Mandolin Cafe Front Page Archive

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2012 Front Page Highlights

February 2

• Listen in to some new live Andy Statman from American Routes and Vox Tablet.
• Del McCoury Band's Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe long available in MP3 format has just been released today (Jan. 31) on CD.
• Pre-order: Punch Brothers new CD Who's Feeling Young Now? From: Punch Brothers | amazon.com | Elderly.
• Important: the musical collection of folklorist Alan Lomax going digital.
• In advance of his NYC Mandolin Workshop: Artist to Artist - 10 Minutes with Carlo Aonzo
• A new release and very groovy collection from the Matt Flinner Trio now available as an MP3 download: Winter Harvest. Highly recommended.

January 24

• The contents of the Winter issue of Mandolin Magazine featuring Frank Solivan are now online. Subscribe.
• The start of photos from the NAMM show in Anaheim.
• New music from Rautakoura: Cafe MP3 page.
• Cute: bird lands on Josh Williams during song. Just wanted to hang around until the end!
• Hey Nashville, Matt Flinner and Mike Compton workshops and concerts, January 28.

January 18

• New: Graham McDonald's The Bouzouki Book.
• Keep an eye out for these instruments stolen from Seattle's Georgetown Music.
• We concur: Will Patton's Flow named Vermont Public Radio's Best Jazz of 2011.
• Bluegrass joke. Guessing many won't get it!
• Love to be there: Carmel, California Bach festival to feature Marshall and Lichtenberg.
• What we want our iPhone case to look like.

January 12

• Great title, new at Elderly: Patt & Possum - Hoe-Downs, Hornpipes & Hokum.
• Fern Loar on Antiques Road Show shares same serial with fake reported stolen.
• Good news: a John Sullivan A model mandolin reported stolen has been recovered.
• Andy Statman is in Seattle Jan. 9-20 and is looking to give some private mandolin lessons. How to get in touch with him.
• Smarter than a 5th grader? This ESPN announcer didn't know the difference between a mandolin and mandarin.
• The Matt Flinner Trio returns with a marvelous follow-up to Music du Jour when they release Winter Harvest on January 31. We have the full track listing and a sample cut from the recording.

January 7

• Good news: TablEdit's free viewer app for devices is now available from iTunes.
• Superb: Mike Compton's solo Jenny Lynn added to the Mandolin Cafe MP3 page. Get the CD.
• Looking to satisfy our own curiosity: What Does The Declining Price of Recorded Music Mean?
• Interesting, but we knew it was coming. For the first time in history, digital music sales topped the physical sale of music.
• Advance info and a free MP3 download: Punch Brothers news CD Who's Feeling Young Now?
• Great choices: amazon has a ton of great albums at $4.99 or less as MP3 downloads.
• New from Gypsy Music, the Gypsy Teardrop for their mandolin family line of instruments.
• New from Mel Bay: Mandolin for Violinists. Get it: Mel Bay | Elderly.
• Now back in stock: Mandolin Cafe ball caps. Order... (red running low).

January 2

• An interview with the directors of a film about the life of Charlie Louvin. About the film.
• Congrats to nominess for Best Bluegrass Album at the 54th Grammy Awards including Chris Thile & Michael Daves for Sleep With One Eye Open and The Del McCoury Band for Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe. More nominees.
• Fans of Dailey & Vincent: pre-order their new gospel CD from Cracker Barrel.
• Two new releases from Tim Connell and Rio Con Brio. Sample MP3s available!
• New music from James Plattes on the Mandolin Cafe MP3 page.
• Great concert name. Mike Marshall performs at Mandolicious on January 13, Aptos, Calif.
• The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live are coming to select movie theaters January 31. Tickets and a list of participating movie theaters (PDF) are available. Get the recording from: Elderly | amazon.com
• Bill Graham's Bean Blossom and Winfield, pitching tents on the old campgrounds.
• Make it a New Year's resolution to subscribe to the Mandolin Cafe MP3 podcast. We've prepared a special video tutorial on how.