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Classifieds
Twenty most recent Classified Ads of 1401 current ads and 131720 since inception.
- 11/18: Mandolins - Looking For JBovier A Or F
- 11/18: Guitars - Custom Bourgeois Slope D - A Truly Special Guitar ...
- 11/18: Mandolin Accessories - The Complete Mandolin Method Vols 1,2 & 3 With...
- 11/18: Banjos - Looking For 1984 Gold Star Banjo
- 11/18: Ukuleles - Kratzer/Bulldog Concert Ukulele #12-112
- 11/18: Mandolins - 1930's Stella Mandolin
- 11/18: Mandolins - 2018 Skip Kelley A-5
- 11/18: Other - Capritaurs Custom Dulcimer 1979
- 11/18: Mandolins - Fletcher Brock F-5 In Good Condition, 2001
- 11/18: Mandolins - FSOT Rigel G110
- 11/18: Guitar Accessories - Guitar Head Tee Shirt
- 11/18: Wanted - Searching For Nice '46 Gibson J-45, Or Reasonable ...
- 11/18: Guitars - 1973 Martin D-18 - $1450
- 11/18: Mandolins - FSOT Brentrup Oval Hole A
- 11/18: Mandolins - 2011 Isola A5 - $1500
- 11/18: Mandolin Accessories - Mandolin Cafe 21-Mandolin Chord Coffee Cup
- 11/18: CBOM - Weber Sage #1 $1,350 (Free Shipping)
- 11/18: Banjos - Bart Reiter Banjos - Regent Open-Back With Scoop
- 11/18: Guitars - 2016 Melbourne Serenus
- 11/18: Guitars - Gibson Super 400C 1969
Forum
Twenty most recent Forum posts of 1,681,263 total. Bookmark with this tab open.
- 11/18 - 07:41 PM - Mandolin Orange on WGBH
- 11/18 - 07:41 PM - Joining the Girouard club - commissioned a build!
- 11/18 - 07:37 PM - Ebay story
- 11/18 - 07:30 PM - Identify Cumberland bridge
- 11/18 - 07:23 PM - Bubbling & Flaking Finish
- 11/18 - 06:56 PM - Help with finish recommendations
- 11/18 - 06:55 PM - My solution to mounting the at 350 mic
- 11/18 - 06:48 PM - Happy Birthday, Mandolin Cafe!
- 11/18 - 06:42 PM - Another Dusty Strings visit!
- 11/18 - 06:11 PM - Chris Thile shred
- 11/18 - 05:41 PM - Furch mandolins
- 11/18 - 05:41 PM - Any Penny Whistle Players here
- 11/18 - 05:09 PM - Folk/Americana Duo, listen to our demo!
- 11/18 - 04:51 PM - Cheap electric mandolin- Eastwood, Kentucky, Gold ...
- 11/18 - 04:50 PM - Is Collings discontinuing their vintage style mand...
- 11/18 - 04:32 PM - Gravity Picks
- 11/18 - 04:26 PM - Acoustic preamp for mandolin
- 11/18 - 04:22 PM - Sullivan F
- 11/18 - 04:07 PM - is this F4 correct?
- 11/18 - 04:01 PM - Bay Area good bluegrass/old time jams?
News
Twenty most recent Mandolin Articles. Bookmark with this tab open.
- Marshall Mando Summit App - Northfield Mandolin Giveaway
- New Music from Alan Munde & Billy Bright - Es Mi Suerte
- Jeff Midkiff: Music for Mandolin and String Quartet
- Straight Up Strings to Sell Mandolin and Banjo T-Shirts to Benefit Bluegrass
- Roland White and Friends: A Tribute To The Kentucky Colonels
- Revival: The Sam Bush Story Set for Nov. 1 Release
- David Benedict Releases The Golden Angle
- Hill Country Acoustic Music Camp Set for February 15-17, 2019
- Mandolin Orange's Andrew Marlin Comes Out From Under the Cloak
- D'Addario and Eastman MD415GD Mandolin and Accessories Giveaway
- International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Grand Opening Set for October 18-20
- Online Carnatic Mandolin & Guitar Academy Set to Launch
- New from Julien Martineau: Come Una Volta - Vivaldi, Calace, Caudioso
- New Music from Rudi Ekstein - Carolina Chimes
- New Music from Thomas Cassell - Voyager
- New from Mel Bay - Airs for the Seasons by James Oswald
- A Foundational Thing: Bluegrass and Beyond with Andrew Collins
- Ellis Mandolins F5 Tradition Unveiled at IBMA
- New in Print - Five Centuries of Music for Mandolin
- New Music from Andrew Marlin - Buried In a Cape
Workshops
Mandolin Camps & Workshops of 111 total. Bookmark with this tab open.
- Nov. 24 - Bluegrass Museum Saturday Music Classes, Owensboro, KY
- Nov. 30 - Dec 1 - Wernick Method Jam Camp with Gilbert Nelson, Spartanburg, SC
- Dec. 1-2 - Wernick Method Jam Camp with Dan Whitener, Washington, D.C.
- Dec. 7-8 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Gilbert Nelson, Burlington, NC
- Dec. 8 - Bluegrass Museum Saturday Music Classes, Owensboro, KY
- Dec. 9 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Dave Kiphuth, Eliot, ME
- Dec. 22 - Bluegrass Museum Saturday Music Classes, Owensboro, KY
- Dec. 26-30 - International Italian Mandolin and Guitar Winter Academy, Sorrento, Italy
- Jan. 10-12 - 7th Annual Eight of Jan. Old Time Music Weekend, Pegram, TN
- Jan. 25-27 - Simon Mayor Mandolin Weekend, Taunton, UK
- Jan. 25-27 - Wernick Method Jam Camp with Petr Brandejs, Czech Republic
- Jan. 31 - Feb 3 - Zoukology, Albuquerque, NM
- Feb. 1 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Gilbert Nelson, Nashville, TN
- Feb. 2 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Gilbert Nelson, Nashville, TN
- Feb. 6 - Mar 27 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Harry Gambrill, Ridley Park, PA
- Feb. 8-10 - Nashville Mandolin Camp, Goodlettsville, TN
- Feb. 8-10 - Wernick Method Jam Camp with Andy Letz, Davis, CA
- Feb. 10 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Leslie Dare/Susan West, Raleigh, NC
- Feb. 14-16 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Gilbert Nelson, Palatka, FL
- Feb. 17-19 - Joe Val Bluegrass Festival Workshops, Framingham, MA
Interviews
Ten most recent Mandolin Cafe Interviews. Bookmark page with this tab open.
- 10/16/2018 - Andrew Marlin Comes Out From Under the Cloak
- 09/25/2018 - A Foundational Thing: Bluegrass and Beyond with Andrew Collins
- 08/28/2018 - Northfield Introduces Three New Michigan-Made Instruments
- 08/14/2018 - Martin Howley's Mandolin Journey with We Banjo 3
- 07/31/2018 - State of Grace - Finding Your Place with Adam Tanner
- 07/17/2018 - Playback - D'Addario's String Recycling In a Nutshell
- 07/10/2018 - The Song-A-Week Social Group - An Interview with Barbara Shultz
- 06/09/2018 - After 35 Years in Business Retrofret Moving to New Location
- 03/26/2018 - An Interview with Tunefox's Bennett Sullivan
- 03/12/2018 - A Conversation with Stan and Lillian Werbin
- 11/20/2017 - Emory Lester Interview
- 08/02/2017 - The 1988 Jethro Burns Interview
- 06/18/2017 - Jenni Lyn Gardner - Jenni Lyn Lights Up with Burn Another Candle
- 06/04/2017 - Bill Monroe Interview in Denver, Feb. 19, 1986
- 05/17/2017 - The Charlie Derrington Interview
- 05/14/2017 - Tim Connell Interview
- 05/08/2017 - Bill Monroe on the Farm Interview
- 04/30/2017 - Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The Video
- 03/14/2017 - A Brief History of Evening Prayer Blues
- 02/27/2017 - Rising Brazilian Mandolinist Elisa Meyer
Mandolin Mondays
Twenty most recent Mandolin Monday Videos. Bookmark page with this tab open.
- Episode #150: Johnny Staats - Jessica's Lullaby
- Episode #149: Rainy Miatke - March 32nd
- Episode #148: Kyle Ledson - Fickle Fingers
- Episode #147: Dave Goldenberg - Shalom Aleichem
- Episode #146: Bernard Minari - Melody for My Children
- Episode #145: Jake Joliff - Darn That Dream
- Episode #144: Caleb Klauder - The Falls of Richmond
- Episode #143: Nathan Livers - Angeline the Baker
- Episode #142: Teo Quale - Old Ebeeezer Scrooge
- Episode #141: David Benedict - Colonna & Smalls
- Episode #140: Akira Otsuka - To My Friends
- Episode #139: Aaron Ramsey - Redwing
- Episode #138: Daniel Portalès - Fiddle in Tune
- Episode #137: Magnus Zetterlund - Silkesvalsen (The Silk Waltz)
- Episode #136: Charlotte Carrivick - I Can't See For Lookin'
- Episode #135: Eli Wildman - The Route
- Episode #134: Dan Beimborn - Scarce O' Tatties/Con Cassidy's Jig
- Episode #133: Paddy Montgomery - Save Me
- Episode #132: Jacob Means - Bright House
- Episode #131: Hayes Griffin - Chickasha Keeper
Quick News
- Caught Ashley Broder gigging a mile from Cafe headquarters on Sunday... Yowza, but she has big chops. Tasteful, too.
- Very rare bird: early blond Gibson F-4 with Torch and Wire inlay.
- Rest in peace. Irish legend Alec Finn, co-founder of De Dannan has passed.
- 15% off all Mel Bay titles through Nov. 19 with Discount Code MB15.
- Good stuff: Pete Martin Plays Wes Montgomery, free download.
- Radim Zenkl's home and some instruments destroyed in fire. How you can help.
- Announcing the new Marshall Mando Summit App - Northfield Mandolin Giveaway.
- New Music for banjo and mandolin from Alan Munde & Billy Bright - Es Mi Suerte.
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