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  1. Mandolin Mondays #196 w/ Special Guest Paul Van Vlodrop

    Amsterdam's resident bluegrass master Paul Van Vlodrop stops by Mandolin Mondays this week to play this Bill Monroe classic on his UK made Vanden mandolin.



    Paul has been a fixture in the Netherlands bluegrass scene since the early 70's. He made a career playing with NL award-winning band 4 Wheel Drive for nearly 20 years. Since then, Paul has shared the stage with artists such as Byron Berline, Vince Gill, Bill Keith, and ...
  2. Mandolin Mondays #195 w/ Special Guest Penny Lea Clark

    This week on Mandolin Mondays Penny Lea Clark from The Purple Hulls brings us a fiery hymn medley played on her Northfield mandolin.



    Penny Lea has done it all in the country scene. Since moving to Music City, touring through 48 States in 6 months, making her debut at the Grand Ole Opry, and landing a prestigious publishing deal, she decided to move back to her roots in Kilgore, TX. Now she still performs and records prolifically ...
  3. Mandolin Mondays #194 w/ Special Guest Jack Dwyer

    Mandolin Jack of all trades, Jack Dwyer joins us for Mandolin Mondays this week with a G major version of "The Hangman's Reel" played on his Pomeroy mandolin.



    Jack is a fixture in the Northwest mandolin community. Over the years, he's been known as a solo performer and multi instrumentalist with such groups as Mando Planet, The Scott Law Bluegrass Dimension, and The Another Brothers. He's also a busy instructor ...
  4. Mandolin Mondays #193 w/ Special Guest Rich DelGrosso

    This week on Mandolin Mondays, Rich DelGrosso, who is widely regarded as the leading exponent of mandolin blues, joins us for an original 12-bar played on his National resonator Mandolin.



    Based in Houston, TX, Rich is an accomplished mandolin blues teacher and performer. Over the past 30 years, he's been nominated for eight Blues Music Awards, and received a special "Keeping the Blues Alive Award" ...
  5. Mandolin Mondays #192 w/ Special Guest Andy Thacker

    This week on Mandolin Mondays, Love Canon mandolinist Andy Thacker plays the heck out of this original tune on his 2003 John Hamlett mandolin.



    Andy is a Charlottesville, VA, native and has made waves in mandolin world playing with bluegrass pop covers band Love Canon. The band has been rocking out for the past 10 years, and they just released a new full-length album entitled Cover Story. The record features classics, crossing ...