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Finland — Jarmo Romppanen has announced the release of his third solo album, Nordic Mandolin, a collection of fresh, airy and compelling music based on Nordic fiddle tunes and traditional dance music.

This album is the result of 25 years experience and intensive studying ...

Sheffield, England — Simon Mayor's Mandolin Retreat will be held here at Kenwood Hall Hotel, November 3-5, 2017.

Attendees can bask in 48 hours of mandolin immersion hosted by Simon in this very comfortable 4-star hotel in beautiful grounds close to Sheffield city center. ...

Goodlettsville, Tenn. — Matt Flinner, Nate Lee, and David Benedict make the up all-star instructional staff leading next year's Nashville Mandolin Camp, February 9-11, 2018.

Registration for the camp opens October 1. Only 15 spots available and prospective students are encouraged to register promptly as in years past the camp has sold out in 24 hours. ...

Traverse City, Mich. — Don Julin has announced the release of Tractor II, his newest studio recording, 13 original compositions featuring acoustic and electric mandolins.

Tractor II is a nod to Tractor, Julin's first solo release from 2001 available on his web site and as a download at Acoustic ...

San Rafael, Calif. — Acoustic Oasis has announced the release of Dawg and 'T', David Grisman and Tony Rice recorded live in concert October 11, 1997 at Acoustic Stage in Hickory, North Carolina.

The appearance included tunes from the groundbreaking Tone Poems project with bluegrass and jazz ...

Atascadero, Calif. — Straight Up Strings and the Mandolin Cafe are teaming up to give away a year's worth of strings to five lucky winners.

Registration for the giveaway will commence August 27 from a link on the Mandolin Cafe.

Five random winners will be selected at 9:30 a.m. September 2. Winning entries may choose ...

San Rafael, Calif. — Acoustic Disc has announced the publication of Volume Four - The Book of the Dawg - Dawg Latin.

Volume Four is a continuation of a series of books of music as played and recorded by mandolinist/composer ...

Nashville, Tenn. — Wednesday, August 23, mandolin masters are taking over Music City Roots, the Nashville-based weekly radio show and webcast. Artists will include Mike Compton, Tim O'Brien, Andy Statman, Bobby Osborne, and Casey Campbell, with even more special guests ...

Traverse City, Mich. — Mandolins Heal The World is proud to announce "The Waltz Warehouse," a new series of lessons by mandolin player extraordinaire David Benedict.

The Waltz Warehouse features seven waltzes that are among the favorites in a musician's repertoire including "The Tennessee Waltz," "Down Home Waltz," "Festival Waltz," "The Mississippi," "Ookpik Waltz," "Azalea Waltz" and "Lonesome ...

Author Ted Heinonen with Jethro Burns

NOTE: this interview was recorded in the studios of KUMD-FM of Duluth, Minnesota, July 1, 1988 for the Saturday Folk Migrations show, and later published in print in the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time​ Music Association (MBOTMA) magazine after Jethro passed. It is reprinted here with the authors' permission.

Jethro Burns was in Duluth performing for the 1988 Lake Superior Fiddle Contest. That same Friday evening Jethro conducted a Mandolin Workshop I had arranged. It was an entertaining and instructive evening for the thirteen students, one that will be long remembered by all those who were there.

It's not often that one gets the chance to learn and jam with a performer so open and warm. My last class session with my mandolin students, whom I teach through community schools, was the Monday following Jethro's passing, one student remarked, "We should all be wearing black." I said that I didn't think Jethro ...

Bend, Ore. — Weber’s 20 year journey was fathered by a dedication to the traditional 8-string sound, design and craftsmanship. It all began 10 years earlier when Bruce Weber Senior joined the Flatiron Mandolin and Banjo Company in Bozeman, Montana ...

Fairfax, Calif. — Peghead Nation, the home of roots music instruction, gear, and news for players of guitar, mandolin, banjo, dobro, fiddle, bass, and ukulele has announced their First Annual Mandolin Camp featuring John Reischman, Sharon Gilchrist and Joe ...

Surprise, Ariz. — The Mandolin Store and Mandolin Cafe have announced a special Pono Octave Mandolin Giveaway coming in early August.

Registration will commence from a link on the Mandolin Cafe home page on August 6 with a single winner randomly selected on August 12, 9:30 a.m. Central. No purchase is necessary to enter and registration is open to all site visitors regardless of location.

The instrument being given away is a Pono M-20SB Octave – Mahogany Sunburst and deluxe hardshell case, ...

Portland, Ore. — The Oregon Mandolin Orchestra is proud to announce Christian McKee as the organization's new music director.

McKee, a longtime figure in the Portland-area music scene, will be taking the conductor's baton from founding music director Brian Oberlin, ...

Early Bird prices in effect until August 1!

Petaluma, Calif. — Nick Dumas, Jesse Appelman and Keith Yoder make up an all-star mandolin team for the Walker Creek Music Camp held Sept. 28 - Oct. 1 on the grounds of the Walker Creek Ranch.

The Ranch is located in the rolling hills of West Marin County between Petaluma ...

Milwaukee — Registration for a very special Chamber Music Workshop with Keith Harris to be held October 20-23 is now open.

A highlight of last year's Classical Mandolin Society of America Convention in Philadelphia was the performance at the Open Mike of an ensemble conducted by Harris.

The ensemble had just spent a ...

The Schertler Group, creators of high performance amplification gear for musicians and the Mandolin Cafe are combining efforts to give away a Schertler DYN-M-P48 Pickup for Mandolin with a retail value of $325.

Registration for a chance to win will commence from a link on the Mandolin ...

Marla Fibish and Bruce Victor, performing as Noctambule, have announced the release of a new recording entitled A Sweetish Tune.

About the project Marla and Bruce said, "We bring you a different sort of offering this time — Irish traditional music, mixed with a few ...

West Michigan Entrepreneur/Musician uses Music to Raise Awareness for Two Local Non-Profits.

Grand Rapids, Mich. — West Michigan entrepreneur and musician, Jason Wheeler, announced that registration has now begun for the Great Lakes Music Camp (GLMC), a three-day acoustic music ...