hunt for a mandolin or guitarist who sings high tenor for his recently reformed edition of Second Wind. Scott and his entire band parted ways not long ago, but Barry has assembled a new group, with

Banjo picker Tim Davis and mandolinist Matt Hiser have collaborated on a new album of bluegrass instrumentals called Flying High. Other than the title cut, written by Hiser, it's a set of tunes that should be familiar to bluegrass listeners, though

Guardian debuted their new Professional Fiberglass mandolin case (CG-065) at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville last month. They had previously introduced fiberglass cases for banjo, guitar and cello. Like all the Guardian products, this case is designed to offer the

Tom Bibey is a physician and bluegrass musician living in North Carolina. Always an avid reader, Dr. B. has taken to writing more and more in recent years, and his blog (Dr. Tom Bibey: Stories of the Bluegrass Music Road)

Mandolin Cafe has a new interview up with Doyle Lawson, which is unique in two particular ways. First off, the questions came from members and readers of the site who, secondly, are mandolinists themselves, giving the interview a tone of musical

Mandolinist Jesse Daniel has joined The Josh Williams Band. The position has been open for several months, with a number of pickers handling the shows, and Josh is happy to have Jesse on board. Daniels is a native of Fyffe, AL

For all mandolin lovers, and bluegrass historians, here's an opportunity for you to own a piece of bluegrass history. Dempsey Young was a well loved and influential force in bluegrass music up until his death in 2006. The Hutto mandolin

Boston, MA based, bluegrass band Della Mae has just welcomed their newest member, Jenni Lyn Gardner. No, Jenni Lyn won't be playing the fiddle in the group, that gig is held down by National Fiddle Champion Kimber Ludiker. Jenni Lyn