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Back on Mandolin Mondays this week we have author of the well known Mel Bay Complete Mandolinist method book Marilynn Mair with us to share a new original Etude from her recent album played on her Woodley mandolin.



For over four decades Marilynn Mair has played music across the globe, released two dozen solo and ensemble recordings, published four method books, written countless columns, and taught as a Professor of Music ...

This week on Mandolin Mondays we've got Nashville mandolinist Harry Clark with us from The Dan Tyminski Band and East Nash Grass--fresh after winning the IBMA Instrumentalist of the Year Momentum Award last week! Check out his awesome playing on this Nate Leath tune "Spider Shoe" played on Harry's Gilchrist mandolin.



Harry has been a veteran of the bluegrass and mandolin scenes for quite some ...

Have you ever heard a mandocello played quite like this? Flatpicker extraordinaire Jake Eddy is with us this week to burn this Monroe tune "Tallahassee" on his new 1921 Gibson mandocello.



Jake Eddy is a bluegrass guitarist born and raised in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He began his music career and lifelong addiction to the road by playing banjo professionally at the age of fourteen with bluegrass-legend Melvin Goins. ...

This week on Mandolin Mondays we've got UK classical mandolinist Matt Norman with us to share a compelling performance of the classic Raffaele Calace piece "Piccola Gavota."



Matt is a multi-instrumentalist and singer best know for his mandolin playing. He regularly performs in the folk scene with his band Gadarene, at Ceilidhs and social dances as well as Matt's own classical mandolin performances. This past May, ...

Returning to Mandolin Mondays we have Danny Knicely with us, this time with a vintage Kalamazoo Mandocello paying tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II with a beautiful performance of the Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn composition "Single Petal of a Rose" that was composed in honor of the Queen.



If you're new to his amazing music, Danny is a multi-talented musician and music producer from the Shenandoah valley ...

Returning to Mandolin Mondays this week, we have the great Frank Solivan and his 2001 Michael Lewis mandolin with us to play this blazing tune "Scorchin' the Gravy" off of his brand new Dirty Kitchen record Hold On.




Frank is a mandolinist who needs no introduction here. His contributions to the mandolin and bluegrass communities as a player, singer, and band leader have resulted in such acclaim as multiple ...

This week on Mandolin Mondays we're joined by Nashville multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Avery Merritt playing this fun F major tune "Chirps and Williams" on a borrowed axe--Sterling Abernathy's Gilchrist F5 mandolin.



Avery Merritt is a Nashville based fiddler and multi-instrumentalist. He is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, and has won awards such as Berklee’s Fletcher Bright Scholarship, a California ...

This new Octolindo octave mandolin from KR Strings has helped bring some new life to a bunch of old tunes I play like this classic bluegrass number "Shady Grove." Hope you folks enjoy!



For folks interested, I'm playing with the tuning GDAD down tuned a half step and capoed up one fret--a trick I've picked up from some tenor banjo players who do this for a slightly smaller scale length and tonal nuance.
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This week on Mandolin Mondays we have Virginia singer-songwriter and mandolinist Lorraine Duisit with us to perform her original song "Diamond Willow" on her 1924 H4 Gibson Mandola.



Lorraine is a former member of the band Trapezoid, and over the years has made appearances on Prairie Home Companion, Voice of America, All Things Considered
and more. Washington Post writes of Lorraine, “an enchanting singer ...

This week on Mandolin Mondays we're joined by Polish mandolinist Karolina Jastrzębska of the bands Caroline & the Lucky Ones and Stacja Folk to play this compelling original composition "The Ant's Path" on her powerhouse Polish-made Bulas mandolin.



Karolina encountered music at an early age in Poland. Growing up the group T. Band would often rehearse in her home--her father, Paweł Jastrzębski, played ...