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Classifieds
Twenty most recent Classified Ads of 1402 current ads and 131537 since inception.
- 11/13: Mandolins - WTB Redbear Picks C's And /Or T's
- 11/13: Guitars - Rancourt Custom Concerto 15 Archtop
- 11/13: Guitars - Danocaster S Type
- 11/13: Banjos - Deering Golden Era Banjo
- 11/13: Guitars - Martin 000-28Ec
- 11/13: Guitars - Martin OM-28
- 11/13: Mandolin Accessories - Tone-Gard For Mandolin - $50
- 11/13: Mandolin Accessories - Travelite Lightweight F-Style Mandolin Case - $60
- 11/13: Accessories - Mandolin Cafe 21-Chord Coffee Cup
- 11/13: Mandolins - Bulldog Kratzer F5 Style Mandolin ( #99 )
- 11/13: Mandolins - Kratzer/Bulldog Snakehead A Style Mandolin #102
- 11/13: Guitars - Kratzer Guitar (Rosewood) Style 5-18 Marty Robbins...
- 11/13: Mandolins - Bulldog Kratzer F5 Style Mandolin ( #98 )
- 11/13: Mandolins - Figured Walnut McClung Armrests
- 11/13: Mandolins - Ellis A-5 Deluxe Mandolin & Case
- 11/13: Mandolins - 2004 Paul Duff X-Braced F5 w/Presto Case & Fre...
- 11/13: Guitars - 1956 Gibson J-45
- 11/13: Mandolins - 1980 Gibson F5L
- 11/13: Mandolins - 1996 Amazing Stiver A Style Mandolin
- 11/13: Mandolins - Northfield F5 Master Model Mandolin Big Mon - $3,9...
Forum
Twenty most recent Forum posts of 1,680,530 total. Bookmark with this tab open.
- 11/14 - 01:10 AM - Cohen A-Style Mandolin
- 11/14 - 12:03 AM - Very sad - Topanga Banjo Fiddle site burned down i...
- 11/13 - 11:52 PM - CBA Fund to help fire victims who lost instruments...
- 11/13 - 11:32 PM - Ellis Archive - We need your help!
- 11/13 - 11:26 PM - Drop Box is now available for Italian 'ballo lisci...
- 11/13 - 11:25 PM - String opinions for bowlbacks: Dogal, Pyramid, Th...
- 11/13 - 09:53 PM - Too Quiet - Time To Start Something
- 11/13 - 09:34 PM - Christmas presents for mandolin players
- 11/13 - 09:32 PM - Best string/mandolin match-ups?
- 11/13 - 09:28 PM - Weight of mandolin
- 11/13 - 09:25 PM - to go with the hubcap.....
- 11/13 - 09:25 PM - Rare Gibson mandolin 1911
- 11/13 - 09:23 PM - Mandolin by "ELMO"
- 11/13 - 09:10 PM - Harmony 1965 tenor
- 11/13 - 08:46 PM - Mandolins on Ebay
- 11/13 - 08:45 PM - Story of My Girouard Tenor
- 11/13 - 08:20 PM - Stanley #100-1/2 convex plane
- 11/13 - 08:12 PM - "That other instruement"
- 11/13 - 08:12 PM - Memorizing Chords and Progressions
- 11/13 - 08:00 PM - Show your Mando "Gig Rig"!
News
Twenty most recent Mandolin Articles. Bookmark with this tab open.
- 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
- New in Print: Bill Monroe - The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man
Workshops
Mandolin Camps & Workshops of 117 total. Bookmark with this tab open.
- Nov. 16-18 - Fall String Gathering, Baraboo, WI
- Nov. 17 - Brian Oberlin Mandolin Workshops at Elderly, Lansing, MI
- Nov. 17 - Intermediate Swing, Improv and Classical Mandolin Workshop, Lansing, MI
- Nov. 17 - Beginner Bluegrass, Swing and Folk Mandolin Workshop, Lansing, MI
- Nov. 17-18 - Wernick Method Jam Camp, Paris, France
- Nov. 17-18 - Jesper Rubner-Petersen Mandolin Workshop, Wuppertal, Germany
- Nov. 18 - Sixth Annual Spokane Mandolin Congress, Spokane, WA
- 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
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
- New Music for banjo and mandolin from Alan Munde & Billy Bright - Es Mi Suerte.
- Cool mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass themed mandolin Christmas cards from Karen Cannon.
- Californai Bluegrass Association has set up a GoFundMe account to assist members that have lost homes, instruments and more. Will you help?
- Mandolin Mondays #150 - the best UPS truck driving mandolin player ever, the great Johnny Staats.
- New original music on the Cafe MP3 page from John Goodin.
- Lost or Stolen Old Wave Mandolin last seen in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- New: Camp Tunefox happens May 15-19 in Montreat, NC with Mike Compton and Joe K. Walsh.
- New music for mandolin and orchestra from Jeff Midkiff: Music for Mandolin and String Quartet.
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