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The great Danny Roberts of the award-winning bluegrass band The Grascals burns this original tune on his Sorensen VX mandolin this week on Mandolin Mondays.



Danny has had a prolific career with the mandolin since a his time growing up in Kentucky. In 1982 he co-founded the band New Tradition, a bluegrass/gospel group that toured the country for close to 20 years and recorded 10 albums. When the band went on hiatus, Danny ...

Middle Tennessee mandolinist Andrew Buckner takes us on a journey with an original tune "Coffee and a Good Book" played beautifully on his TKD F5 Eagle mandolin.



Andrew has recorded three, full-length albums with the band Steel Bridge and still performs regularly with the group. In the fall of 2012, Andrew worked briefly as a guitarist with the band Wisewater featuring Forrest O'Connor, and ...

ShadowGrass mandolinist Luke Morris joins us this week on Mandolin Mondays for a spin on the Byron Berline tune "Huckleberry Hornpipe" played on Luke's Northfield Mandolins F5.



Originally from Galax, VA, Luke has already started making a name for himself in bluegrass with the young up-and-coming band ShadowGrass. Additionally, Luke just released a solo album entitled Further Down the Line which features his mandolin ...

Wisconsin-based mandolin Instagram phenom Carter Shilts is with us this week for Mandolin Mondays with an original tune played on his Northfield M-Model Mandolin.



Over the past couple years, Carter has made a name for himself with the mandolin through his active presence on social media. He's garnered a large following with this witty and musical posts online.

Recently, Carter was selected to be one of 17 ...

Happy to be back on Mandolin Mondays this week with an original tune composed by Reuben Agnew of the Northern Irish bluegrass band Cup O'Joe. Been really loving the way my Apitius Vanguard F5 has been sounding these days!



Also, I'm excited to be joining Cup O'Joe on a two week tour of the UK while Mile Twelve has a little time off from the road. Starting this week we'll be performing all across England at a variety of venues. ...

This week on Mandolin Mondays Virginia mandolin up and comer Jack Dunlap shreds on this original tune with his well-worn trusty Carey mandolin.



Jack has been cutting grass on the mandolin for some time now. In 2015 he recorded the award winning project Chop, Shred, & Split, A Mandolin Apprenticeship with Jack's mentor, Virginia mandolin legend Danny Knicely: https://www.jacksmandolin.com/store/...apprenticeship ...

Award-winning Israeli musical director and classical mandolin performer Alon Sariel stops by Mandolin Mondays to play us a riveting excerpt of music on his uniquely designed mandolin built by Israeli luthier Arik Kerman.



Alon got his start on the mandolin playing in the Beersheba Mandolin Orchestra in South Israel where he grew up. Later he went on to study mandolin, lute, and conducting at the prestigious Jerusalem Academy ...

Swedish guitarist Roger Tallroth of the band Väsen makes a special appearance on Mandolin Mondays this week with an original tune played on his Northfield flat top octave mandolin.



Though a talented multi-instrumentalist, Roger is perhaps most well known for his guitar work with the popular Swedish Folk group Väsen. He was a forming member of the trio which is now celebrating it's 30th anniversary. They just released a phenomenal ...

This week on Mandolin Mondays, North Carolina Celtic and Classical mandolin sage Robin Bullock plays his rocking cross-tuned arrangement of these old-time tunes on his 1920 Gibson A model mandolin.



Robin got his start as a founding member of the innovative acoustic world-music trio Helicon. Since then, Robin’s solo career has won him three Washington Area Music Association WAMMIE Awards, a Player’s Choice Award from Acoustic ...

British humorist and mandolin luminary Simon Mayor, brings us a very special Mandolin Mondays video this week with his beautiful teardrop mandolin built by Mike Vanden. Hear him play the sweetest Irish Air that's ever been played on the mandolin.



Simon has been at the forefront of the UK acoustic scene since the release of his 1990 debut release The Mandolin Album. His virtuosic and eclectic playing style ...