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Previous year: 2023

2024

April

• New music from Jacob Jolliff as Adhyâropa Records announces a May 24 release of Instrumentals Vol. 2: Mandolin Mysteries.
• Acoustic Disc's Treat of the Week: a free MP3 download from Galactic Mandolin.
• Some pretty big news in the instrument case industry. Calton and Hoffee: The Top Two Names in Custom Cases are Merging.
• New music from 9 Horses now available for pre-ordering: Strum, on Adhyaropa Records.
• New music from the new 9 Horses project on the Cafe MP3 page.
• In Nashville: Carter Vintage Guitars Celebrates New Showroom. Includes performances by Marcus King, DJ Barricade Babes and Daves Highway.
• Mandolin Mondays #431: Danish musician Villads Hoffmann plays an original composition on his 10-string Model A Cittern built by Mats Nordwall.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #218 - Joe Brent.
• New music from the Tom Wright Trio: Tailwind Live.
• Acoustic Disc's Free Treat of the Week this week: Old & In the Way.
• Crossrock Case Company has announced the availability of two new carbon fiber mandolin cases slated for a summer release, both available for viewing and pre-ordering on their website.
• Another update from Tony Williamson and his blog all things Gibson and Lloyd Loar: Episode 3: March Mando-Madness.
• Mandolin Mondays: Washington mandolinist Kian Dye plays an original composition on his 2020 Northfield Big Mon mandolin.
• New from Acoustic Disc: Red Allen & The Kentuckians Live On the Radio & Stage, 1966.
• From Peghead Nation, Andrew Marlin and Joe K. Walsh play "Cody Road".
• New music: Drums&Bass... and Mandolin, by Mario Poletti.
• How to pack and ship a mandolin family instrument, by Tony Williamson.

March

• Mandolin Mondays #429: multi-instrumentalist Linus Lindblom of the band The Brothers 5 plays the classic "Dixie Hoedown" on his Doug Clark mandolin.
• Solid information from a pro! how to pack and ship a mandolin family instrument, by Tony Williamson.
• From Acoustic Disc: Acoustic Encounters Episode 30 spotlights the Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza - Part 1 featuring mandolin legends Jesse McReynolds, Bobby Osborne, Frank Wakefield and Buck White.
• Mandolin Mondays: Scottish mandolinist Calum McIlroy plays an original composition on his 2018 Taran Springwell mandolin.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #217 - Kaden Hurst.
• New Music - The Road Less Traveled, by Enigmatica.
• From Artistworks, Exploring the Roots of Bluegrass: A Deep Dive into Historical Mandolin Styles.
• Rave review from Gramophone about last year's Plucked Bach II by Alon Sariel which we covered here.
• Mandolin Mondays: David Benedict returns with the tune "Winder Slide" on his new mandolin from Apitius.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #216 - Ethan Sherman.
• Chris Thile's Acousticamp 2024 just announced, headed to California for this second annual gathering.
• Acoustic Disc's Treat of the Week: free MP3 download from Jacob do Bandolim - Mandolin Master of Brazil Vol. 2.
• Mandolin Mondays: Dutch mandolinist Janos Koolen plays a beautiful medley of original tunes on his Collings MTO mandolin.
• The Mandolin Store Northfield Mandolin Raffle to raise money for medical funds for Glen Duncan has ended. Winner announced in this video from TMS on Instagram. Congrats all around for a successful fund-raiser!
• Rest in peace: Moshe Statman A'H, son of mandolin legend Andy Statman has passed. A fund in his name has been established to help out his family.
• The Mandolins and Beer Podcast #215 - Adrian Bagale.
• Mandolin Mondays: Scott Risner plays an original tune on his 2007 Duff mandolin.
• News we can all get behind: Postal Service to Pay Tribute to Bluegrass Music with Stamp.
• What the commmunity is saying about the new Mandolin Cafe ball caps.
• The YouTube channel Rock and Pop mandolin Mandolin Legend David "Dawg" Grisman Interview.
• New in print: Mandolins and Beer Presents The 365 Project.

February

• Peghead Nation reviews the Northfield Flat Top Octave Mandolin.
• He says what works for violin in the class will work for mandolin and we believe him! Intro to Jazz Violin with Aaron Weinstein New Live Workshop Series from Peghead Nation.
• Mandolin tasting and workshop in Boone, North Carolina to Benefit Beer and Banjos Series and Mountain Home Music.
• Mandolin Mondays #424: Minnesota mandolinist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Kriehn and his Ellis A5 play a chord melody arrangement of a Beatles tune.
• Another great blog posting by Tony Williamson at Mandolin Central: Episode 2: Enduring Beauty, a celebration of the February 18, 1924 batch of signed Loar Gibson Mandolins.
• New Music from Acoustic Disc - Dawgnilo, Danilo Brito and David Grisman.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #214 - Lauren Price Napier.
• Enter a chance to win a Northfield F5S for only $10 in The Mandolin Store's Glen Duncan Benefit Raffle.
• Congratulations to everyone at Stringjoy Strings in Nashville, recognized for excellence by Music Inc. Magazine for their Orbiter Series strings.
• Get a first viewing of the interior: Carter Vintage Guitars Preserves Legacy with Grand Opening of New Location in Nashville's South Gulch.
• A second version of one of our most popular features in a while, back by popular demand: Sometimes the Case Tells the Story - Part 2.
• Multi-instrumentalist instructor and performer Mickey Abraham plays a chord melody classic on his Gibson A9 mandolin.
• Elisa Meyer Ferreira: Luperce Miranda - Brazil's Paganini of the Mandolin Part 3.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #213 - Michael Prewitt.
• Gold Tone announces their new Mastertone F-10: 10-String F-Style Mandolin.
• At the NAMM Show: Eastman Mandolins Announces New PCH-M104 Flattop Model.
• Mandolin Mondays #422: Jesse Appelman and his 2007 Nugget A5 play a moving rendition of the Hank Williams classic "Cold, Cold Heart."
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #212 - Tristan Scroggins.
• Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Lloyd Loar's Gibson Mandolin at Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum, February 18.
• Mandolin Mondays #421: Belmont University mandolin student Gabe Zinser plays an old time tune on his 2004 Sullivan mandolin.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #211 is Teo Quale.

January

• Good news we can get behind: Anonymous Donor Enters into Agreement with Caliornia Bluegrass Association Lending Library, The Mandolin Store and Eastman.
• Registration Opens for the 2024 Monroe Mandolin Camp. Includes a Mike Compton video announcement.
• New from the Mandolin Central Loar blog and Tony Williamson. Episode 1: Lloyd Loar in '24.
• New music just released from The Don Stiernberg Quartet: The Swingin'est.
• New music from the new Don Stiernberg Quartet release on the Cafe MP3 page.
• Mandolin Mondays: mandolin educator and writer Pete Martin plays an original composition on his 1924 Gibson A2 mandolin.
• Music with new life! Acoustic Disc Digitally Releases Two Historic Recordings: Dawg Duos and Tone Poems II re-released in digital format.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #210 is John Keith.
• New music being released January 24 on Adhyâropa Records: Across the Great Divide, Vol. 1, by Ethan Setiawan.
• New music from Ethan Setiawan on the Cafe MP3 page.
• Mandolin Mondays: multi-instrumentalist Alani Sugar plays "Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase" on her trusty Eastman mandolin.
• A great story: Gibson F-4 mandolin lost in March 2022 has been recovered.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #208 is Andrew Collins talking about his new album.
• Mandolin Mondays #418: Bryce Rabideau plays an original composition on his Stiver Mandolin.
• Mandolin Mondays: Australian mandocellist Luke William Wright and his gorgeous Paul Duff mandocello play an equally beautiful original composition.
• Videos of the Northfield Mandolins Qingdao, China Workshop courtesy of Adrian Bagale.
• 11th Annual Jim Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us returns July 10-13.
• A great day visiting Northfield Mandolins in Marshall, Michigan recently!
• Mandolins and Beer podcast #207: Chris Acquavella.
• Mandolin Mondays: host David Benedict returns with "Carol of the Bells."