An Interview with We Banjo 3's Martin Howley
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Classifieds
Twenty most recent Classified Ads of 1295 current ads and 128153 since inception.
- 08/16: Mandolins - Collings MT $2000 Shipped With OHSC
- 08/16: Mandolin Accessories - L.R. Baggs Radius Pickup, Like New
- 08/16: Mandolins - Pre-War A. Rogers Model C Mandolin
- 08/16: Guitar Accessories - K And K Definity Archtop Pickup Trade For Red Bear...
- 08/16: Wanted - Chris Thile Leading Off Book
- 08/16: Mandolins - Epiphone Mandobird VIII Electric Mandolin
- 08/16: Mandolins - 1930s Vega Carved-Top Mandolin
- 08/16: Guitars - Lowden Stage Edition 32Se Acoustic Guitar $3900
- 08/16: Mandolins - 1935 Weymann Mandolin (Stradolin)
- 08/16: Mandolins - Givens A4 1991
- 08/16: Guitars - Martin Custom Size 5 Mahogany Terz
- 08/16: Mandolins - 1919 Gibson Mandola
- 08/16: Guitars - 1944 Martin 00-17
- 08/16: Mandolins - Collings MT O Oval-Hole Sheraton Brown Mandolin
- 08/16: Mandolins - Old Wave C# (Sharp) Two Point
- 08/16: Banjos - 2016 Nechville Custom 5-String Resonator Banjo
- 08/16: Accessories - Shubb C1 Capo
- 08/16: Mandolins - Eastman MD804-SB
- 08/16: Mandolins - Superb 2004 Gibson Sam Bush F5 - Danny Roberts Sig...
- 08/16: CBOM - Northfield Octave Mandolin - Mahogany
Forum
Twenty most recent Forum posts of 1,666,408 total. Bookmark with this tab open.
- 08/17 - 12:20 AM - Grass Talk Radio GTR-081 - Lemme See That Guitar
- 08/17 - 12:05 AM - Random mandolin sightings
- 08/16 - 11:51 PM - Mandolin Mecca
- 08/16 - 11:47 PM - Natural top anyone?
- 08/16 - 11:39 PM - So I tried to improvise for the first time, live i...
- 08/16 - 11:05 PM - My mandolin got eaten by a Stratocaster.
- 08/16 - 11:05 PM - Anyone familiar with the serial # on this Gibson S...
- 08/16 - 10:55 PM - Save or sell old piano? (Some mando content)
- 08/16 - 10:31 PM - Affordable 10 string mandolin/mandola?
- 08/16 - 10:29 PM - New F5 at Gruhn Guitars
- 08/16 - 10:27 PM - Short and fat fingers
- 08/16 - 10:18 PM - 1914 Gibson model A on the Goodwill Auction site
- 08/16 - 10:17 PM - Kentucky KM 505 mystery...
- 08/16 - 10:09 PM - Ronnie McCoury
- 08/16 - 09:46 PM - Anyone know what this mandolin is?
- 08/16 - 09:41 PM - 10 string mandolin builder
- 08/16 - 09:31 PM - Goichberg mandocello studies
- 08/16 - 09:14 PM - Learning material for chord melody...
- 08/16 - 08:37 PM - Martin vs D'Addario monel
- 08/16 - 08:25 PM - Set lists for sessions?
News
Twenty most recent Mandolin Articles. Bookmark with this tab open.
- New Music from Mike Marshall & Caterina Lichtenberg - Third Journey
- Martin Howley's Mandolin Journey with We Banjo 3
- Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Transcribed for Mandolin
- D'Addario Monel String Sets Giveaway
- State of Grace - Finding Your Place with Adam Tanner
- Second Single from David Benedict's The Golden Angle
- New from Homespun - Basic Mandolin for Guitar Players
- New Music from Isaac Eicher - Native Language
- Playback - D'Addario's String Recycling In a Nutshell
- D'Addario Announces Monel Mandolin String Sets
- The Song-A-Week Social Group - An Interview with Barbara Shultz
- Mandolin Fretboard Atlas: Get a Better Grip on Neck Navigation
- New in Print and Download - Tunes from 17th Century Scotland
- How to Play a Solo On a Song You've Never Heard Before
- New Music from David Benedict - The Golden Angle
- After 35 Years in Business Retrofret Moving to New Location
- Weber and Mandolin Cafe Announce Yellowstone F-14 Mandolin Giveaway
- Epilogue: A Tribute to John Duffey
- New in Print - Easy Classical Mandolin Tunes for Kids
- Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp 2018
Workshops
Mandolin Camps & Workshops of 83 total. Bookmark with this tab open.
- August 18 - Sep 15 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Kevin Slick, Louisville, CO
- August 19-24 - NimbleFingers Bluegrass/Old-Time Week I, Sorrento, BC Canada
- August 22-24 - Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp, Surfside Beach, SC
- August 22 - Sep 26 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Tara Shupe, Murray, UT
- August 23-26 - Foothills Acoustic Music Institute August Camp, Calgary, Canada
- August 23-29 - MinierAcustica, Urbino, Italy
- August 25 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Gilles Rezard, France
- August 26-31 - NimbleFingers Bluegrass/Old-Time Week II, Sorrento, BC Canada
- August 31 - Sept. 2 - Cornstalk Folk Festival Workshops, Tunkhannock, PA
- September 5 - Nov 7 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Duck Adkins, Marietta, GA
- September 5 - Nov 7 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Jeff Burke, Berwyn, IL
- September 6-9 - American Banjo (includes mandolins) Camp, Nordland, WA
- September 6-9 - Oldtone Roots Music Festival Workshops, North Hillsdale, NY
- September 6 - Nov 1 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Nelson Hiller, Worcester, MA
- September 7-9 - Wernick Method Jam Camp with Greg McGrath, Quorn, Australia
- September 9 - Oct 7 - Wernick Method Jam Class with John David, Glendale, CA
- September 10 - Oct 29 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Jeff Burke, Evanston, IL
- September 12 - Walnut Valley Festival Mandolin Workshop, Winfield, KS
- September 12-23 - Wernick Method Jam Camp with Jodi Harbin, Norris, TN
- September 13-15 - 2nd Annual Great Lakes Mandolin Camp, Grand Rapids, MI
Interviews
Ten most recent Mandolin Cafe Interviews. Bookmark page with this tab open.
- 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
- 01/29/2017 - The New Normal? Crowdfunding Bobby Osborne
- 11/30/2016 - Mandolins Heal The World Interview with Don Julin
- 10/13/2016 - John Reischman - Music From Up In The Woods
Mandolin Mondays
Twenty most recent Mandolin Monday Videos. Bookmark page with this tab open.
- 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
- Episode #130: Joe Tozer - Gone Not Forgotten
- Episode #129: Billy Bright - Waltz Into Morning
- Episode #128: David Surette - The Frieze Breeches
- Episode #127: Dan Bui - Ryland
- Episode #126: Simon Dunson - Ain't Misbehavin'
- Episode #125: Liam Purcell - Lindale
- Episode #124: Michael Cleveland - Lonesome Desert
- Episode #123: Ashley Broder - The Race
- Episode #122: Banjo Ben Clark - Old Rugged Cross
- Episode #121: Tim O'Brien - Arpeggiando Despaciomente
- Episode #120: Elisa Meyer Ferreira - Nobre Coração
- Episode #119: Ryan Paisley - Come Hither to go Yonder
- Episode #118: Forrest O'Connor - Untitled
Quick News ...
- New music from Mike Marshall & Caterina Lichtenberg - Third Journey.
- New at Morgan Music: A & F 23 roasted Red Diamond mandolins. A builder at the top of his game.
- Played it at the January NAMM Show and it's a very fine mandolin: this Magean Wells model in our classifieds.
- There, we feel better now, thanks to the Harmonic Tone Revealers.
- Our D'Addario Mandolin Strings Giveaway has ended. We have emailed all 12 winning entries.
- Martin Howley's Mandolin Journey with We Banjo 3. Our feature interview with a very remarkable mandolin player about his band's new album.
- A $3 million dollar guitar in our classifieds? So says the seller.
- Gibson begins search to find new CEO to replace Henry Juszkiewicz.
- Mandolin Mondays #137 - Sweden's great mandolinist Magnus Zetterlund.
New Music
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