Mandolin Cafe Front Page Archive

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Previous year: 2021

2022

May 20

• Photojournalist and communication consultant Steve Levine weighs in with a feature article: The Mandolin in Modern Music. Who Needs Rock?
• New from the Tony Williamson vintage Gibson blog: First Mandolin.
• Just a crazy good arrangement of "Blackbird" by Mr Sun. with Joe K. Walsh on mandolin, on the Peghead Nation web site.
• Swinging new music from Pete Martin on the Cafe MP3 page.
• Mandolin Mondays: Swedish mandolinist Magnus Zetterlund plays a beautiful tune on his electro-acoustic Phoenix Jazz mandolin.
• New music released today from the great band Mr. Sun, Extrovert.

May 15

• Episode #136 of the Mandolins and Beer Podcast is Mr. Sun.
• Registration in the KR Strings Mandolin Giveaway has ended. We've contacted the winning entry.
• New music from Acoustic Disc, the historically significant recording The Tony Rice Unit Live at the Birchmere.
• New Music from Raffaele La Ragione just released, a brilliant collection of the best known mandolin concertos: Mandolin On Stage.
• Mandolin Mondays: 10-string mandolin player Tom Wright is with us carving up a fun medley on his Thomas Buchanan mandolin.

May 7

• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #135 - Michael Heiden.
• New from Tony Williamson's blog: "You Say You Want A Revolution."
• Peghead Nation announces a new course: Brazilian Choro Mandolin with Ian Coury.
• Mandolin Mondays: David Benedict returns with a version of "Durang's Hornpipe" on his Apitius Mandolin.
• New Music - The Mandolin Seasons, by Jacob Reuven, Omer Meir Wellber and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #134 is Jake Howard talking about his new book of Thile transcriptions.

May 2

• Now that's fine: Joe K. Walsh and Bruce Molsky take on "Solly’s Little Favorite."
• New from Tony Williamson's Gibson blog: The American Guild Convention.
• Mandolin Mondays: German mandolinist Rainer Zellner plays a beautiful solo version of "Flowers of Edinburgh" on his Northfield Big Mon mandolin.

April 26

• The new Mandolins and Beer podcast features John Skehan of Railroad Earth.
• This year's Classical Mandolin Society of America Convention details, September 21-25 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• New in print April 26: On the Bus with Bill Monroe - My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass, by Mark Hembree.
• A very special Earth Day Special: $40 off on the Northfield Mandolins green Recurve case, the last to be offered in that color.
• Mandolins on the Hill Weeks Announced by Common Ground on the Hill.

April 21

• Austin, Texas-based mandolinist Alex Rueb is with us to play the frets off this 2005 Collings MF5 Deluxe Varnish with a bit of "Little Rock Getaway."
• Mike Compton and Scott Nygaard take on Bill Monroe's Tall Timber in the Peghead Nation studios. That's fine!
• From the Tony Williamson blog: Two Gentlemen of Cremona.
• This week's guest on the Mandolins and Beer Podcast is Ashley Hoyer discussing her new album with Samantha Harvey.

April 15

• We're proud to support the Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival in Ireland this summer. Be sure to read about Dan Beimborn's Mandolin Workshop we co-sponsor.
• Mandolins and Beer podcast #131 - Josiah Nelson.
• Red Hot Strings Back by Popular Demand, May 25-29.
• From the Tony Williamson blog: Two Gentlemen of Cremona.
• Mandolin Mondays: Celtic mandolinist Claudine Langille plays a fun set of tunes her 1914 Gibson A4.
• Our thoughts are with Andrew and Emily of Watchhouse Band, seriously injured by a car while on tour in Iowa.
• Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Time Music Camp and Festival Announced.

April 8

• New from the Tony Williamson blog: "Shape this brace to this."
• Mandolin Mondays: Andrew Collins returns to share music from his brand new album Love Away the Hate on his Heiden mandolin.
• New Music from Acoustic Disc - Tiny Moore Live! Recorded at Larry Blake's 12/20/80.
• Rest in peace: Bluegrass legend Roland White passes.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #130 is Andrew Collins.
• Breaking April Fool's News: Gibson Brands, Inc. v. Gibson Brands, Inc. Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court. Plausible

April 2

• New music on the Cafe MP3 page by the very talented Libby Hall, a 16 yr. old mandolin player from her first album entitled Done Gone.
• Episode #3 from Tony Williamson's Lloyd Loar blog: The Road to Kalamazoo.
• New music on the Cafe MP3 page by the very talented Libby Hall from her first album entitled Done Gone.
• Episode #4 from Tony Williamson's Lloyd Loar blog: The Road to Kalamazoo.
• A long and sad story of a stolen 20s Gibson F-4 Mandolin worth reading and keeping an eye out for.
• Mandolin Mondays: Jim Richter is with us to play an original tune on his 2009 Will Kimble Octave Mandolin.
• New in print from Siminoff Books: The Art of Tap Tuning, 2nd Edition, by Roger Siminoff.
• New music from Andrew Collins coming April 5: Love Away The Hate.
• Plans for the 7th Annual Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp in Surfside, S.C. just announced.

March 24

• Mandolins and Beer Episode #129 - CJ Lewandowski.
• New music just released today: Impromptu Sessions No. 2: Dominick Leslie & Ric Robertson.
• Mandolins and Beer Episode #128 is Dominick Leslie and Ric Roberston.
• Mandolin Mondays: Teo Quale is with us to play an original tune called "Roaming with Homer" on his 2006 Giacomel mandolin.
• The Slocan Ramblers have a new recording dropping June 10 and we have a preview: Up the Hill and Through the Fog.

March 18

• Tony Williamson has launched a Lloyd Loar themed blog sure to perk the interest of early F-5 aficionados.
• The new Artistworks Music Roundtable Podcast Episode #1 will feature from their faculty Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg.
• Mandolin Mondays: David Benedict checks in with us from Northern Ireland with "The Goat that Ate the Cabbage Plants."
• Mandolins and Beer Episode #127 is Ben Winship.
• Big news in the retail music industry: The North American Guitar and Carter Vintage Guitars Merge.

March 11

• New music from the terrific accordion and mandolin duo Sam 'n Ash just released: Echo Summit.
• Proud to introduce Hoffee Cases as one of the Cafe's newest business partners with their meticulously hand-crafted instrument cases.
• Mandolin Mondays: Skip Gorman plays versions of "Dusty Miller" and "Cattle in the Corn" on his 2014 Paul Newson mandolin.
• New Octolindo design shapes coming this Spring from KR Strings.
• Mandolins and Beer Episode #126 - Mike Compton talking about his new recording Rare and Fine.

March 2

• Mandolin Mondays #321: old-time mandolin music expert Carl Jones plays a set of tunes on his 1921 Gibson A-4 mandolin.
• Mike Compton releases first single, "Orange Blossom Breakdown," from his new album Rare and Fine.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #125: Tony Williamson.
• Eastwood Guitars announces a new model, the Mando 5 Electric.
• Mandolin Mondays #320: Marla Fibish is with us to share an original tune called "Spring Forward" played on her Gibson oval hole mandolin.

February 20

• Aaron Weinstein playing "Pennies From Heaven" as a chord solo melody, courtesy Peghead Nation.
• Mandolins and Beer Episode #124 is Seth Mulder.
• Hoffee Cases Launches new line of fiberglass touring cases.
• New from Jake Howard: Tony Rice Sings and Plays Bluegrass Mandolin Transcription Book.
• Mandolin Mondays: John Reischman plays "Liza Jane" on his 2009 Gilchrist A Model 1.

February 14

• New Music from Danilo Brito and João Luiz - Esquina de São Paulo (São Paulo street corner).
• In other news: Gibson Guitars Loses Flying V Lawsuit.
• Mandolins and Beer Episode #123 features Jeff Parker.
• New in print from Univ. of Illinois Press: Mandolin Man - The Bluegrass Life of Roland White, by Bob Black.
• Episode #122 of the Mandolins and Beer podcast is luthier Steve Gilchrist.
• Win Lifetime VIP Access at ArtistWorks in this special promotion. Through Feb. 25, one winner chosen each week.
• Best news we've heard in awhile! Mike Compton Revives Unknown Instrumentals on Rare & Fine - Uncommon Tunes of Bill Monroe.

February 4

• Mandolin Mondays: C.E. Jones is with us to play the Dm Chaconne, from the Bach Violin Partita No.2 BVW 1004.
• Coming this June from Israeli master mandolinist Jacob Reuven: The Mandolin Seasons.
• In guitar news: A rebranding of sorts? Only an NFT is good enough, for Gibson.
• Mandolin Mondays: Don Stiernberg's chord melody magic on display with his Apitius Yorkville mandolin.
• Episode #121 of the Mandolins and Beer podcast is Australian luthier Paul Duff.

January 31

• New single from Diptanshu Roy just released: "Firefly Waltz."
• A Kickstarter campaign for a band we really like that includes Ashley Hoyer on mandolin: The Syncopaths.
• Mandolin Camp North opens for registration. April 22-24 with an AMAZING lineup of instructors.
• Mandolin Mondays: Diptanshu Roy, AKA "Dolinman," all the way from India with a bluegrass inspired rendition of a Bengali folk tune on his Gibson A9.

January 24

• Eastwood Announces new Octave Mandolin, Mandocello and Baritone Tenor models as part of their popular Model S Series instruments.
• Mandolins and Beer Podcast #120 is Irish great Martin Howley of We Banjo 3.
• Registration opens for the 9th Annual Jim Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us, July 13-16 in Bloomington, Ind.
• Mandolin Mondays: Eva Scow is with us playing a stunning solo arrangement of the jazz standard "I'll Be Seeing You" on her Eastman MD805/V.

January 17

• Second Annual Roots and Boots Music Camp announced with registration now open.
• Registration opens for the 2022 Monroe Mandolin Camp, to be held in Abingdon, Virginia this year.
• A new rerelease from Acoustic Disc: Early Dawg, Deluxe Edition.
• Just released: Episode #11 of Acoustic Encounters, the podcast of David Grisman and Danny Barnes discussing selections from Songs of Our Fathers, Andy Statman and David Grisman.
• Wow... the new, leather covered Loar inspired cases being crafted by Cody Shuler.
• Mandolin Mondays: host David Benedict takes us for a spin on his version of the fiddle tune "Methodist Preacher."
• Jazz man with a brand new EP, Simon Dunson is Episode #118 of the Mandolins and Beer podcast.

January 10

• Mandolin Mondays: host David Benedict takes us for a spin on his version of the fiddle tune "Methodist Preacher."
• Jazz man with a brand new EP, Simon Dunson is Episode #118 of the Mandolins and Beer podcast.
• Peghead Nation announces the launch of a new course - Old-Time Mandolin with John Reischman.
• Get a running start on your musical New Year's resolution as Artistworks and the Mandolin Cafe team up to offer a special one-month Test Drive for only $10.

January 1

• The Apollo Casein 1.4mm pick review by Jake Howard.
• New orginal music from the band Banthom House on the Cafe MP3 page.
• Mandolin Mondays: French mandolinist Marie Burou plays a compelling rendition of "Les Deux Guitares" on her Brian N. Dean mandolin.
• Nice new web site just launched for Nyberg Instruments.
• New from Mel Bay Publishing, Inc.: The Logical Mandolin Method, by Stephen Williams.
• A new virtual camp experience: Hawktail Camp Slated for January 8-9 on Zoom.
• New in eBook: Mantello e Cilindro, a Sinister Suite for two Mandolins.
• David Benedict returns to Mandolin Mondays with an Irish jig from Alan Kelly appropriately named "New Years Day."